Claire Reidy

Claire Reidy is a Partner in the Johannesburg office, practicing in the firm's Competition Law practice. She is respected as a leading litigator, leveraging her experience as a corporate litigation attorney and competition expertise to handle complex and high-profile matters for major blue-chip corporations across South Africa and other African jurisdictions.

Ms. Reidy has advised clients in significant matters before the South African Competition Tribunal, Competition Appeal Court, High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, and Constitutional Court, as well as the Fair Competition Tribunal in Tanzania and the Supreme Court in Ethiopia. Notable representations include advising Meta Platforms Inc. in urgent interim relief proceedings and complaint referrals brought by GovChat involving platform terms of use and intellectual property/competition law intersections; advising Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in proceedings before the Ethiopian Competition Authority, successfully reversing an unlawful merger finding on appeal to the Ethiopian Supreme Court; advising The South African Breweries in protracted litigation before the Tribunal, Appeal Court, and Constitutional Court concerning distribution and abuse of dominance allegations; and advising the South African Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition on public interest considerations in multiple merger proceedings. She also advises on multi-jurisdictional merger filings across Botswana, COMESA, eSwatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Zambia.

She holds a BA and LLB (institution not specified) and is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

Claire is ranked by Chambers Global in Band 3 for Competition/Antitrust (2025-2026), has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in South Africa in Competition/Antitrust, recognized by Who's Who Legal as a Competition Future Leader in the Partners category, and as a key lawyer by The Legal 500.