Director:
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Paul Coetser
Director

Branch: Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 535 8290
Fax: +27 11 535 8790
Email: pcoetser@werksmans.com

Main Practice Area

Competition

Advises on:
  • appearances before Competition Commission, Competition Tribunal, Competition Appeal Court and ICASA
  • obtaining of approval for mergers and takeovers from the competition authorities
  • laying and defending of complaints of alleged anti-competitive conduct e.g. cartels, abuse of dominant position and price discrimination
  • applications for leniency and for exemption from the Competition Act
  • conducting compliance audits and developing compliance programs
  • responding to summonses from the Competition authorities and search and seizure operations (dawn raids)
  • defending individuals against allegations of participation in cartels

Career:

B Iuris LLB LLM (Unisa)
LLM (Virginia)

H Dip Tax Law

2009: Director, Werksmans
Head of Competition practice area

Highlights:

  • Founding chairperson of the Competition Law Committee of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces
  • Chairman of the Standing Committee on Competition Law of the Law Society of South Africa
  • Named as a leading lawyer in:
    • Antitrust, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions by Best Lawyers International (2008 - 2010)
    • Competition/Antitrust (2007 - 2011) and in Corporate/M&A (2009) in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
    • Competition by IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms (2011)
    • Competition by the International Who’s Who Legal (2011)
  • Named as a highly recommended lawyer (2007); a recommended lawyer (2008 and 2009), a leading lawyer (2010) and an endorsed lawyer (2011) in Competition/Antitrust by PLC Which Lawyer