Drum roll please ....we are thrilled to announce our first ESPRESSO BRIEFS guest who will be joining us on Friday, 27 February between 8 and 9am...don't miss the opportunity to listen to what will no doubt be a very insightful chat between David Lewis, author and activist, Nortons Incorporated MD, Anthony Norton and Director, Michelle Rawlinson .

South Africa dominates Africa’s 2025 M&A deal values But regional mega-deal activity is down due to global uncertainties. Read Amanda Visser 's article on Moneyweb re South Africa led the region in merger and acquisition (M&A) deal values in 2025, ahead of Kenya and Egypt, attracting more than a third of the total recorded deal value. However, there has been a decline in deal activity from a regional perspective, with fewer mega-deals recorded during the year. Read our Vi

Congratulations to our MD Anthony Norton and Director Anton Roets on their inclusion in Chambers and Partners 2026 for Competition/Antitrust. Data-driven insight into the world’s leading legal talent - Chambers and Partners is the leading independent professional legal research company operating across 200 jurisdictions.

SA merger filing thresholds set for major overhaul: What businesses need to know - read our economics expert, Avias Ngwenya 's excellent article published on Bizcommunity.com today.

As humans we evolve and change over time. Perhaps not our character (as a leopard never changes it spots) but the things we like and the things we find interesting change as we get older. For example, we may begin our careers in banking and later find ourselves running a flower shop in Simon’s Town. Or we may once have disliked dogs, only to discover, years later, that we cannot imagine life without them. Another big one: we fall in love, we fall out of love, and sometim

Ever wonder what truly goes on behind the headlines of South Africa's most successful ventures or business leaders? The raw insights, the pivotal decisions, the "off-the-record" moments? At Nortons Incorporated , we believe meaningful insights don’t only emerge from textbooks, but in the candid stories of those who have first-hand experience of some of the most interesting issues of our time. INTRODUCING ESPRESSO BRIEFS – our brand new monthly podcast to be held on the last

Furniture retailer allowed to voice competition concerns South Africa’s highest court has ruled that furniture retailer Lewis is entitled to intervene in the Pepkor–Shoprite merger proceedings because it raises credible, merger-specific competition concerns that have not been properly tested by the Competition Commission. In reasons handed down on Friday, the Constitutional Court said Lewis had “advanced a coherent theory of harm” that went to the heart of the merger’s compet

Our Managing Director, Anthony Norton , interviewed in today's Business Day re our client Lewis emerging "victorious in its bid to intervene in merger proceedings in Pepkor’s proposed purchase of Shoprite’s furniture business for R3.2bn". Read the article here

It’s not often that you obtain two successful outcomes in the Constitutional Court on the same day! First the Constitutional Court refused leave to Appeal against the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal which upheld the High Court order which in turn dismissed the claim brought by the plaintiffs for in excess of one billion rand in damages against our client SAP Systems (Twenty Third Century Systems Pty Ltd and SAP Africa Region CCT 123/25)! Secondly, a critical decisio