The firm’s dynamic combination of local expertise and international presence has attracted high-profile clients both in South Africa and around the world. Investment banks, industrial conglomerates, financial institutions, governments and state authorities are just some examples of clients who depend on Bowman Gilfillan to handle their corporate legal affairs.
Bowman Gilfillan’s extensive list of specialist legal services includes:
In June 2003, Bowman Gilfillan formally established its Pro Bono Programme, and by the end of the financial year on 28 February 2010, our practitioners had contributed approximately 51 000 hours of their time to pro-bono matters, at an average contribution of approximately 30 hours per practitioner per year. The value of that time at billable rates is approximately R43 million.
Bowman Gilfillan has the unique advantage of operating as part of a global network of commercial and corporate law attorneys.
As a member of Lex Mundi, the leading association of independent law firms in the world, Bowman Gilfillan works in close association with more than 160 international member firms and 21 000 lawyers all over the world.
Bowman Gilfillan is the exclusive South African representative of the Employment Law Alliance, the world’s largest and most important network of labour and employment lawyers.
Bowman Gilfillan established the Africa Group to unite lawyers across the firm in providing integrated legal services to our clients throughout Africa. Focusing primarily on corporate law, commercial law and financial law, the Africa Group facilitates cross-border legal services of the highest global standards in Africa.
The Group serves corporations, financial institutions, parastatals and governments by offering the expert and timely legal advice they need in order to achieve their commercial objectives on the continent. The Africa Group’s dynamic relationships with prestigious commercial law firms across the continent, afford our clients excellent and dependable legal advice, irrespective of where they are based in Africa.
We have offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Our associate firm Coulson Harney is based in Nairobi and our collaborative relationship with Udo Udoma & Belo Osagie, a leading Nigerian law firm ensures a presence in the various African cities. We are members of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms, with members in Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal and Tunisia. We work with leading law firms in other countries in Africa, with whom we have developed close working relationships over the years.
