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.
In Mauritius, Bowmans is a recognised expert in structuring global business vehicles, including those appropriate for funds and financial services providers, for clients using the country as a gateway to the rest of Africa.
5 ST JAMES COURT regroups rising and senior self-employed barristers, who can either be instructed individually or as part of a team. Chambers is a predominantly civil and commercial set, with a strong arbitration, banking and financial services practice. Members of Chambers also undertake international consultancy work and have advised foreign states on their financial services sector and architecture, including Mauritius.
C&A Law is dedicated to remain at the cutting edge of its areas of practice and is solution driven.
We are commended by our clients for our prompt response, commercially sound advice, accessibility of our lawyers and cost-effective service.
Our clients have been with us for several years, if not, since the beginning of our journey. We have a diversified portfolio of clients consisting of leading financial institutions, investment banks, multi-nationals, listed companies, private equity funds and high net-worth individuals.
The firm’s knowledge and experience across the full range of corporate, commercial and regulatory areas facilitate the provision of continued and efficient support to our clients in their activities. We accompany clients not only in their initial structuring and setting up of their businesses but also throughout their corporate existence. Our services range from the provision of tailor-made solutions relating to regulatory matters, to handling all aspects of capital raising, on-going corporate and commercial issues, listing, and insolvency matters.
C&A Law is the Mauritius representative of the LEGUS, a global network of law firms.
Venture Law is an established leading law firm delivering quality and innovative legal solutions on corporate and banking/finance transactions, including cross-border deals into Africa, Middle East and Asia.
We are acclaimed for our reputation to respond promptly, efficiently and with clarity.
Alongside our corporate and trust service company, we offer a markedly different and enriching experience to our international clients by providing bespoke and seamless legal and secretarial solutions under one roof.
We maintain a broad client base, comprising mostly FTSE100 and Fortune500 companies, leading IFIs and DFIs, fund managers, and private clients.
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