Profile: Derek Lotter

Competition

Biography: Competition

Derek Lotter has been a partner with Bowman Gilfillan since 2001, and holds a BCom, an LLB and a Masters degree in Business Leadership.

He has been involved in a large number of prominent mergers and behavioural competition matters before the competition authorities in South Africa, and has advised on all aspects of South African competition law.

Derek is currently advising an international airline in the Competition Commission's separate investigations into surcharges in the air cargo and passenger sectors, and a respondent in the complaint referral to the Competition Tribunal against Clover Industries Limited (CIL) and seven others in the milk sector. He is advising a firm in respect of the complaint referral proceedings involving JTI and British American Tobacco, and is defending a firm in the mining sector against allegations that it has breached the conditions for the approval of a merger. He is also advising parties that are the subject of complaint proceedings in the steel, foundry and scrap metal sectors, as well as currently advising a pharmaceutical company as regards complaint proceedings initiated in the area of HIV/Aids and the supply of antiretrovirals, and a firm as regards the Commission's investigations into the milling and bread sectors.

Derek has extensive experience in a variety of sectors, allowing him to advise on the competition law implications of conduct in a number of affected markets. He regularly conducts compliance programmes and seminars for clients including those with activities in sub-Saharan African countries (such as Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe), and is a regular speaker at conferences in South Africa.