| Robert Legh is a partner in Bowman Gilfillan's Corporate Department and is the head of the firm's Competition and Trade Law practice area. He specialises in competition law, regulatory advice / lobbying and mergers and acquisitions. In the competition law environment Robert has been involved in a number of merger filings, such as Nampak / Malbak, SAB / Rheem, Bidvest / Paragon and more recently Altech / Namitech and Murray & Roberts / Cementation. He also advises in restrictive practice and abuse of dominance cases. He advised Standard Bank on competition law issues during Nedcor's failed takeover bid. In the regulatory area he has recently been involved in advising the liquor industry in relation to new national and provincial liquor legislation and the Pharmaceutical Task Group, an alliance of multinational and local pharmaceutical companies, in relation to the government's proposed new pricing regulations for medicines. In mergers and acquisitions Robert advises a range of multinational and local companies. Recent transactions involved Pretoria Portland Cement's takeover of Portland Holdings in Zimbabwe and the subsequent listing of PPC on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, Pfizer's acquisition of Pharmacia and Alcatel's re-entry into South Africa and its recently announced black empowerment transaction. Robert is a co-author of the leading text book on competition law in South Africa and is a regular contributor to local and international publications on competition law. |