Nortons Inc is a specialist boutique firm dealing only with competition matters, set up by former Webber Wentzel partner Anthony Norton. The firm boasts a great team, but the market feels the size of the relatively new firm is what holds them back from the upper tiers for now....
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Nortons Inc is a specialist boutique firm dealing only with competition matters, set up by former Webber Wentzel partner Anthony Norton. The firm boasts a great team, but the market feels the size of the relatively new firm is what holds them back from the upper tiers for now.
"Nortons have a great team," comments one partner, "we see them a lot. They are doing very well for a young firm, only set up a few years ago. They could go up in the future."
"The size of Nortons prohibits it going up. They are not able to handle massive litigation as they are a small team and not full-service. Due to this they don't get a steady stream of merger control work like full-service firms do. They can't punch in the top tier," observes a partner, and again there is backing for this, as another agrees: "Nortons could possibly be tier two. They are antitrust specialists but I suppose its size is what could hold them back."
Despite having a number of deals still under confidentiality the firm has been active on the Tsogo Sun Holdings and Gold Reef Resorts deal, advising the former in gaining competition approval and also representing Freeworld in relation to its hostile takeover by Kansai Paint.
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