SOUTH AFRICA
Botswana
Mozambique
Namibia
Pretoria
Eswatini
Lesotho
Republic of South Africa
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Ezra Davids, Tholinhlanhla Gcabashe, Nanga Kwinana and Cathy Truter Bowmans
Bowmans helps its clients to solve complex legal problems and achieve their objectives as efficiently as possible while minimising legal and regulatory risks. With over 650 lawyers and nine offices in six African countries, the firm offers its clients a service that uniquely blends expertise in the law, knowl - edge of local markets and an understanding of their businesses. Its clients include domestic and foreign corporates, multinationals, funds and financial insti -
tutions, across a range of industry sectors, as well as state-owned enterprises and governments. Bow - mans has a premier M&A practice, closely integrat - ed with market-leading competition, tax, regulatory, banking and finance, private equity, projects, ESG and dispute resolution teams, enabling it to support inbound investors throughout the full investment life - cycle. The firm is consistently instructed on some of Africa’s most significant and innovative transactions.
Authors
Ezra Davids is chairman and senior partner at Bowmans and one of Africa’s most highly regarded corporate and M&A lawyers, consistently ranked as a Star Individual and Market Leader by
Tholinhlanhla Gcabashe is the head of Corporate at Bowmans, member of its management board, and a senior M&A partner. Leading one of South Africa’s foremost M&A teams, Tholi advises on complex domestic and
leading international legal directories. He advises multinational clients on complex domestic and cross-border M&A, capital markets and securities transactions, and serves as the relationship partner for a number of the firm’s key multinational clients. Ezra has led many of the largest and most strategic deals on the African continent and plays an active leadership role in international legal and governance institutions. Beyond being widely recognised for his expertise in foreign investment, he is also deeply involved in social impact initiatives.
cross-border mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and joint ventures. His expertise spans public and private M&A, takeovers, corporate governance and strategic transactions across a range of key sectors, and he is regularly involved in high value and market-shaping deals. He works closely with boards, investors and executive teams on transaction strategy, execution and risk management in the South African market.
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