Ave Ralarala
Senior Associate | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9392
E: ave.ralarala@bowmanslaw.com
Overview
Ave is a senior associate in the Corporate Department of our Johannesburg Office and a member of the Competition Practice.
Ave has experience in merger notifications and proceedings, including multi-jurisdictional mergers in Africa, prohibited practices, competition litigation, exemption applications, and legal advisory work, including merger notification assessments, horizontal and vertical restrictive practices, abuse of dominance, excessive pricing, and price discrimination.
Experience
- Advised a rail, port and pipeline company in respect of a complaint that was lodged against it by a logistics company in South Africa.
- Advised a publishing company in respect of a complaint that it lodged in Eswatini.
- Advised a broadcaster in respect of an investigation into the commercialisation of media and marketing rights for African football tournaments in COMESA.
- Advised International Business Machines Corporation in obtaining merger clearance in South Africa.
- Advised Longview Aviation Capital Corporation and Bombardier Inc. in obtaining merger clearance in South Africa.
- Advised Capital Works in obtaining merger clearance in South Africa and Kenya.
- Advised Air Mauritius in obtaining an exemption from the Competition Commission of South Africa.
- Advised the Day Hospital Association in obtaining an exemption from the Competition Commission of South Africa.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
- LLB degree from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
- Certificates in competition law and advanced company law from the University of Witwatersrand.
Overview
Ave is a senior associate in the Corporate Department of our Johannesburg Office and a member of the Competition Practice.
Ave has experience in merger notifications and proceedings, including multi-jurisdictional mergers in Africa, prohibited practices, competition litigation, exemption applications, and legal advisory work, including merger notification assessments, horizontal and vertical restrictive practices, abuse of dominance, excessive pricing, and price discrimination.
Experience
- Advised a rail, port and pipeline company in respect of a complaint that was lodged against it by a logistics company in South Africa.
- Advised a publishing company in respect of a complaint that it lodged in Eswatini.
- Advised a broadcaster in respect of an investigation into the commercialisation of media and marketing rights for African football tournaments in COMESA.
- Advised International Business Machines Corporation in obtaining merger clearance in South Africa.
- Advised Longview Aviation Capital Corporation and Bombardier Inc. in obtaining merger clearance in South Africa.
- Advised Capital Works in obtaining merger clearance in South Africa and Kenya.
- Advised Air Mauritius in obtaining an exemption from the Competition Commission of South Africa.
- Advised the Day Hospital Association in obtaining an exemption from the Competition Commission of South Africa.
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