Ms Irma-Dalene Gouws > Werksmans Attorneys > Cape Town, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Werksmans Attorneys
LEVEL 1, NO.5 SILO SQUARE,
V&A WATERFRONT
CAPE TOWN 8001
South Africa
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Work Department

Competition and Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

Position

Director

Career

Irma-Dalene Gouws is a Director in the Competition and Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions practice areas, specialising in obtaining approval for mergers and takeovers from the competition authorities in South Africa and Namibia; competition law advice on prohibited anticompetitive conduct; laying and defending of complaints of alleged anticompetitive conduct; and defending firms against allegations of participation in cartels. Irma-Dalene also advises on several other matters including appearances before the Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal; applications for leniency and for exemption from the Competition Act; responding to summonses from the competition authorities; and negotiation of consent orders with the Competition Commission.

Education

1994: BA Comm (Rand Afrikaans University)
2004: LLB (Stellenbosch University)
2013-present: Chairperson of the Cape Law Society’s Specialist Committee on Competition Law
2005: Candidate Attorney, Jan S. de Villiers
2007: Associate, Jan S. de Villiers
2011: Director, Werksmans