Address:
Johannesburg: 11 Alice Lane, Sandton, Johannesburg, T: +27 11 669 9000, E: info-jhb@bowmanslaw.com, W: www.bowmanslaw.com
Cape Town: 22 Bree Street, Cape Town, T: +27 21 480 7800, E: info-cpt@bowmanslaw.com
Durban: 1st Floor Compendium House, 5 The Crescent, Westway Office Park, Harry Gwala Road, Westville, Durban, T: +27 31 265 0651, E: info-dbn@bowmanslaw.com
South Africa

+27 11 669 9000


Key contacts:

Chairman and Senior Partner: Ezra Davids
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Quick facts:

Number of lawyers: Over 500
Total staff complement: Over 800
Number of countries: 5
Number of offices: 7
Network memberships: Lex Mundi
Alliance firm: Aman Assefa & Associates Law Office (Ethiopia) and Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie (Nigeria)
Best friend relationships: Across Africa
Website: www.bowmanslaw.com


Bowmans helps its clients manage legal complexity and unlock opportunity in Africa. Its enviable track record of providing legal services to the highest professional standards on the continent, spans corporate, finance, competition, taxation, employment, technology and dispute resolution matters.
 
With over 500 specialist lawyers, Bowmans draws on its unique knowledge of the business and socio-political environment in Africa to advise on a wide range of legal issues.
 
The firm delivers integrated legal services from seven offices (Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Johannesburg, Lusaka, Moka and Nairobi) in five countries (Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia).
 
Everywhere it operates, Bowmans offers its clients a service that uniquely blends expertise in the law, knowledge of the local market, and an understanding of their businesses. The firm’s aim is to assist its clients to achieve their objectives as smoothly and efficiently as possible while minimising the legal and regulatory risks.
 
The firm works closely with its Alliance firms Aman & Partners LLP in Ethiopia and Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie in Nigeria. Bowmans has special relationships with firms in Mozambique and Uganda; a non-exclusive co-operation agreement with French international law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel that provides access to lawyers in francophone west and north Africa; regularly works with other leading independent law firms across the rest of Africa; and is a representative of Lex Mundi, a global association independent law firms in more than 125 countries.
 
Clients include domestic and foreign corporates, multinationals, funds and financial institutions, across a range of industry sectors, as well as state-owned enterprises and governments.

With more than 300 lawyers and a total staff complement of over 550, Bowmans is widely regarded as one of the leading corporate law firms in South Africa.

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Paras Shah
Managing Partner, Kenya
T: +254 20 289 9000
E: paras.shah@bowmanslaw.com

Fazil Hossenkhan
Managing Partner, Mauritius
T: +230 52 98 0101
E: fazil.hossenkhan@bowmanslaw.com

Mabvuto Sakala
Managing Partner, Zambia
T: +260 96 6876917
E: mabvuto.sakala@bowmanslaw.com

Wilbert Kapinga
Managing Partner, Tanzania
T: +255 76 898 8640
E: wilbert.kapinga@bowmanslaw.com