Lara Granville
Lara Granville is a Director in our Competition Law practice. She has extensive experience in both the transactional and litigious aspects of competition law. She has advised on all aspects of competition law, including complex merger notifications; compliance training; negotiating consent orders; defending clients against prohibited practice allegations; and merger notifications to, and engagement with, various African competition law authorities. She has also advised clients in relation to other economic regulatory processes before the South African telecommunications and energy regulators.

About Lara
About Lara
Lara started her career at the Constitutional Court of South Africa before completing her articles at Deneys Reitz Attorneys in 2009. In 2009 she was appointed as an Associate at Norton Rose South Africa. In 2011, she spent a year on secondment at Norton Rose LLP in London and was promoted to Director in Competition Law in the Norton Rose Johannesburg office in 2014. She joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in 2016.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BA, University of Witwatersrand
- LLB, University of Witwatersrand
- LLM, New York University
- Certificate in Telecommunications Law, University of Witwatersrand
- Certificate in Advanced Administrative Law (with distinction), University of Witwatersrand
- Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council
About Lara
Lara started her career at the Constitutional Court of South Africa before completing her articles at Deneys Reitz Attorneys in 2009. In 2009 she was appointed as an Associate at Norton Rose South Africa. In 2011, she spent a year on secondment at Norton Rose LLP in London and was promoted to Director in Competition Law in the Norton Rose Johannesburg office in 2014. She joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in 2016.
Credentials
Education
- BA, University of Witwatersrand
- LLB, University of Witwatersrand
- LLM, New York University
- Certificate in Telecommunications Law, University of Witwatersrand
- Certificate in Advanced Administrative Law (with distinction), University of Witwatersrand
- Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council
Experience
Wide range of industries
Lara has worked for clients in a wide range of industries including the pharmaceutical, telecommunications, FMCG, fintech, financial services, oil and gas, and insurance sectors.
CMA's market investigation processes
Lara has successfully defended clients accused of cartel conduct and other prohibited practices before the Competition Tribunal; navigated various clients through the Commission's developing policy on public interest conditions; successfully set aside a dawn raid conducted in the oil industry; advised clients on civil damages arising from competition matters; secured numerous merger approvals in South Africa and other African jurisdictions; acted for clients in contested merger hearings; and provided advice to numerous clients on complex questions of competition law compliance.
News

The Competition Appeal Court stays Standard Bank’s review pending discovery
The Competition Appeal Court (CAC) has ruled that the review by Standard Bank SA (SBSA) of the Competition Commission’s (Commission) decision to refer a complaint against it, must...

New Competition Commission inquiry into the steel market
On 7 April 2023 the Competition Commission of South Africa (Commission) published draft Terms of Reference (Terms) for a market inquiry into the South African steel industry (Inquiry)....

A move for inclusion: Competition Commission’s Concentration Report
In late 2021, in a move to better measure the current market concentration trajectory in South Africa, the Competition Commission (Commission) released its report on measuring concentration...

Revisions to Small Merger Guideline seek to regulate the dynamic digital market
The Competition Commission (Commission) has proposed amendments to its Guideline on Small Merger Notification (Revised Small Merger Guideline). The proposed changes align with the...

Namibia publishes competition policy document
On 8 December 2020, the Namibian Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade published its first national competition policy document, “Growth at home National Competition Policy, 2020...
Recognition
2019 - 2023
Chambers Globa
Chambers Global 2022 - 2023 ranked Lara in Band 5 in Competition/Antitrust. In 2019-2021 Lara was ranked as 'Up & Coming' in Competition/Antitrust. She has been mentioned in Chambers as "excellent" and "very hard-working and dedicated to clients' needs."
2018-2023
Legal 500 EMEA
Legal 500 EMEA 2018-2023 recommended Lara in Competition, describing her as "always available and quick to respond to matters. Her advice is always well considered. It is a pleasure to work with Lara"
2018-2023
Who's Who Legal
Who's Who Legal: Competition (affiliated with Global Competition Review) named Lara Granville as one of world’s Future Leaders in Competition from 2018-2022 and in 2023 as among the highest-ranked Lawyers in Competition.

Chambers Globa
Chambers Global 2022 - 2023 ranked Lara in Band 5 in Competition/Antitrust. In 2019-2021 Lara was ranked as 'Up & Coming' in Competition/Antitrust. She has been mentioned in Chambers as "excellent" and "very hard-working and dedicated to clients' needs."
Legal 500 EMEA
Legal 500 EMEA 2018-2023 recommended Lara in Competition, describing her as "always available and quick to respond to matters. Her advice is always well considered. It is a pleasure to work with Lara"
Who's Who Legal
Who's Who Legal: Competition (affiliated with Global Competition Review) named Lara Granville as one of world’s Future Leaders in Competition from 2018-2022 and in 2023 as among the highest-ranked Lawyers in Competition.