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Jarryd Hartley
Biography
Jarryd Hartley is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in Johannesburg.
Jarryd’s experience spans all facets of antitrust and competition law across Africa, including cross-border merger control, prohibited practices, compliance, corporate leniency and foreign investment review.
Jarryd advises and represents blue chip multinational companies on high value and complex merger transactions, as well as on antitrust litigation relating to abuse of dominance, cartel conduct and vertical restraints.
Jarryd advises and acts for clients in various industries including, private equity, telecommunications, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, technology, financial services, industrials, mining and construction.
Jarryd also has experience in the tax practice where his focus included transaction structuring, international tax advisory, and indirect matters, particularly customs, excise and international trade, and value added tax (VAT).
Jarryd has also spent time in our M&A practice where he assisted on matters involving public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate governance, venture capital transactions, and the commercial aspects of intellectual property. His areas of focus included general corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, due diligence investigations, corporate reorganisations and mergers and acquisitions.
Representative Legal Matters
Antitrust & competition
- Advised and assisted Sika AG in relation to its high-profile acquisition of chemical admixture and chemical construction systems provider, MBCC Group, in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the European Union. The transaction had a deal value of EUR 5.2 billion.
- Advised the Bidvest Group Limited, a leading multinational services, trading and distribution company, on the competition aspects of its acquisition of Synerlytic Group Holdings Proprietary Limited, a leading condition monitoring specialist in Africa.
- Advised Bidvest Branded Products Holdings (Pty) Ltd on the competition aspects of its acquisition of Buena Vista Trading 82 (Pty) Ltd t/a Spec Systems.
- Advised the Bidvest Group (UK) Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bidvest Group Limited, on the competition aspects in relation to its proposed acquisition of 100% of Citron Hygiene LP from Birch Hill Equity Partners and other investors.
- Advised a US-based global media agency in relation to ongoing immunity applications to the South African competition regulator.
- Advised and assisted a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company on its submissions to the Fresh Produce Market Inquiry.
- Advised Infinite Partners on its investment in a group of companies that operate within the telecommunications sector in South Africa.
Tax
- Assisted in advising a multinational tobacco company on challenging a new tobacco levy in Botswana.
- Assisted in advising a client in relation to a deal structure for the importation of booster vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 into South Africa.
- Advised a technology company on import valuation in South Africa.
- Advised a submarine telecommunication company in relation to arbitration proceedings outside of South Africa, relating to a dispute concerning fuel supplies to foreign-going ships and fuel levy refunds under South African legislation.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Law Society of South Africa
- Association of Competition Law Practitioners of South Africa
Admissions
- South Africa (2024)
Education
- University of the Witwatersrand (Master of Laws LL.M. Commercial and Business Law) (2024)
- University of the Witwatersrand (Bachelor of Laws LLB) (2020)
- University of the Witwatersrand (Bachelor of Arts) (2017)
Languages
- Afrikaans
- English