Ashley Tjipitua is an admitted attorney of the High Court of Namibia and the co-founder of CCLAS, she is the former Director for Enforcement, Exemptions ad Cartels at the Namibian Competition Commission, a designation she held until she left the Commission in 2021.
Prior to that Ashley worked in the other designations at the NaCC for over 10 years, including the role of analyst in mergers and acquisitions.
Ashley specialises in mergers, competition law complaints, including cartels and abuse of dominance. She has particular expertise in the health, financial services, insurance, aviation and telecommunications sectors.
Her experience includes facilitating the launching the first application in merger regulation to the Supreme Court of Namibia as well the first enforcement restrictive conduct and abuse of dominance before the High Court of Namibia. Ashley was responsible for the launch of the Corporate Leniency Programme in Namibia and has managed the investigation of numerous competition law cases across a spectrum of industries. Ashley also advises clients on their compliance programmes, and on designing and implementing competition law training. She has represented the Namibian authority at several international platforms including the ACF, ICN, and OECD.
Ashley has a B. Iuris, LL.B from the University of Namibia and an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB). She has undergone and participated at several competition law trainings including the Competition and Regulation European Summer School (CRESSE).
• Initiated and managed various complaints in terms of the Competition Act, involving pricing malpractices and abuse of dominance;
• Chaired and successfully negotiated the first large settlement case in Namibia on market division and unfair pricing involving Sanlam and PPS Namibia;
• Developed the Corporate Leniency Programme for Namibia offering total immunity to parties who assist in the successful prosecution of cartel cases;
• Oversaw the first dawn raid involving Puma Energy; ;
• Obtained public interest relieved against Walmart in the first merger control case to be filed in Namibia courts
• Co-drafted amendments to the Competition Act, Act 2 of 2003, including, the introduction of a Competition Adjudicative Panel intended to enhance competition enforcement and the adjudication thereof;
• Provided commentary on the draft regulations to ensure fair competition in the telecommunications sector;
• Facilitated and managed several enforcement conferences (section 37) in major investigations before the Commission.