mergers and acquisitions

The Bowman Gilfillan Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group ("the M&A Practice Group") provides top quality legal advice on all aspects of public and private merger and acquisition transactions.

The Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group comprises over 20 senior lawyers that are widely recognised as the leading individuals in the mergers and acquisitions field in South Africa and who have advised local and international clients for many years, as well as a number of dedicated and dynamic junior lawyers who specialise in mergers and acquisitions. In addition, lawyers from other practice groups are routinely involved in merger and acquisition transactions.

The Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group has been involved in a number of prominent mergers in South Africa and has been the South African attorneys for many of international financial institutions and corporates in respect of the South African, and African, aspects of multinational mergers and acquisitions. The Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group also regularly advises leading international law firms and merchant banks on the South African and African legs of international transactions.

The Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group has over the years been successful in defending a number of highly publicised hostile takeovers, and in recent times, has been involved in the structuring and implementation of complex black economic empowerment transactions. The Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group has considerable expertise in the fields of privatisation and has been involved in a number of transactions where shareholders have become more active in the management of their companies.