John Bellew
Hall of fameBowmansBowmans’ ‘responsive’ investment funds team, headed by John Bellew, operates out of the firm’s wider private equity department, and has a solid track record in advising prominent private equity houses and limited partners on complex fund formation and structuring work. Jutami Augustyn is highly regarded for assisting South African funds and private equity houses with transactions, and regularly acts for managers and investors. Joshua Janks is a key contact for venture capital matters.
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Key clients
- 4D Innovative Capital (Pty) Ltd
- Absa Bank Group Limited
- Adenia Partners Limited
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Africa Capitalworks
- AgroFresh Solutions Inc.
- AlphaTalents Limited
- Apex Group Limited
- AutoX Proprietary Limited
- Capitalworks Private Equity Advisor Proprietary Limited
- Climate Fund Managers
- Convergence Partners Management Proprietary Limited and Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund
- Development Partners International
- Easy Holdco
- Enza Capital II LP
- Everstrong Capital
- Frontend Ventures
- Grit Services Limited
- IDEAS Infrastructure II GP Proprietary Limited
- International Housing Solutions
- Investec Bank Limited
- LR Africa Holdings Limited
- Ninety-One SA Pty Limited
- OneBio Proprietary Limited
- Phatisa Fund Managers
- Rand Merchant Bank
- Rockwood Private Equity
- SA SME Fund Limited
- Sanari Capital (Pty) Ltd
- SIOC Community Development Trust
- STOA S.A.
- Tamela Capital Partners
- The SA SME Fund VC GP Proprietary Limited and The SA SME Fund of VC Funds I
- The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
- Thebe Investment Corporation Proprietary Limited
- Trinitas Private Equity
- University of Cape Town Retirement Fund
Work highlights
- Advised The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Investec Bank Limited, and Rand Merchant Bank on investment and subscription matters as limited partners in the Acre Export Finance Fund I LP.
- Advising African Development Bank and DFC in relation to investments in the Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund II.
- Advising Trinitas Private Equity Proprietary Limited on the establishment of a continuation fund for Trinitas Fund I.
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John Bellew