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Date Time Event RSVPs
16 September 2009 to
2 June 2010
08:00 to 12:30 Companies Act Seminar Series (Johannesburg) click here to view more
18 March 2010 08h00 to 10h00 Breakfast with Benefits click here to RSVP for this event
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What will be covered:

  • Unpacking trustees' discretion in allocating future surpuls (section 15C of the Pension Funds Act). Presented by Graham Damant
  • The meaning and effect of the "deemed accrual" of benefits in paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule to the Income Tax Act.  Does it affect the member's date of withdrawal and consequently, the value of the withdrawal benefit? Presented by Mogola Makola
  • An introduction to the long-awaited draft regulation 28. Presented by David Geral
presented by Graham Damant, Mogola Makola & David Geral
venue Bowman Gilfillan Auditorium, 165 West Street, Sandton
 
12 March 2010 08h00 to 10h30 Business Rescue Breakfast Seminar click here to RSVP for this event
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You are invited to a Business Rescue Breakfast Seminar.

This provides a platform for companies to restructure themselves without a liquidation, and both they and their creditors will need to know what the implications are.

Creditors and debtors alike will have to rethink their approach to companies in trouble!

What will be covered:

  • Chapter 6 of the new Companies Act, its implications, potential pitfalls and with whom creditors will potentially be interfacing once business rescue proceedings are underway.
  • Draft regulations which have only just been published for comment and these will regulate who the practitioners may be, and who will police the practitioners.
presented by Adam Harris & Haroon Laher
venue Bowman Gilfillan Auditorium
 
Recent Deals and Matters that Bowman Gilfillan has assisted companies in
SABSA HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD

The proposed merger of Tsogo Sun Holdings (Proprietary) Limited ("Tsogo") and Gold Reef Resorts Limited ("Gold Reef"). The merger is to be effected through the acquisition by Gold Reef of all the shares in Tsogo from Tsogo's two shareholders, SABSA Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and Tsogo Investment Holding Company (Proprietary) Limited, in exchange for the issue by Gold Reef of new shares to Tsogo's two shareholders, resulting in these two shareholders owning about 80% of the issued shares in Gold Reef (i.e. reverse take-over of Gold Reef)

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Attend one of Bowman Gilfillan's Seminars or Events
Breakfast with Benefits

presented by Graham Damant, Mogola Makola & David Geral
on Thursday, March 18, 2010

Companies Act Seminar Series

from 16 September 2009 to 2 June 2010

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Thanks to the efforts of our expert commercial attorneys, Bowman Gilfillan has received a range of prestigious awards
Chambers and Partners 2010 ranked us first in the following departments:

Competition/Antitrust

Corporate/M&A

IT & Telecommunications

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Law articles and legal publications for legal advice
Implications and ramifications of Zimbabwe/SA agreement on investment protection

On 27 November 2009 the governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe signed a Bilateral Agreement for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (BIPPA) in Harare. In terms of the agreement’s preamble, the two countries entered into the agreement because they desire to create favourable conditions for greater investment by South African investors in Zimbabwe, and Zimbabwean investors in South Africa.

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Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and Transformation policy of Bowman Gilfillan
Bowman Gilfillan is involved in a continuous transformation process and in 2004 adapted a Transformation Charter.  The Transformation Charter was revised in 2008 with recommendations for the next 3 years.

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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.



 
In Association with Coulson Harney Advocates       Member of Lex Mundi - The World's Leading Association of Independent Law Firms       Member of Employment Law Alliance - Helping Employers Worldwide       We support The Global Compact
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