Breyen Cloete obtained his LLB degree from the University of the Freestate in 2004. He entered into articles of clerkship with Gerhard Mare Attorneys based in Pretoria. His article of clerkship was ceded in 2005 to Lombard Attorneys in Pretoria. He went on to complete his articles of clerkship and was admitted as an attorney in June 2006 Breyten Cloete was employed as a legal advisor at Lipco in their civil litigation department. In 2013 Breyten Cloete was appointed as a legal advisor at Premier Foods assisting with various legal aspects in the commercial and corporate law. He is a member of Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa and has the right of appearance in the High Court of South Africa. Breyten joined Manong Badenhorst in 2014.