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Biography

Jacob is a Principal based in RBB’s Johannesburg office, and has advised clients in relation to a wide range of competition law investigations and litigations across Africa, as well as in Australia and Europe. Jacob has also provided expert economic testimony under cross-examination before the South African Competition Tribunal and the South African Ports Regulator. Jacob has a broad range of experience, covering a wide range of competition matters, including horizontal and non-horizontal mergers, market investigations, exclusionary abuse of dominance, excessive pricing and price discrimination, buyer power, price fixing and market allocation, as well as damages litigation. Jacob has also worked across a range of different sectors, spanning digital platforms, e-commerce, telecommunications, broadcasting, publishing, energy, construction and construction materials, transport aviation, automotive, retail, and gambling. He has has advised clients on matters in several jurisdictions, including South Africa, Australia, the UK, France, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania, and Nigeria.