About
Samantha Sinden is a Director at Werksmans Attorneys in South Africa advising in the Competition and Media & Communications practice areas. She specialises in obtaining competition authority approval for mergers and takeovers, handling and defending complaints of anti-competitive conduct (including cartels, abuse of dominant position and price discrimination), applications for leniency and exemptions under the Competition Act, and conducting compliance audits, developing compliance programmes, responding to summonses and search-and-seize operations, and defending individuals in cartel matters.
Practice areas
CompetitionMedia, Communications & Technology
Office
Expertise
Merger and takeover approvals before competition authoritiesCartel defence and investigationsAbuse of dominance and price discrimination casesLeniency applications and Competition Act exemptionsCompetition compliance audits and programme developmentResponding to competition summonses and search-and-seize (dawn raid) operationsDefending individuals in cartel matters
Education
- LLB (Cum Laude), University of the Witwatersrand