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 400 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 eight offices (Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Johannesburg, Kampala, Lusaka, Moka and Nairobi) in six countries (Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda 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.

 

​Bowmans works closely with its Alliance firms, Aman Assefa & Associates Law Office, in Ethiopia, and Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, in Nigeria. The firm has special relationships with PFI Partnerships in Malawi and Taciana Peão Lopes & Advogados Associados in Mozambique; 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 of more than 160 independent law firms across the globe.

Ezra Davids
Chairman and Senior Partner

Johannesburg Office

Tel: +27 11 669 9320

Email: ezra.davids@bowmanslaw.com

Alan Keep
Managing Partner
Johannesburg Office
Tel: +27 11 669 9348
Email: alan.keep@bowmanslaw.com

Paras Shah
Managing Partner | Kenya
Nairobi Office
Tel: +254 20 289 9110
Email: paras.shah@bowmanslaw.com

Tholinhlanhla Gcabashe
Co-Head of M&A
Johannesburg Office
Tel: +27 11 669 9491
Email: tholinhlanhla.gcabashe@bowmanslaw.com

Ashleigh Hale
Co-Head of Corporate
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 669 9342
Email: ashleigh.hale@bowmanslaw.com

Charles Douglas
Co-Head of M&A
Johannesburg Office
Tel: +27 11 669 9426
Email: charles.douglas@bowmanslaw.com

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by Richard Bryce

Q3 2022

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by Rob Hare

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by Rajiv Gujadhur and Sahirun Subadar

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by Heather Irvine

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by Charles Smith, Dirk Wessels, Cathy Truter, Craig Robinson and Noxolo Tshabalala

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by Tamara Dini and Nazeera Mia

DMA Q3 2020

The year in review - Recent tax developments in Kenya

by Alex Mathini, Andrew Oduor, Terry Mwango, Nikhil Hira, Denis Magonga, and Alex Ndegwa, Bowmans Kenya

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by Nikhil Hira and Alex Mathini, Bowmans Kenya

DMA Q2 2020

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