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Shamilah Grimwood-Norley
Position
Partner
Career
Shamilah Grimwood-Norley is a partner in Bowmans’ Banking and Finance Department.
She acts for a range of clients, Africa-wide, including developers, sponsors, commercial banks, development finance institutions, utilities and government institutions on a range of power, renewable energy, PPPs, privatisation and other infrastructure-related matters.
She co-drafted the first issue of the Standardised Public Private Partnership Provisions for the South African National Treasury, which remains the principal practice guide on PPPs.
Shamilah has BA and LLB degrees from the University of Cape Town and an LLM from Temple University, USA (Fulbright Scholar) and is admitted as an attorney by the State of New York.
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Projects and infrastructure
Bowmans’ project finance practice is led by Shamilah Grimwood-Norley, who heads the firm’s banking and finance department, and Patrick Hirsch, who leads the project finance group. Grimwood-Norley has ‘deep knowledge of the infrastructure space‘ and acts for sponsors, lenders and government entities in PPP and IPP projects; Hirsch is sought after by mining, energy and transportation clients for his expertise in transactional matters. Daryn Webb and Anton Barnes-Webb are key practitioners in the team.
South Africa > Banking and finance
At Bowmans, the banking and finance practice has a solid track record in advising on high-profile, complex restructurings, and sustainability-linked funding transactions. The team is noted for its strength in representing borrowers, however the group is equally adept at advising lenders such as investment banks in high-value matters. Shamilah Grimwood-Norley co-heads the department with Ulrike Naumann, who has extensive experience in mezzanine finance, secured and syndicated lending, and debt restructuring. Jan Kruger specialises in handling preference share funding arrangements. Jason Wilkinson and Michael Swartland are also singled out for their contributions to the team.
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