Janine has more than 15 years' of
specialised competition law experience.
She advises local and international
clients on all aspects of competition law,
including merger control, cartel and other
prohibited practice investigations and
dawn raids, exemption applications and
competition law compliance and training.
In addition to competition work, Janine
also advises on international trade,
consumer and data protection and financial
regulatory matters from time-to-time.
Prior to joining AKD Partners South
Africa, Janine worked in the competition
practices of various South African large
law firms, lectured constitutional law and
clerked for the Honourable Justice Richard
Goldstone at the South African
Constitutional Court.
Janine has been involved in seminal
transactions and jurisprudentially key
competition matters during her career. She
has extensive experience in matters
involving the South African competition
authorities, as well as national and
regional competition authorities in the
rest of Africa, and has advised on a
number of cross-border and
multi-jurisdictional transactions. She has
submitted merger filings in the following
jurisdictions outside South Africa:
COMESA, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland,
Mauritius, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and
Kenya and has also advised on the merger
control requirements in almost all other
African jurisdictions with merger control
legislation, including Cameroon, Egypt,
Malawi, Seychelles, EAC, CEMAC, ECOWAS and
WAEMU.
Janine has advised clients including:
Unilever, Standard Bank, RMB, Nedbank, the
FirstRand Group, Outsurance, Philips,
Mondi, LafargeHolcim, Sumitomo
Corporation, Goldman Sachs, Remgro,
Distell, Hulamin, Afrimat, Italtile,
Powertech, Consol, Spring Lights Gas,
Johnsons Controls Inc., Bunker Holding AG,
Scaw, Assupol, Sanlam and the First Rand
group, as well as various international
law firms, including Cleary Gottlieb Steen
& Hamilton LLP, Milbank Tweed, Hadley
& McCloy LLP, Debevoise & Plimpton
LLP, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V and
Schoenherr.
Her experience extends across a wide range
of sectors including advertising,
agri-processing, airline, chemical,
construction, financial, information and
communication technology, insurance and
mining.
Janine Simpson is a director of the
Competition Law practice at AKD Partners
South Africa.
