Lara Granville

Director

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.

Lara Granville

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

News

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.