John is the Founder of Primerio. He has practiced in the regulatory, commercial and antitrust fields locally and across the African region for over 20 years. He has been recognised as a leader in his field for many of these.

John represented Business at the OECD as the first regional representative. John has acted in many of the leading antitrust, commercial litigation and regulatory matters in South Africa and the region. He has been a partner in a major South African firm, co-founder of a South African practice and the founder of a Pan-African legal group. John has consistently been recognised as a “Best Lawyer in South Africa”, serves as the “Global Law Expert for Competition Law in South Africa” and is also recognised as the “Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders in Asset Recovery.”