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Webber Wentzel has a large team of competition law experts with both commercial and economic training and experience. Our team is well known in the market for assisting clients with complex competition law problems and being able to provide cost effective business centric solutions. Clients across all economic sectors in South Africa and Africa look to us for tailor made solutions which manage their compliance requirements and are suitable to their unique business.

Contact: Daryl Dingley, Partner ([email protected]).

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What the Team is Known For

Webber Wentzel houses a highly regarded competition practice group with a distinguished record of assisting clients with all aspects of competition law. The practice frequently advises on competition law clearance for major mergers and acquisitions in the consumer goods and pharmaceutical industries, including cross-border transactions. The team has also acted for multinational corporations in the technology and finance sectors on a number of high-profile Competition Commission investigations, including around market allocation and bid-rigging allegations.

Strengths

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Webber Wentzel is very client-focussed and delivers results.

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I would recommend Webber Wentzel - the interactions are very good and to the point.

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The firm has exceptional senior partners and junior staff members, and a strong commitment to developing their team and their clients' in-house legal teams.

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Notable Practitioners

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Daryl Dingley
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Daryl Dingley
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Daryl Dingley has broad-ranging expertise in the space, with a particular focus on high-profile behavioural investigations, including abuse of dominance complaints and alleged cartels. He also assists clients with Competition Commission sector inquiries and with the compliance aspects of joint venture agreements. Based in Johannesburg, he is frequently sought out by clients from sectors including finance and information technology.

Daryl Dingley is one of the leading competition lawyers in South Africa.

Daryl Dingley is an exceptional leader and strategist, he adds immense value legally and commercially on our matters and for our business.

He provides exceptional service and embeds himself in our industry enabling him to provide practical, excellent, relevant and commercially strong legal advice.

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Martin Versfeld
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Martin Versfeld
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Based in Johannesburg, Martin Versfeld has a market-leading practice focused on representing clients in high-profile cartel and market allocation investigations, as well as advising clients on damages actions. In addition, he frequently assists clients with obtaining competition law clearance for mergers and acquisitions.

Martin Versfeld is a good guy to have on your side when things start to go wrong.

He is very good at guiding cross-border merger filings.

Martin Versfeld has an excellent reputation and broad experience. He takes a strategic view and can steer big cases through.

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Robert Wilson
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Robert Wilson
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Robert Wilson is well-versed in representing clients in cartel investigations and market inquiries. Based in Johannesburg, he is also engaged to advise on merger control, with a diverse client following of manufacturers, consumer goods producers and financial service providers.

Robert Wilson gives competition law advice that is very well founded in the law but also addresses the risk of how regulators approach these things.

Robert Wilson can navigate mergers with public interest issues very well.

Robert Wilson is a very strong lawyer, who is easy to deal with, on-the-ball regarding instructions, and responds quickly and accurately.

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Mark Garden
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Mark Garden
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Mark Garden is a well-established lawyer in the market with extensive experience advising on market inquiries. In addition, he assists clients with merger control filings.

Mark Garden is our go-to lawyer and he knows our business well.

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Desmond Rudman
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Desmond Rudman
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Desmond Rudman operates out of the firm's Johannesburg office and is particularly respected for his counsel on cartel and price fixing investigations before both the South African authorities. He represents clients from a range of sectors, including financial services.

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Shawn van der Meulen
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Shawn van der Meulen
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Shawn van der Meulen has built a reputation for himself in the market via his work on merger control and prohibited practices investigations, particularly regarding cartels and price fixing agreements. He is based in Johannesburg.

He is an excellent operator, who is calm, technical, likeable and shrewd.

Next time I need someone in South Africa, definitely I would contact Shawn van der Meulen. He was very helpful in understanding the dynamics of merger approval.

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Daryl Dingley
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Daryl Dingley
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Martin Versfeld
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Martin Versfeld
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Robert Wilson
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Robert Wilson
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Mark Garden
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Mark Garden
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Desmond Rudman
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Desmond Rudman
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Shawn van der Meulen
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Shawn van der Meulen
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