Director Rudolph Raath advises in the Competition practice area, with a focus on prohibited practices and complaint litigation. He is named as a recommended lawyer in Competition Law by The Legal 500 in 2019 – 2020.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Various cartel matters involving complaints of price fixing and tender collusion.
- Compliance advice on prohibited collective conduct and on abuse of dominance.
- Applications for leniency
- Competition law compliance audits
- Competition law compliance training
- Sectors and industries: petro-chemicals, media and communications, distribution and logistics, construction, chemical and industrial, beverages and financial services.
- BCom (Law) and LLB from the University of Pretoria – 1996 & 1998
- Pupillage as member of the Pretoria Bar – 1999
- LLM from the University of Edinburgh – 2000 (with a Commonwealth Bursary by the Association of Commonwealth Universities)
- Articled at Werksmans – 2001 & 2002
- Director at Werksmans – 2007
- Named recommended lawyer in competition by The Legal 500 in (2019 - 2020, 2024)
- Practiced as an advocate as member of the Pretoria Bar
- Awarded the Commonwealth Bursary by the Association of Commonwealth Universities to study an LLM in the UK
