Allan Reid > Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Offices
1 PROTEA PLACE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196
South Africa
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Allan Reid
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial. Mining Law.
Position
Allan Reid is a Director in our Corporate & Commercial practice. He previously served as Joint Head of the Mining & Minerals sector. Allan has extensive experience in mining and minerals law, intellectual property law, mergers and acquisitions, aviation law and private equity deals.
Career
Allan began his career as a Candidate Attorney at Solomon and Nicholson, where he was subsequently promoted to an Associate. He then joined Slomowitz Myburgh Cawood and Brits as an Associate and was later promoted to Director. He was one of the founding partners of Smuts and Reid before joining Savage Jooste and Adams in 1997 as head of their Corporate, Commercial and Intellectual Property department. In February 2008 Allan joined Cliffe Dekker (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) as a Director.
Languages
English
Education
- BProc LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
- Year of admission as an attorney: 1985
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Mining
(Leading individuals)Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s mining and minerals practice ‘has a deep talent pool‘ with a ‘qualified, attentive and efficient‘ team. Department head Allan Reid ‘has many years of experience and is well respected in the mining industry.’ Vivien Chaplin has a strong reputation for assisting clients in the manganese and aluminium mining space with supply and offtake agreements – she also advises on regulatory issues. Burton Meyer is a key name for contentious matters. Ian Hayes
, Fiona Leppan, and Rachel Kelly are key figures in the department.