Profile: Robert Legh
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Law Firm: | Bowman Gilfillan |
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| Office: |
Bowman Gilfillan 165 West Street PO Box 785812, Sandton 2146 |
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| City: | Johannesburg | |
| Country: | South Africa | |
| Tel: | +27 11 669 9352 | |
| Fax: | +27 11 669 9001 | |
| Email: | r.legh@bowman.co.za |
Competition
Biography: Competition
Robert Legh is a partner in Bowman Gilfillan's corporate department and is the head of the firm's competition and trade law practice area. He specialises in competition law, regulatory advice, lobbying and mergers and acquisitions.In the competition law arena Robert has been involved in a number of merger filings, such as Nampak/Malbak, SAB/Rheem, Bidvest/Paragon and more recently Altech/Namitech and Murray & Roberts/Cementation. He also advises in restrictive practice and abuse of dominance cases. He advised Standard Bank on competition law issues during Nedcor's failed takeover bid.
Robert is a co-author of the principal South African textbook on competition law in South Africa and is a regular contributor to local and international publications on competition law. He has BComm and LLB degrees and an MBA from Wits University.
He is a member of the executive committee of Bowman Gilfillan.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.