Dominique Arteiro is a Director in the Competition, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and Healthcare & Life Sciences practice areas. His areas of specialisation include obtaining of approval for mergers and takeovers from the competition authorities, lodging and responding to complaints of alleged anti-competitive conduct, preparing applications for leniency and for exemption from the provisions of the Competition Act. Dominique also specialises in conducting compliance audits and developing compliance programmes, responding to summonses from the competition authorities, and search and seizure operations (dawn raids), performing competition law training, and representing firms in market inquiries conducted in terms of the Competition Act. Dominique is proficient on the impact assessment studies, strategy documents and guidelines issued by the Competition Commission from time to time.
Competition
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Obtaining of approval for mergers and takeovers from the competition authorities.
Lodging and defending of complaints of alleged anti-competitive conduct.
Applications for leniency and for exemption from the Competition Act.
Conducting compliance audits and developing compliance programmes.
Responding to summonses from the competition authorities, and search and seizure operations (dawn raids).
Performing competition law training.
Representing firms in market inquiries conducted in terms of the Competition Act.
Acted as Blue Label Telecoms Limited and it's subsidiaries' competition law advisor in relation to the sale of BLT's subsidiary, 3G Mobile Proprietary Limited
Acted as the competition law advisor to Oxford Parks Proprietary Limited in relation to their development and sale of a new hotel in Rosebank, South Africa called the "Radisson RED Hotel Johannesburg, Rosebank". Competition law approval was required before the banks would provide funding for the construction of the hotel, which meant there were timing considerations in the structuring and implementation of the transaction
Competition law advisor to Food and Allied Workers Union ("FAWU") in relation to the large merger involving Simba Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Pepsi Co., Inc.) and Pioneer Foods Group Limited. Dominique represented FAWU in the South African Competition Tribunal proceedings which was the first merger in which the merging parties had to address the Competition Tribunal on the provisions of the new public interest section in 12A(2)(e) of the Competition Act, No.89 of 1998
Advisor to Samsung Electronics South Africa Proprietary Limited on various competition law related matters
Provided competition advice to Prepaid Company Proprietary Limited ("TPC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of BLT, in relation to its acquisition of all of the shares in 3G Mobile Proprietary Limited ("3G Mobile"), which gave TPC control over 3G Mobile and its subsidiaries
Advised MacGlobal who acquired the remaining 50% of the total issued ordinary share capital of Macsteel International Holdings BV (registered in the Netherlands), an incorporated joint venture company on merger control legal regimes in relation to 97 jurisdictions in a transaction in the steel industry valued at approximately ZAR 3 billion
Acts for the South African Medical Association, and other firms in the healthcare sector, in relation to competition related advice
Advises tech start-ups and entrepreneurs on legal compliance issues
BA Law (UJ)
LLB Degree (UJ)
Higher Diploma in Company Law (Wits)
Notary Public
2009: Director, Werksmans
Advises clients in the healthcare, technology, property, mining, travel, agriculture, steel and motor industries.
Regular speaker at the Healthcare & Life Sciences annual seminar and at the Competition seminar.
Co-presented on the changes introduced by the Competition Amendment Act at the In-House Legal Forum.
Represented Food and Allied Workers (FAWU) trade union in the large merger proceedings involving Simba Pty Ltd and Pioneer Foods Limited.
Obtained merger approval for the construction of a hotel in Rosebank.
Representing parties in prohibited conduct investigation by the Namibian Competition Commission for abuse of dominance.
Conducts contract structuring, competition law compliance and competition law training.
Co-Author: The Side Hustle – The Dangers of not being legally compliant, March 2021
Author: Automotive aftermarket shake-up – The Competition Commission’s final Automotive Aftermarket Guidelines, December 2020
Author: 10 things you should know about the Competition Commission’s strategy document – Competition in the Digital Economy, September 2020
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