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Overview of the practice
Norton Rose Fulbright’s South African antitrust and competition team is highly experienced in high-profile, complex antitrust matters, and are recognised for our experience in contentious mergers and cartels. Offering a broad practice, we advise on competition law issues for a diversity of prominent clients in the telecommunications and information technology; banking; petroleum and gas; mining; manufacturing; agricultural; construction and insurance sectors.
In 2020, our African competition law team dealt with a number of COVID-19 complaints and concerns, including concerns relating to the COVID-19 regulations in respect of excessive pricing for certain essential goods. More of information on COVID19 implications can be found at
https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-za/knowledge/webinars/7f3a0f69/are-your-margins-too-high
We are well regarded for our ability to effectively respond to dawn raids, however the competition authorities did not conduct any dawn raids during the relevant period.
This year, our African competition law team continued to deal with a number of high profile, complex cartel complaints, including the Competition Commission’s complaints about alleged collusion in forex trading (for Barclays); the paper packaging industry (for New Era); the edible oils industry (for Wilmar); the meat industry (for Chalmar) and the self-referred price fixing complaints in the medical sector (for the Council for Medical Schemes).
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Norton Rose Fulbright enters the rankings this year following strong referee feedback. The law firm assists clients with merger control notifications, often involving the financial services sector. The team also represents clients from the technology and energy industries in investigations into possible cartels or abuses of dominant positions.
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The team provides practical and quick support.
We rate the team for its in-depth legal knowledge in South Africa, its time and project management skills and its coordination skills.
The lawyers have excellent knowledge of complex legal issues and a good strategic understanding of how to manage contentious matters in this area.
The team provides practical and quick support.
We rate the team for its in-depth legal knowledge in South Africa, its time and project management skills and its coordination skills.
The lawyers have excellent knowledge of complex legal issues and a good strategic understanding of how to manage contentious matters in this area.
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Marianne Wagener heads the South African antitrust and competition practice of Norton Rose Fulbright. She assists clients with merger control filings and investigations into allegations of price fixing and collusion. She acts for a range of high-profile clients in sectors including financial services, energy and natural resources and digital platforms.
Marianne Wagener is extremely knowledgeable and has a great strategic grasp of competition litigation.
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