Janine heads up DLA Piper South Africa's competition practice and has more than two decades of specialised Africa-wide competition law experience. She advises local and international clients on all aspects of African competition law, including merger control, cartel and other prohibited practice investigations and dawn raids, exemption applications and competition law compliance and training.
Prior to joining DLA Piper South Africa, Janine worked in the competition practices of various South African large law firms, lectured constitutional law and clerked for the Honourable Justice Richard Goldstone at the South African Constitutional Court.
Janine has been involved in seminal transactions and jurisprudentially key competition matters during her career. She has extensive experience in matters involving the South African competition authorities, as well as national and regional competition authorities in the rest of Africa.
Janine has advised clients including: Remgro, CIVH, Maziv, Vumatel, DFA, Afrimat, Yamaha, Levi Strauss, Unilever, John Menzies, Lego, Puma, MSC Shipping, General Electric, Heineken, Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Investec, Standard Bank RMB, Nedbank, the FirstRand Group, Capitec, Outsurance, Philips, Mondi, LafargeHolcim, Sumitomo Corporation, Distell, Hulamin, Afrimat, Italtile, Powertech, Consol, Spring Lights Gas, Johnsons Controls Inc.
Her experience extends across a wide range of sectors including telecommunications, advertising, agri-processing, airline, chemical, construction, financial, information and communication technology, insurance and mining.
Janine Simpson is a partner and Head of the Competition Law practice at DLA Piper South Africa.
