Stephany Torres
About:
She has practiced in the regulatory, commercial litigation and antitrust fields in Africa for over 15 years and acted in many leading antitrust matters. She has worked at a major South African firm. Her areas of practice are competition law, white-collar crime and regulatory advice. She has experience in merger notifications and interventions, prohibited practices, corporate leniency, horizontal and vertical restrictive practices, abuses of dominance, exemption and interim relief applications.
languages
English
Expertise:
Experience:
Primerio
Senior Consultant at Primerio
May 2016 - Present • Johannesburg, South Africa
Advised in numerous of the market inquiries brought by the South African authorities, including advising clients in relation to the South African competition authorities’ investigation into the Auto parts sector; the LPG sector, grovery retail sector; banking sector and the automotive aftermarkets sector. Advising parties before the current Judicial Commission of Inquiry headed by Judge Raymond Zondo into allegations of State Capture Advising a Consortium of Banks in relation to the recovery of proceeds following the Steinhoff fraud in what is among the largest civil claim in South Africa’s history. Acting in complex competition litigation before the competition authorities in relation to the LPG matters. Successfully advised Google Inc in relation to an abuse of dominance complaint before the SA competition authorities Advised Verizon Business in relation to the disposal of its South African business to MTN Limited Advising Pick n Pay Limited in relation to the Competition Commission’s high profile investigation into the retail grocery sector Advised the Internet Solutions Providers Association of South Africa (ISPA) in successfully opposing the much publicised and aborted merger between Telkom and Business Connection (BCX), South Africa’s largest IT company. Successfully representing Makarange Electrical Industries (Pty) Ltd t/a Wilec in obtaining an interim relief from the South African Competition Tribunal in relation to an abuse of dominance by Allbro (Pty) Ltd. This matter was notable matter given the interconnect between intellectual property and competition law. Allbro (Pty) Ltd alleged to have copyright over the products in question. In its reasons, the Competition Tribunal confirmed that the Competition Act applied to intellectual property disputes and confirmed its jurisdiction to hear matters relating to the interplay between competition law and intellectual property. The Tribunal granted the relief requested.Education:
University of South Africa
2000 - 2003
Bachelor of Law
University of Witwatersrand
1997 - 1999
Bachelor of Science (Chemistry)