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5

Band 5

Competition Law

UK

3 Years Ranked

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Provided by André Pretorius

Global

Practice Areas

- Competition, Regulation and Trade

- Economic Regulation

- Competition Litigation

- Antitrust

- Merger Control

Career

André is a partner based in our London office. André is a competition lawyer and helps clients across all competition disciplines and sectors. André works with clients on their most exciting transactional opportunities and their most challenging investigations, whether before the UK competition authorities or the European Union institutions. He is an exceptionally versatile competition and regulatory lawyer, helping clients on the full range of competition work – transactional, investigations, advisory and disputes. André helps clients in a range of sectors, including consumer goods, financial services and the industrial sector. He is a trusted adviser to many of his longstanding clients and he has an acute ability to understand his clients' commercial needs and motivations. He is a competition lawyer who can relate with equal ease to business executives and other competition lawyers – leading to a business-oriented client service. André helps clients manage competition law risks and engage with (and sometimes challenge) regulators in a wide range of sectors. In recent years he has built up significant expertise in financial services, the consumer goods sector and the innovative economy. Internationally, André's adaptability has seen him work effectively with clients in relation to India, South Africa and other developing jurisdictions.

For additional information on André's professional background, please visit: https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/a/andr%C3%A9-pretorius

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Competition Law - UK

5
Band 5
Individual Editorial

André Pretorius acts for clients on the competition law aspects of transactions, assisting with obtaining merger clearance and approval under the NSIA and subsidy control framework. He also assists clients with CMA and EC investigations into alleged breaches of competition law.

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