We are advising Absa Bank Ltd on the formation of the African Rainbow Energy Fund Partnership, a private equity renewable energy investment fund in partnership with African Rainbow Energy and Power (Pty) Ltd.

 

We are advising Imperial Logistics Ltd on DP World’s offer to acquire all of its ordinary shares other than those held by Imperial subsidiaries. DP World is one of the world’s largest port operators. The deal is its most significant acquisition in Africa to date.

 

We advised both Valenture OP CO UK Ltd and the University of Cape Town on the establishment of the UCT Online High School, Africa’s first university-based online high school.

 

We advised Tana Africa Capital, a private equity firm, on its acquisition of a minority stake in the Kensington Distillers & Vintners Group, an African premium drinks business with a presence in Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria and South Africa.

 

We advised Standard Bank Group Ltd on its proposed intention to buy out Liberty Holding Ltd’s remaining shareholders. This complex and multi-jurisdictional matter involved lawyers from a range of our practices and jurisdictions.

 

We advised Sasol South Africa Ltd on the sale of its cyanide business to a South African B-BBEE empowered subsidiary of Draslovka Holding a.s, a Czech-based company. The transaction is part of Sasol´s strategy-led asset divestment programme.

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M&A specialist Stimela Mokoena joins Bowmans as partner

Leading African law firm Bowmans is growing once again. The firm has appointed mergers and acquisitions lawyer Stimela Mokoena as a partner in its Johannesburg office M&A Practice with effect from 1 April 2022. Mokoena joins Bowmans with 11 years’ experience as an M&A attorney. He specialises in M&A, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, corporate finance, empowerment ventures, stock exchange securities transactions as well as capital markets, private equity and regulatory work involving the JSE and Takeover Regulation Panel. He has represented government bodies as well as clients in both listed and unlisted environments and worked on cross-border transactions in Africa. He has extensive experience in the mining industry and has also worked in the construction and engineering, transport and renewable energy sectors. Bowmans chairman and senior partner, Ezra Davids, says: ‘This is an opportune time for a lawyer of Stimela’s calibre to join Bowmans. M&A activity is on the resurgence across Africa and his experience, much of it gained in international transactions on African soil, will serve our clients well.’ Mokoena has an LLB from the University of Johannesburg and qualifications in advanced company law, international business transactions law and private equity from the University of the Witwatersrand and the Gordon Institute of Business Science. Davids concludes, ‘We are delighted that Stimela has decided to join us. His skills in the M&A space will augment those of our renowned M&A team, with a strong presence in the mining sector. His experience will serve us well as we continue in our quest to build the pre-eminent African law firm.’

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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to create turmoil across the globe. We are concerned about its effect on our people, our clients and the communities in which we operate and have implemented measures in place to contain its spread.

The legal implications of the crisis are becoming more apparent as it unfolds. Legal experts from across our African footprint have provided their perspectives on some of these.

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Accolades

Chambers Africa Awards, 2022

Our Kenyan practice was named Kenya Law Firm of the Year and our chairman and senior partner, Ezra Davids, was named South Africa Lawyer of the Year.

IFLR Africa Awards, 2021

We received three awards including the awards for National Law Firm of the Year in both South Africa and Zambia. We were also named National Law Firm of the Year: South Africa (Project Finance) for our work on various project finance matters including the Beitbridge Border Post Modernisation Project, which was named Project Finance Deal of the Year.

African Legal Awards, 2021

We won awards in five categories, more than any other single firm. We were named Capital Markets Team of the Year,  Environmental and Renewables Team of the Year, Restructuring Team of the Year, and Transportation and Infrastructure Team of the Year, and won the Crisis Management Initiative of the Year Award.

Dealmakers South Africa Awards, 2021

We placed first by deal flow and second by deal value in the Unlisted M&A Transactions category; first by deal flow and third by deal value in the BEE Deals category; third and fourth by value and flow respectively, in the Listed Company M&A Transactions category; and fourth by deal value and deal flow in the General Corporate Finance category.