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profile for frans van hoogstraten - partner

DIP Law (UCT), Notary Public and Conveyancer.

Frans van Hoogstraten is a director of Bowman Gilfillan and practices in the firm’s corporate department. He was admitted as an attorney in 1974 and has specialised in commercial property law throughout his professional career.

Frans has acted for various local and international companies on a broad range of property related matters including general commercial agreements, joint ventures, mergers, corporate restructuring, land acquisition, due diligence investigations, financing arrangements, leases and leasebacks, share block schemes, property development, township establishment and land use matters. Frans has acted, inter alia, in the development of regional shopping centres, prime office developments and prestigious golf course developments. He has also acted in the acquisition and disposal of large property portfolios on behalf of corporate clients and in the listing and merger of companies on the JSE.

Frans regularly presents lectures on behalf of various bodies and is the author of numerous published articles on issues involving commercial property law.

Practice Focus
• Commercial Property Law
• Property Development
• Property Acquisitions and Disposals
• Property Finance
• Share Blocks and Fractional Ownership
• Leases

Areas of Practice

Corporate
  • Commercial Property

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    Recent Deals and Matters that Bowman Gilfillan has assisted companies in
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    Acted for Resource Generation in relation to its secondary listing on the Main Board of the JSE. The listing will occur on 14 July. Resgen currently has a primary listing on the Australian Stock Exchange.

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    Chambers and Partners 2010 ranked us first in the following departments:

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    Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and Transformation policy of Bowman Gilfillan
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    Pro Bono work by lawyers | attorneys in South Africa
    Bowman Gilfillan is proud to be one of the first large commercial firms to develop and implement a comprehensive pro bono policy.  In accordance with this policy we pursue meritorious public-law cases and act for indigent clients in a number of ongoing matters.  As a responsible corporate citizen, Bowman Gilfillan encourages its practitioners to seek to provide legal services to deserving organisations and individuals on a pro bono (free) basis.  A number of pro bono matters have been taken on in a wide variety of fields, from education to healthcare and other social services and partnerships have been established with recognised public interest legal services providers such as the Legal Resources Centre and the Aids Law Project.

    Bowman Gilfillan has also entered into an arrangement with CIDA City Campus, particularly in business subjects, in terms of which we prepare the lecture materials for, and present lectures to, their second year students.  We also provide CIDA with legal advice. All of this is done free of any charge, as part of our social responsibility programme.

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    International links with Bowman Gilfillan
    We are an independent corporate law firm with well established relationships with some of the leading law firms in the major financial centres of the world.
    Bowman Gilfillan has formed an association with Coulson Harney Advocates, a corporate and commercial law firm in Kenya. The association provides Coulson Harney with a springboard for its involvement in legal advisory work around Africa.


     

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