Mr Rudolph Raath > Werksmans Attorneys > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Werksmans Attorneys
THE CENTRAL, 96 RIVONIA ROAD
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196
South Africa
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Work Department

Competition, Dispute Resolution, Media, Communications & Technology

Position

Rudolph Raath has been a Director at Werksmans, working in the firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice since 2007. 

Career

Rudolph specialises in competition & antitrust, media & communications, healthcare law, environmental law, mining, energy and natural resources law and restitution of land rights and land claims. He also advises on due diligence investigations, administrative law, building and construction law and constitutional law. Rudolph practiced as an advocate as member of the Pretoria Bar. He was also awarded the Commonwealth Bursary by the Association of Commonwealth Universities to study an LLM in the UK.

Education

BCom LLB Law (University of Pretoria) and LLM (University of Edinburgh)

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Competition

Paul Coetser heads up the competition practice at Werksmans Attorneys, which is well known for assisting prominent domestic and international clients with the competition law aspects of M&A deals, competition litigation, and abuse of dominance claims. Rudolph Raath is a key name for carte; cases, while Ahmore Burger-Smidt calls upon significant regulatory expertise to advise telecoms, IT and e-commerce clients on compliance work, as well as merger approvals. Nyiko Mathebula is active on prohibited practices matters. In 2023 Petra Krusche retired, and Nkonzo Hlatshwayo and Phuti Mashalane joined the department.