Tel: +27 (0) 11 586 6025

Work Department:
Competition

Position

Stephen specialises in competition law, healthcare & pharmaceutical, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions.

He established and heads up the practice area of competition law, where he has successfully acted in numerous local and international merger approvals, prohibited practice litigation and other anti-trust advisory work.

Stephen advises on the general legislative framework as well as specific issues affecting their businesses such as pricing, distribution, registration and advertising of medicines and licensing of pharmacies and doctors. He also has extensive experience in dealing with the Medicine Control Council.

His experience also includes acting for multi-national firms on a range of corporate and commercial agreements, including mergers and acquisitions.

Recent Transactions

• Acting for the liquid fuels industry in an exemption application on behalf of the major fuel corporations
• Acting for a client in the steel industry in the first alleged excessive pricing matter which was litigated before the tribunal and Competition Appeal Court.
• Representing an acquiring firm in an iron ore deposit merger
• Advising a major producer in a merger in the cement industry
• Representing various building industry members in regard to the industry wide investigation
• Acting for parties in the grain industry investigation
• Acting for a leading multi-national in the air freight industry investigation.

Languages
English

Member
Stephen is a member of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces

Reputation

• 2011 Pharmaceutical Antitrust Lawyer of the Year in South Africa
• Selected by his peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers® list in the speciality of Corporate Law 2009 – 2011.
• Recommended in PLC Which Lawyer 2008 – 2011 for his expertise in the competition/anti-trust sector.
• Recognized as a Leading Lawyer by IFLR 1000 in Competition Law.

Education
BA (University of the Witwatersrand)
LLB degree (University of the Witwatersrand)
Certificate in Competition Law (University of the Witwatersrand))