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. Lara has advised on all aspects of competition law, including complex merger notifications; market investigations; compliance training; negotiating consent orders; defending clients against prohibited practice allegations, and merger notifications to, and engagement with, various African competition law authorities. She also conducts competition law compliance audits, provides client training and assists clients in dawn raid procedures.
Lara has also advised clients in relation to other economic regulatory processes before the South African telecommunications and energy regulators. She also has also acted for clients in relation to various competition law matters in other African jurisdictions, including Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya and Zimbabwe, and with African regional authorities such as COMESA.
About Lara
About Lara
Lara started her career as a clerk to Judge Yvonne Mokgoro at the Constitutional Court of South Africa before completing her articles at Deneys Reitz Attorneys in 2009. During this period, she also lectured Constitutional Law at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 2009 she was appointed as an Associate at Norton Rose South Africa and promoted to Director 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
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
Languages
- English
About Lara
Lara started her career as a clerk to Judge Yvonne Mokgoro at the Constitutional Court of South Africa before completing her articles at Deneys Reitz Attorneys in 2009. During this period, she also lectured Constitutional Law at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 2009 she was appointed as an Associate at Norton Rose South Africa and promoted to Director 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
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Languages
- English
Experience
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.
Lara also worked in the UK and gained particular experience in the CMA's market investigation processes.
She 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
Price personalisation or price discrimination: Can your computer tell the difference?
From booking accommodation and transport to purchasing products online, data analytics has given firms the ability to use automated pricing algorithms to charge personalised prices...
Primacy of control or financial benefit in identifying HDPs
Much has been said of the Competition Commission’s (Commission) stance that section 12A(3)(e) of the Competition Act 89 of 1998 (as amended) (Act) creates a positive obligation to...
Extensive changes to COMESA competition laws out for comment
Changes to the existing regulations governing the enforcement of competition law in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have been proposed and shared for comment...
Who will blink first?
In the arena of competition law, it is not unusual to see large corporates battle with regulators. However, in recent years, powerful companies have gone further – by pulling the plug...
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...
Market recognition
- Chambers Global 2022–2024 ranked Lara Granville in Band 5 for competition/antitrust.
- Chambers Global 2019–2021 ranked her as an “Up & Coming” competition/antitrust lawyer. She has been mentioned in Chambers as "excellent" and "very hard-working and dedicated to clients' needs."
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2018–2024 recommended Lara for competition.
Market recognition
- Chambers Global 2022–2024 ranked Lara Granville in Band 5 for competition/antitrust.
- Chambers Global 2019–2021 ranked her as an “Up & Coming” competition/antitrust lawyer. She has been mentioned in Chambers as "excellent" and "very hard-working and dedicated to clients' needs."
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2018–2024 recommended Lara for competition.