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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Offices
1 PROTEA PLACE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196
South Africa
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Emil Brincker
Work Department
Tax & Exchange Control
Position
Professor Emil Brincker is a Director and Head of our Tax & Exchange Control practice. Emil’s experience includes the areas of corporate finance, corporate reorganisation and restructuring, exchange control, export finance, funding, general banking and commercial including derivative transactions, empowerment transactions, notional vendor funding, rulings, transfer pricing and tax law including income tax, tax controversy, VAT, securities transfer tax, PAYE, capital gains tax (CGT) and other fiscal statutes.
Career
Emil obtained his doctorate during 1992 on company law and his thesis related to the financial assistance by a company in relation to share acquisitions. He was offered a part-time professorship from the University of Johannesburg during 1999.
Memberships
Special Board of Income Tax Appeals. Executive Committee of the South African Fiscal Association.
Education
- BCom cum laude, LLB cum laude, LLM cum laude LLD, University of Stellenbosch
- HDip (Tax) cum laude, University of Johannesburg
- Year of admission as an attorney: 1989
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Tax
(Leading individuals)Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr‘s leading tax and exchange control practice has a solid track record in assisting prominent domestic and international clients with contentious, regulatory and transactional tax work. Practice head Emil Brincker is highly regarded for his expertise in advising on the tax aspects of corporate restructurings and reorganisations. Director Gerhard Badenhorst, a chartered accountant, is sought after for his excellent track record in handling VAT work, while Stephan Spamer focuses on assisting major industry leaders with the tax structuring of cross-border transactions. Howmera Parak is a key name for international tax and exchange control matters, and Jerome Brink‘s workload includes handling dispute resolution and tax controversy issues, the taxation of trusts and transfer pricing cases. Lance Collop left the firm in January 2023.