Rudolph Labuschagne

Rudolph Labuschagne is a Partner in the Competition practice at Bowmans' Cape Town office, specialising in competition law and regulation with a particular focus on competition litigation.

He has advised and represented clients in a range of industries on South African and Pan-African merger regulation, prohibited practices, cartel investigations, corporate leniency applications and competition compliance programmes. He was part of the South African Competition Commission's team that successfully prosecuted South African Airways for abuse of dominance, which resulted in the highest penalty ever levied in South Africa at that time. He has acted for multinational corporations in packaging, pharmaceuticals, motor vehicle, aviation, agro and food processing and construction industries in cartel matters before the South African competition authorities, the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court. He also advises on merger control across the African continent, including COMESA merger notifications.

Rudolph holds B.Com and LL.B degrees from the University of Pretoria.

He is recognised by Chambers Global for Competition/Antitrust and by Who's Who Legal as a Future Leader. He is a member of the Cape Law Society's Special Committee on Competition Law.