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Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
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No. of offices | 7 |
No. of attorneys | 400+[ citation needed] |
No. of employees | 800+[ citation needed] |
Major practice areas | Corporate Law Firm |
Key people | Ezra Davids ( Chairman and Senior Partner) |
Date founded | 1885 |
Founder | Douglas Flemmer Gilfillan, Richard Bowman |
Company type | Law firm |
Website |
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Bowmans, previously Bowman Gilfillan, is a law firm based in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, with offices in Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Lusaka, Moka, Nairobi, Swakopmund and Windhoek. It is one of the " Big Five law firms" in South Africa. Bowmans works closely with alliance firm, Aman Assefa & Associates Law Office[ citation needed], in Ethiopia, and best friend firms Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie in Nigeria and Taciana Peão Lopes & Advogados Associados in Mozambique.
Bowman Gilfillan was formed through the merger in 1998 of three law firms – Bowman Gilfillan Hayman Godfrey (established 1902), Findlay & Tait (established 1885) and John & Kernick (established 1923).[ citation needed]
In 2009, the firm advised Bharti Airtel, India's largest cellular services provider in their proposed acquisition of the MTN Group, the largest announced but uncompleted merger in South Africa's history with a value of $23 billion. [1]