Bowmans

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 nine offices (Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Johannesburg, Lusaka, Moka, Nairobi, (Swakopmund and Windhoek) in six countries (Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, 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 of 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.

Main areas of specialisation:

Banking and Financial Services Regulatory
Commercial Property
Competition
Corporate Investigations
Corporate Services
Data Protection
Debt Capital Markets
Dispute Resolution
Employment and Benefits
Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change
Equity Capital Markets
ESG
Finance
Fintech
Governance, Compliance and Investigations
Government Contracting and Public Procurement
Intellectual Property
International Arbitration
Litigation and Arbitration
Local Content and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment
Media, Entertainment and Broadcasting 
Mergers and Acquisitions
Oil and Gas 
Pensions Law 
Private Equity
Project Finance
Regulatory Services
Restructuring
Shipping, Aviation and Logistics
Tax
Technology 
Telecommunications 

Main sectors of practice:
Aviation
Construction
Consumer Goods
Education
Energy
Financial Institutions
Hotels and Leisure
Industrials
Infrastructure 
Insurance
Mining 
Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare 
Ports, Rail and Logistics
Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Offices:

Kenya: Nairobi
5th Floor, ICEA Lion Centre, West Wing, Riverside Park, Chiromo Road, Nairobi, Kenya
T: +254 20 289 9000
E: [email protected]

Mauritius: Moka
3rd Floor, The Dot, Avenue De Telfair, Moka, Mauritius
T: +230 460 5959
E: [email protected]

South Africa: Cape Town
22 Bree Street, Cape Town, South Africa
T: +27 21 480 7800
E: [email protected]

South Africa: Durban
Ground Floor, Compendium House, 5 The Crescent, Westway Office Park, Harry Gwala Road, Westville, Durban, South Africa
T: +27 31 109 1150
E: [email protected]

South Africa: Johannesburg
11 Alice Lane, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
T: +27 11 669 9000
E: [email protected]

Namibia: Windhoek
33 Schanzen Road PO Box 3516, Windhoek, Namibia
T: +264 61 382 800
E: [email protected]

Namibia: Swakopmund
No. 6 Antonius Garten, c/o Hendrik Witbooi Str & Theo-Ben Gurirab Avenue, Swakopmund, Namibia
T: +264 64 406 320
E: [email protected]

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam
2nd Floor, The Luminary Cnr Haile Selassie and Chole Roads, Masaki, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
T: +255 76 898 8640
E: [email protected]

Zambia: Lusaka
3rd Floor, Evexia Commercial Building, Plot Number 1014, Church Road, Lusaka
T: +260 21 135 6638
E: [email protected]