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Thursday, February 25, 2010

DealMakers Deal of the Year 2009: Advised SAB Miller and SAB on this ground ground-breaking transaction isn’t something you keep bottled up. SAB’s pioneering R7.3 billion Zenzele transaction sets a new benchmark in a broad-based transformation. An estimated 67 000 previously disadvantaged South Africans will now hold 8.45 % of SAB’s shares without any external bank funding – making the transaction distinctive sustainable and truly empowering.

Ezra Davids won DealMaker of the Year Award 2009 at the DealMakers Annual Awards on 24 February 2010. Ezra led the team in the MTN-Bharti Airtel talks valued at R470 billion, which collapsed after Indian regulators intervened. He also worked n the R7.3 billion SABMiller black economic empowerment transaction and on the R1.2 billion MTN-Verizon Deal.

Bowman Gilfillan was ranked third in M&A by Deal Value at the Annual DealMakers Awards 2009.

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

Competition/Antitrust

Corporate/M&A

IT & Telecommunications

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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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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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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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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.