Nick Altini

- Competition/Antitrust, regulation and trade

- Competition litigation

Nick is a Partner based in our Johannesburg Office. Nick focuses on competition, regulatory and trade. Nick advises many of South Africa and the world's leading companies across a range of sectors in relation to all aspects of competition law and regulation, in South Africa and Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa. Nick's practice includes complex and contested mergers, a strong focus on cartel and abuse investigations and prosecutions as well as compliance programs, training and audits. Nick is also an experienced advisor in other regulatory fields including gambling and gaming, consumer protection, franchising, advertising and marketing, broadcasting and postal services. Nick has been at the forefront of many of South Africa's seminal and precedent setting cases in the competition law arena. Career highlights include excessive, predatory and discriminatory pricing matters, highly advantageous cartel settlements and approval for horizontal mergers in very concentrated markets. Nick also acted for a defendant in South Africa's first ever class action for damages (arising from anti-competitive behaviour).

For additional information on Nick’s professional background, please visit: https://www.hsfkramer.com/our-people/n/nick-altini