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Members of Chambers are delighted to announce that Michelle Le Roux SC has joined Monckton Chambers as of today, Monday 2 November 2026.
Michelle has 28 years of experience practising at the Bar in New York, USA and Johannesburg, South Africa, and was recommended as Senior Counsel in South Africa in 2020. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in July 2026.
Michelle has experience and expertise in the fields of competition law, economic regulation, complex, class and collective damages actions, public/administrative law, and general commercial law. She has appeared in several prominent cases in courts and tribunals in New York and in South Africa, Eswatini and Namibia.
Michelle has been lead counsel in many of the most significant competition cases in South Africa in the last two decades, including in prohibited practices, contested mergers, market inquiries, class actions for damages and consequential appeals and judicial reviews. She has acted for some of the largest global and multi-national firms, the Competition Commission of South Africa, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, trade unions and intervenors.
Michelle has been annually recognised as a subject matter specialist in competition law, and as a leading Senior Counsel and Thought Leader: Competition in legal sector awards in competition law in South Africa (Who’s Who Legal, Lexology, Global Competition Review etc).
Michelle is frequently invited to speak at competition law and policy conferences, including by the South African Competition Commission, the International Bar Association, International Competition Network and Academic Society for Competition Law .
Michelle’s economic regulatory and public/administrative law practice covers the sectors of digital platforms. energy, telecommunications, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, banking, financial services, gambling and consumer protection.
Michelle is an Adjunct Professor at the Law School of the University of Cape Town and a Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Law School at the University of the Witwatersrand where she lectures in competition law.
Michelle has acted as a Judge in the High Court of South Africa and as an arbitrator, and is a member of the Financial Services Tribunal and Financial Intelligence Centre’s Appeal Board in South Africa.
She is the co-author of two books on legal theory and the politics of adjudication and numerous articles, including most recently “Towards a more effective efficiency?” (Forthcoming chapter in Research Handbook on Competition Law and Development Elgar, 2026).
Tim Ward KC and Philip Moser KC, joint heads of Monckton Chambers, said: “We are delighted to welcome Michelle to Monckton Chambers. She brings with her a wealth of experience in international competition law litigation that complements and strengthens Monckton’s existing expertise.”
Michelle says, “I am delighted to join Monckton Chambers and expand my competition practice to the UK and internationally. I look forward to working at the forefront of competition policy and enforcement. The warmth of my colleagues’ welcome and depth of their expertise promises to make this a rewarding new chapter of my career.”