Primerio International is home to ‘an exceptional team, highly versed in competition and anti-trust law’. The pan-African competition law boutique is ‘very close to developments in competition law in Africa, and has great relationships with regulators’. Key areas of instruction for the group remain multijurisdictional merger applications, cartel investigations and abuse of dominance claims. John Oxenham ’has much international experience and knows what clients need‘; he co-heads the team with the ’very responsive‘ Michael-James Currie. Stephany Torres acts on competition litigation, and Stephany Torres advises on merger filings. Gina Lodolo and Nicholas Petzwinkler are further names to note.
Testimonials
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‘Primero is a first-class firm. It is responsive, client oriented and well-informed and a pleasure to work with. ’
‘John Oxenham is a well-known and respected attorney in Competition and Commercial Law. The vast knowledge, experience and availability has been very helpful.'
Key clients
- Joysen Safety Systems (Takata Corporation) and Takata Japan
- Oryx Energies Srl
Work highlights
- Successfully represented Oryx Energies before the Competition Tribunal in relation to the South African Competition Commission’s investigation into the Liquefied Petroleum Gas sector, concerning allegations of price fixing in the sector’s cylinder deposit scheme.
- Advised K+S Aktiengesellschaft and Industrial Commodities Holdings on completing merger filings in South Africa, Morocco and Zimbabwe.