Vani Chetty launched South Africa’s first boutique competition law firm in 2007. She has practised competition law for over 25 years, since its inception in South Africa. Vani has extensive experience representing high-profile local and international clients in mergers and acquisitions, restrictive business practices and cartel-related matters.

Vani’s diverse client portfolio includes, property, financial services, consumer goods, construction, steel, entertainment and petroleum. Vani’s considerable expertise, broad experience, professionalism and personal attention to her clients’ interests and concerns make her an authoritative and accessible ally in resolving complex competition matters.

Vani is among the leading lawyers listed in The International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers & Economists, Global Competition Review’s “Top 100 Women in Antitrust”, Chambers Global and Legal 500 and has been acknowledged among the 40 in their 40s notable women competition professionals in private practice in Europe, Americas and Africa in 2019.

Vani’s firm is frequently listed in the top 10 in Merger and Acquisition DealMakers rankings in South Africa.