Associate
Craig Thomas is an Associate in our Competition practice. Craig has experience in a wide range of proceedings before the competition authorities in South Africa and in numerous African jursidictions and has advised clients across a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, travel, private equity, fast-moving consumer goods and manufacturing.
Craig Thomas joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2016 and was appointed as an Associate in 2018.
Craig is experienced in drafting merger filings for submission to the Competition Commission of South Africa, securing merger approval from competition authorities in South Africa and Africa, representing clients in prohibited practice and opposed merger hearings in the Competition Tribunal of South Africa, drafting merger notifiability opinions, training clients on competition compliance and conducting competition due diligence investigations. Craig has also been involved in representing clients in investigations by the Botswanan Competition Authority, merger filings in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Swaziland (eSwatini) and COMESA.
Craig has recently been involved in the following notable transactions or matters: