• Competition Law & FDI
• Corporate and Commercial
• White Collar Crime
• Regulatory

• Best Lawyers South Africa Competition Law 2021-2023
• Recognised by the Legal 500 for EMEA Competition
• Who’s Who Legal Future Leader in Competition Law 2022 and 2023
• Global Law Experts Competition Expert of the Year in South Africa 2022
• Corporate INTL: Corporate Law Expert of the Year in South Africa – 2024
• Corporate INTL: Commercial Law Expert of the Year in South Africa – 2024
• Corporate INTL: Competition Law Expert of the Year South Africa 2023 and 2024
• Nominated for Advisory Excellence: Compliance Expert of for South Africa 2022
• Winner in Finance Monthly Legal Awards Category Competition Law – Nigeria 2022
• Who’s Who Legal Future Leader in Competition Law: 2022
• Global Law Experts Competition Expert of the Year in South Africa: 2022
• Winner in Finance Monthly Legal Awards Category Competition Law – Nigeria 2022
• Global Law Expert for Competition Law in Nigeria 2021

• Successfully representing Oryx Energies before the Competition Tribunal in relation to the cylinder deposit investigation.
• Advised parties in the acquisition of a large listed German entity of a listed German entity active in the chemicals market before the competition agencies in South Africa, Morocco and Zimbabwe.
• Advising a client in respect of corporate agreements related to a large South African residential and airport development.
• Advised foreign multinational parties both active in the plastics market before the competition authorities in South Africa, Nigeria, COMESA and Morocco.
• Providing advice to the parent company of an acquirer in relation to a breach of the COMESA Competition Regulations for failure to notify.
• Assisting parties in relation to Sika AG’s acquisition of MBCC Group through providing external opinions in relation to the acquisition, the South African merger filing and ancillary advice regarding filings in other jurisdictions.
• Successfully opposing an abuse of dominance complaint on behalf of a significant player in the telecom infrastructure sector, which ultimately led to a non-referral.
• Advised a multinational FMCG firm against allegations of abuse of dominance in relation to a refusal to deal and exclusionary conduct complaint involving plant breeders’ rights.
• Advising an FMCG client in relation to investigations and market inquiries before the Eswatini Competition Commission.
• Advised Eutelsat SA in its acquisition of OneWeb Holdings Limited before the South African Competition Commission.
• Continuing to counsel several clients across multiple sectors in relation to formal and informal sector specific initiatives by the South African Competition Commission including the LPG, fresh produce and grocery retail market inquiries as well as in relation to the South African Competition Commission’s Code of Conduct in the automotive aftermarkets sector.
• Advising parties in obtaining merger approval before the COMESA Competition Commission in respect of a private equity fund’s acquisition of a global chemicals manufacturer.
• Successfully represented Makarange Electrical Industries (Pty) Ltd t/a Wilec in obtaining interim relief from the South African Competition Tribunal in relation to an abuse of dominance by Allbro (Pty) Ltd.
• Representing Conservatorium/Centerbridge in civil proceedings in South Africa following the Steinhoff share price collapse (in what was the largest civil claim instituted in South Africa).
• Obtained merger approval from the Nigeria Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in relation to Providence Equity Partner’s proposed acquisition of Marlink.
• Representing a fibre company in relation to several proceedings before the South African competition authorities.
• Advising a client in relation to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in South Africa.
• Successfully advised Premier FMCG in obtaining merger approval in relation to its acquisition of Mister Sweet from Lodestone brands in South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia and Botswana.
• Representing Takata Corporation before the Competition Tribunal in relation to price fixing and market allocation complaint referrals.
• Assisted an international non-profit organization repatriate funds from following fraudulent wire transfers.
• Assisted Eris Properties with project development advice in Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa.
• Counselling a construction company in what is understood to be the largest money laundering scam in South African history.
• Assisting an FMCG company in relation to the grocery Retail Market Inquiry and Code of Conduct.
• Assisting a Japanese automotive company in relation to the Competition Commission’s draft Code of Conduct.
• Successfully represented Aristotelian College of Marketing Management in arbitration proceedings before the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa against the IMM.
• Assisted the Monsanto Company in obtaining merger clearance in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and COMESA in respect of Bayer AG’s acquisition of Monsanto.
• Assisted Samsung Electronics Company Limited and Harman International Industries Incorporated in obtaining unconditional merger approval in South Africa.
• Assisted Samsung Electronics Company Ltd in the disposal of its printer business to Hewlett-Packard (HP) Inc.
• Advised Premier FMCG in obtaining merger approval in Swaziland re its acquisition of Swazi Mahewu.
• Assisting a major international airline in relation to its regulatory and competition affairs across Africa including an exemption application.
• Assisting international clients in relation to the Competition Commission’s investigation into the LPG sector, automotive parts sector, milling industry, the oil & gas sector and motion picture industry.
• Representing clients in relation to the Competition Commission’s market inquiry into the Grocery Retail sector.
• Currently assisting clients in relation to the South African competition authorities’ investigation into the automotive parts sector.
• Assisted Premier FMCG in a precedent setting case before the Supreme Court of Appeal in relation to an antitrust class action for follow-on damages.
• Assisted a chemicals company in relation to competition law matters in Ethiopia.
• Assisted a major automotive OEM in relation to various commercial and regulatory matters in Southern Africa.

• LLM in Economics in Competition Law (Kings College, London) 2020.
• LLB (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) 2015.
• Erasmus Exchange (University of Antwerp, Belgium) 2014.
• BCom (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) 2012

Experience

• • Director at Primerio Law Incorporated 2021-Present
  • Director at Nortons Inc 2021