100% Black Owned
World Class Competition Law Boutique Consultancy
About The Founder
Lulama has 20 years experience specialising in Competition Law. Her training ground was at the Competition Commission of South Africa where she worked in the Legal Services Division. This position exposed her to all aspects of the Commission’s work and across the length and breadth of Competition Law regulation early in her career.
She was later head hunted by the law firm, Bowman Gilfillan Inc., and was based in its Sandton office. At Bowmans, she started as an associate, in less than six months was promoted to the position of senior associate and became a partner in March 2007. It was at Bowmans where she gained an in depth and broad experience in advising private and public clients. She was also involved in other aspects of law firm management such as recruitments of both junior and senior professionals as well as in the management of the firm. She was at Bowmans for 10 years, 7 years of which as a partner and 5 years of which serving as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
In 2014, Lulama founded Lulama Mtanga Legal Consultancy, a boutique consultancy specialising in Competition Law.
She was approached by the South African Competition Tribunal to assist it with its caseload from 1 September – 31 December 2016.
In 2015, Lulama was approached by the Competition Commission to serve as a panelist in the Grocery Retail Market Inquiry, a role she commenced on from 2016 until 25 November 2019, when the Inquiry completed its work. She also chaired some of the Inquiry’s hearings.
Lulama serves as an independent non-executive director on the boards of three private companies, which include a listed company and in which she also serves as the chairperson of its Social & Ethics Committee. She also serves as a member of the Audit Committees in all three companies.
Whilst having a good understanding of the approach from the regulator’s perspective, her knowledge and experience enables her to provide clients with legal solutions that are business and commercially sound.
Lulama conducts her work with passion and the highest level of professionalism.
Qualifications & Other Training:
BA (Social Sciences)
University of Cape Town (1992)
LLB Degree
Howard College, University of KwaZulu Natal (1994)
Postgraduate Diploma in European Community Competition Law
King’s College, University of London, UK (2003)
Foundation Management Program
Lex Mundi Institute, Monterey, California, USA (2008)
Executive Leadership Development Program
Gibs Business School, Johannesburg (2013)
Our Services
- Softline (Pty) Ltd (now Sage) & Netcash (Pty) Ltd
- Total Energie Development & Tenesol SA
- Bid Paper Plus & Sprint Packaging (both the SA & Namibian leg)
- Bidvest Group & Viamax
- Murray & Roberts transactions, including a merger with Wade Walker
- GM Corp (US entity) transactions with SA leg
- AP Moller-Maersk & Royal P&O Nedlloyd
- IBM & Cognos
- NECSA & Pelchem (Pty) Ltd
- Denel SOC Ltd & LMT Holdings (Pty) Ltd
- IDC in relation to New Largo Coal & New Largo Business
Telkom & Mweb’s Africa operations (in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Namibia & Tanzania) - Advising Mr Christo Wiese in Steinhoff/Pepkor transaction
- Off The Shelf Investments Fifty Six (RF) (Pty) in relation to the acquisition by Glencore SA of a shareholding in Astron Energy
- Barloworld Limited & Khula Sizwe
- General Motors South Africa – minimum resale price maintenance
- Philip Morris International – abuse of dominance (complaint by Japanese Tobacco International v British American Tobacco)
- Nestlé South Africa – price fixing investigation & referral by the Competition Commission against milk processors
- British Airways Plc – fuel & cargo surcharge price fixing case, an international investigation also conducted by the South African Competition Commission
- Foodcorp – price fixing (the bread sector cartel case)
Sasol – price fixing and abuse of dominance cases in relation to fertilizer - Murray & Roberts, a leniency applicant – price fixing cases investigated and referrals in relation to rebar, mesh & roof bolt (the steel downstream products)
- Eskom SOC Limited – Successfully advised Eskom in the complaint lodged with the Commission by Magnitech (Pty) Ltd, a supplier to Eskom. Later referred by the complainant to the Competition Tribunal
- US Based client in the forex cartel investigation
- Timrite (Pty) Ltd & Tufbag
- Quality Talent Sports – price fixing
- Two Publishers – price fixing in the Competition Commission v PASA and its members
- Represented a client in the LPG Market Inquiry
- Panelist in the Grocery Retail Inquiry
Sectors
- Construction
- Engineering
- Financial Services
- Freight Forwarding Services
- Liquor
- LPG
- Gas
- Hospital
- Hotel
- IT Systems and Software
- Military Equipment
- Mining
- Mining Equipment
- Mining Support
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
- Pharmaceuticals
- Publishing
- Security Systems
- Shipping
- Solar Energy & Systems
- Steel
- Textiles
Testimonials
Lulama has been described by many as a great mentor. Some of the epic descriptions of Lulama include:
"She runs a world class competition law boutique practice."
"Lulama’s reputation as an expert in her chosen field precedes her. Her depth of experience and knowledge of Competition and Anti-trust law has seen our organization through trying experiences and periods with authorities. A proactive approach and open mindedness makes her a valuable resource to us as an organization. I highly recommend her to any global and local organization that has to navigate the minefield that is Competition Law."
"I know very few people who have such a passion for competition law and who go beyond normal requirements to ensure positive outcomes for their clients. Lulama is one of handful lawyers who have worked directly for the competition authorities, had a successful practice in a big law firm in South Africa and managed to transition her career by establishing her own consulting firm where she advises clients across sectors. She has strong relationships with competition authorities across Africa and was appointed a panel member of the South African Competition Commission’s Inquiry into the grocery retail sector. She is one of very few women of colour who are internationally ranked as competition law experts in South Africa."
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Based in Johannesburg
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