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Our track record of providing specialist legal services in the fields of corporate law, banking and finance law and dispute resolution, spans over a century.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pre-eminent African law firm Bowmans has announced the appointment of Olwethu Gusha as a partner in its Johannesburg General Finance Practice. Olwethu is an experienced transactional lawyer who specialises in leveraged and acquisition finance, which includes structuring debt for private equity deals and corporate acquisitions across multiple African jurisdictions. His expertise extends to asset and real estate finance and preference share financing, including designing complex capital raising and hybrid instrument structures.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Preeminent African law firm Bowmans has announced the appointment of Lena Mangondo in the firm’s Johannesburg office Projects, Energy and Infrastructure Practice. Lena joins Bowmans from the Independent Power Producer Office (IPP Office), where she was head of Legal, a position she has held since 2014. During her time with the IPP Office, she played a pivotal role in pioneering South Africa's Renewable Energy IPP Programme, which has attracted nearly ZAR 300-billion in investment and procured over 9 000 MW of capacity so far.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In Masimla v Pioneer Fishing (Pty) Ltd and Others, the Labour Court was required to determine a referral related to an unfair discrimination claim under section 10(6)(h) of the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (EEA). The case specifically considered quid pro quo harassment, and an automatically unfair dismissal claim pertaining to discrimination in terms of section 187(1)(f) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA). As an alternative claim, the plaintiff claimed that her dismissal was substantively and procedurally unfair.   In limine points]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A recent decision by the Labour Court provides guidance on the enforceability of contractual provisions that restrict employees from seeking alternative employment. In the matter between Lucchini South Africa (Pty) Ltd v CCMA and Others the Labour Court upheld the decision by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) that found the employee’s dismissal for breaching such a clause to be substantively unfair. However, the Court reduced the compensation awarded to the employee from 12 months to six months’ remuneration.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bowmans’ legal expertise has once again been recognised in The Legal 500’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Report for 2026, which was released late last month (25 March 2026). Bowmans was ranked in 21 legal areas, with 13 of these included in Tier 1 (the highest possible rating in the report), while 70 of its lawyers received 73 individual rankings – 10 were included in the prestigious ‘hall of fame’, 32 were recognised as ‘leading partners’, 18 were listed as ‘next generation partners’, and 13 were named ‘leading associates’.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pre-eminent African law firm Bowmans has once again been recognised as a leading legal advisor on complex, cross-border M&A and private equity transactions in East Africa. The firm topped the DealMakers East Africa legal advisor league table by deal flow and placed second by deal value in the M&A Category; placed second by both transaction flow and value in the General Corporate Finance Category; and was recognised for advising on the deal named Ansarada Private Equity Deal of the Year (East Africa).]]></description>
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            <title>Bowmans celebrated for its role in shaping the continent’s most innovative transactions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pre-eminent African law firm Bowmans walked away with the top honours at the IFLR Africa Awards held in Cape Town last night (17 March 2026). In addition to winning the prestigious African Firm of the Year Award, Bowmans was named South African Law Firm of the Year and received the Team of the Year Award for M&A: Regional as well as four Deal of the Year awards. In addition, the firm’s chairman and senior partner Ezra Davids received the prestigious Lawyer of the Year: South Africa accolade.]]></description>
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