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Richard Marcus

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Richard Marcus is a Director in our Dispute Resolution practice as well as in the Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring sector. Richard has extensive experience in various aspects of corporate and commercial litigation, including urgent applications and arbitrations, including company and contract law disputes, insolvency and business rescue, and intellectual property.

+27 (0)21 481 6396
richard.marcus@cdhlegal.comCape Town
Richard Marcus

About Richard

About Richard

Richard began his career in 1988 as a Candidate Attorney. In 1992 he joined Findlay and Tait as an Associate and in 1995 moved to Syfret Godlonton-Fuller Moore, first as an Associate and thereafter as a Director. Richard became a Director of Cliffe Dekker (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) in 1998.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • BA LLB, University of Cape Town
  • LLM, Trinity Hall, Cambridge University (England)
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 1989

Memberships

  • SARIPA – South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners
  • Accredited Mediator - Africa Centre For Dispute Settlement

Languages

Languages

  • English

About Richard

Richard began his career in 1988 as a Candidate Attorney. In 1992 he joined Findlay and Tait as an Associate and in 1995 moved to Syfret Godlonton-Fuller Moore, first as an Associate and thereafter as a Director. Richard became a Director of Cliffe Dekker (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) in 1998.

Credentials

Education

  • BA LLB, University of Cape Town
  • LLM, Trinity Hall, Cambridge University (England)
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 1989

Memberships

  • SARIPA – South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners
  • Accredited Mediator - Africa Centre For Dispute Settlement

Languages

  • English

Experience

Representing liquidators and creditors in major insolvencies, including listed companies.

Resolution of shareholder, joint venture, company law and contractual disputes, with particular knowledge of the Companies Act.

Resolution of shareholder, joint venture, company law and contractual disputes, with particular knowledge of the Companies Act.

Active in the sphere of Business Rescue and Restructuring.

Representing international and local corporations in unlawful competition matters, including intellectual property disputes, and unlawful competition restraints.

Qualified Arbitrator and Mediator – Success in resolution of Disputes through Mediation

News

Non-compliance with court orders: When is late too late?
Dispute Resolution

Non-compliance with court orders: When is late too late?

In Economic Freedom Fighters and Others v The Chairperson of The Powers and Privileges Committee N.O and Others (23230/2023) Zawchc 16 (30 January 2024) the court had to determine...
The shield of legal professional privilege
Dispute Resolution

The shield of legal professional privilege

Lawyers are often, and necessarily so, the repositories of their clients’ secrets, and there is good reason for this. The right to have one’s confidential communications with a lawyer...
Residuary powers of directors of companies in provisional liquidation
Dispute Resolution

Residuary powers of directors of companies in provisional liquidation

It is a principle of our law, as established in Attorney-General v Blumenthal 1961 (4) SA 313 (T) ( Blumenthal ), that directors are divested of their powers when a company is placed...
Crash landing: The rise and fall of Dudu Myeni

Crash landing: The rise and fall of Dudu Myeni

In a judgment delivered by the North Gauteng High Court last week, former non-executive chairperson of SAA, Dudu Myeni, was declared to be a delinquent director.
Compromise – dead duck or forgotten hero?
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Compromise – dead duck or forgotten hero?

Many years ago, compromises were a “ hot ” way of restructuring companies in financial difficulties. This was particularly because of the tax benefits this procedure offered. Alas,...

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Webinar Recording | Your land or mine?
Dispute Resolution

Webinar Recording | Your land or mine?

A review of the law and trends in relation to unlawful occupation, both rural and urban.
Navigating Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency during COVID-19 | Part 2
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Navigating Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency during COVID-19 | Part 2

Topics discussed included the impact of COVID-19 on South African economy, Directors’ liability when trading in financially distressed or insolvent circumstances, current legislative...

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Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2014 recommended Richard for dispute resolution.
  • International Client Choice Awards 2018 – Client Choice Restructuring – South Africa

Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2014 recommended Richard for dispute resolution.
  • International Client Choice Awards 2018 – Client Choice Restructuring – South Africa

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