Chris Charter

Practice Areas

Competition Law

Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fishing

Consumer Goods, Service & Retail

Gambling & Regulatory Compliance

Government & State Owned Entities sector

Industrials, Manufacturing & Trade

Private Equity

Infrasture, Transport & Logistics

Franchising

Corporate Investigatrions

Oil & Gas

Financial Institutions, Services & FinTech

Mergers & Acquisitions

Technology & Communications

Career

Chris Charter is a Director and National Head of our Competition Law practice. Chris’ practice covers all aspects of the discipline from merger control to prohibited practices. On the prohibited practices side, bringing and defending complaints, writing opinions, corporate leniency and compliance work are all covered.

Chris has advised in mergers involving major South African listed companies and has advised a number of global companies in obtaining South African and African regulatory clearance in respect of multinational transactions. He and his team have extensive experience in a number of African jurisdictions including COMESA.

Professional Memberships

Served as a member of the Executive Committee and as Chairperson of the Association of Competition Law Practitioners, the successor body to the Competition Law Committees of the Council of the Law Societies of the Western Cape and Northern Provinces.

Co-Chair of the International Bar Association's Working Groups on Unilateral Conduct and Digital Markets.

Publications

Available here:

https://www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/news/index.html?contact=/en/people/chris-charter.html