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SAOA WEBINAR SERIES – Competition Law Update: A Healthcare Perspective
3 August 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm UTC+2
The South African Optometric Association is pleased to extend an invitation to you to attend the CPD webinar titled *Competition Law Update: A Healthcare Perspective,* to be presented by *Heather Irvine* on *Thursday, 3rd August 2023 at 18h30.*
Please take a moment to note the following important information:
- Complete all the 3 questions and submit the form to ensure acceptance of your registration.
Registration is mandatory and closes on Thursday, 3rd August 2023 at 12h00 pm. - The series is complimentary for SAOA Members in Good Standing.
- 00 fee per webinar for Non-Members/ Members not in Good Standing, please send the proof of payment to marketing@saoa.co.za.
To register, click here 👉 https://saoa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GJ7oCEYOQ2CkcHPMzh2pKA
Speakers
Heather Irvine
Bowmans
Heather Irvine is a partner in the Corporate Department of Bowmans Johannesburg office and a member of the Competition Practice. Heather specialises in complex mergers, competition law complaints proceedings, and pricing. She has particular expertise in the mobile telecommunications, financial services, broadcasting, and manufacturing sectors.
Her experience includes launching two of the first applications in cartel cases to the Constitutional Court in South Africa and managing several dawn raids for clients in South Africa and Zambia. Heather has also successfully secured immunity for clients in terms of the South African Competition Commission’s corporate leniency policy. She also advises clients on their compliance programmes, and on designing and implementing online competition law training.
Heather has BA and Honours degrees (both cum laude) and an LLB (magna cum laude), from the University of Cape Town. She also has a Competition Law Certificate from the University of the Witwatersrand and has been an external examiner in undergraduate and master’s competition law courses at that university for the past five years. Chambers and Partners ranked Heather in Band 2 for Competition/ Antitrust for three consecutive years (2021-2023). Heather was featured as one of only three women in Africa for her work in the competition space by Global Competition Review, 2021. IFLR1000’s Financial and Corporate Guide rated Heather as a Highly Regarded lawyer for Competition for three consecutive years (2020 to 2022).