BA LLB (Wits)
Solicitor of England and Wales

David is a partner in Bowman Gilfillan’s corporate department and is the head of the firm’s banking and finance practice area. David specialises in banking law, as well as mergers and acquisitions within the financial services sector. David acts for a number of South African and international banks and institutions in relation to a full range of banking matters. He is a regular contributor to the Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law and a number of South African and international publications.

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BA LLB (Wits)

Robert Cohen is a partner in Bowman Gilfillan’s Corporate Department. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions (listed and unlisted companies).

Robert has particular expertise in schemes of arrangement and black economic empowerment transactions.

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BA LLB (UCT)
H Dip Tax (Wits)

Ezra Davids is a partner in and the Head of our Corporate Department. He specialises in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Capital Markets and Securities Law. Ezra has led the Bowman Gilfillan team in some of the largest M&A deals in the past year, including the disposal by Barrick Gold Corporation of Barrick Gold South Africa to Gold Fields Limited (US$1.55 billion), the acquisition by MTN Group of Investcom (US$5 billion) and the disposal by Polyus of its entire shareholding in Gold Fields Limited (US$2.02 billion). In Capital Markets he headed our teams in advising Goldman Sachs and UBS as joint global co-ordinators in the combined offering by Anglo American plc and Anglogold Ashanti of Anglogold Ashanti shares (US$1.69 billion) and Witsgold on its IPO on the JSE Limited.

Ezra is also the relationship partner for some of the firm’s clients like Goldman Sachs, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Eskom, Transnet, Barrick Gold Corporation, Public Investment Corporation, UPS and Merafe Resources.

Who’s Who Legal (2007) has named Ezra as one of the leading M&A lawyers in South Africa. He is currently the chairman of the Recent Developments in M&A of the International Bar Association and is a contributor to a number of international publications. Ezra is also a member of the Faculty Advisory Board of the Law Faculty of the University of Cape Town.

+27 11 669-9320
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B Juris
LLB
LLM (Corporate Law)

Rudolph is a partner in the firm's corporate, commercial and financial services department. Rudolph has particular expertise in mining and resources related transactions, banking and financial services transactions, M&A transactions in the information technology sector, as well as in black economic empowerment transactions. In addition, Rudolph has particular expertise in debt and equity capital raising transactions in these sectors. Some of the transactions in which Rudolph has acted as the executing partner for our firm includes advising a consortium of banks on their equity funding in respect of Incwala Platinum and advising a consortium of local and international banks on a term loan facility with Western Platinum Limited, advising on the Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited black economic empowerment transaction, the Tongaat Hulett Limited black economic empowerment transaction and the unbundling and listing of Hulamin Limited and advising African Rainbow Minerals Limited on its acquisition of an interest in Xstrata Coal and the financing of the transaction.

+27 11 669-9331
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B.Comm. LLB
(with distinction) (Wits).

Lance practices in the area of corporate and company law and has done so since 1997. He has drafted agreements for the acquisition and disposal of companies and their businesses as well as shareholders and joint venture agreements and advises on black economic empowerment transactions, listings of companies on the JSE Limited, the structuring and implementation of takeover bids of public companies, the establishment of employee share incentive schemes, the restructuring of corporate entities and, generally, transactions involving listed and unlisted companies.

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B Comm LLB (Natal)
H Dip Tax (RAU)

Alan has been a director of the firm since 1999. He specialises in tax law and general corporate law, and currently manages the tax practice area.

Alan is a member of the IBA, has attended the past 6 IBA conferences and has spoken at 3 of them, and has previously served on various committees of the tax section of the IBA.

He is listed in Chambers Global 2007 as a leading individual in the tax practice area in South Africa. Alan has advised in many high profile black economic empowerment transactions and has extensive experience in this field, particularly in the broad based elements of these transactions.

Recent major transactions that Alan has advised on include the unbundling by Barloworld Limited of its stake in PPC (value R18bn), the unbundling by Tongaat Hulett of its stake in Hulamin and empowerment transactions in both Tongaat Hulett and Hulamin, the disposal by Barrick Gold of its shares in South Deep to Goldfields (value R13bn) and the disposal by
Standard Bank of its stake in Stanlib to Liberty (value R2.5bn). Alan advised on the black economic empowerment transactions undertaken by Standard Bank, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, EDS, Unisys, Marsh, Murray & Roberts, Mvelaphanda Group and Alcatel. He has also acted for Standard Bank, Barclays Capital and Dresdner Kleinwort in debt capital market transactions. His regular clients include Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, IBM, Goldman Sachs and PPC.

Alan is a key relationship partner for the firm in regard to its relationships with Standard Bank, IBM, EDS, Unisys, Barrick Gold, Morgan Stanley, Barloworld, Intel and Marsh.

+27 11 669-9348
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B Comm LLB (Wits)
MBA (Wits)

Robert Legh is a partner in Bowman Gilfillan’s Corporate Department and is the head of the firm’s Competition and Trade Law practice area. He specialises in competition law, regulatory advice / lobbying and mergers and acquisitions.

In the competition law environment Robert has been involved in a number of merger filings, such as Nampak / Malbak, SAB / Rheem, Bidvest / Paragon and more recently Altech / Namitech and Murray & Roberts / Cementation.

He also advises in restrictive practice and abuse of dominance cases. He advised Standard Bank on competition law issues during Nedcor’s failed takeover bid.

In the regulatory area he has recently been involved in advising the liquor industry in relation to new national and provincial liquor legislation and the Pharmaceutical Task Group, an alliance of multinational and local pharmaceutical companies, in relation to the government’s proposed new pricing regulations for medicines.

In mergers and acquisitions Robert advises a range of multinational and local companies. Recent transactions involved Pretoria Portland Cement’s takeover of Portland Holdings in Zimbabwe and the subsequent listing of PPC on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, Pfizer’s acquisition of Pharmacia and Alcatel’s re-entry into South Africa and its recently announced black empowerment transaction.

Robert is a co-author of the leading text book on competition law in South Africa and is a regular contributor to local and international publications on competition law. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Bowman Gilfillan.
Practice Focus
• Corporate
• Competition & Trade Law
• Regulatory / Lobbying advice
• Mergers and Acquisitions

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BA and LLB from Wits, H Dip Company Law (Wits), H Dip Tax (RAU),Diploma in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (Unisa)

Anne did her articles at Werksmans (1988 – 1989) in Johannesburg and then practiced there as an attorney until she moved to Cape Town in 1993. After a year of lecturing at UWC, she joined Sonnenberg Hoffman and Galombik and became a partner in the commercial department in 1996. In 1997 she moved back to Johannesburg and joined the corporate finance department at RMB. Her job covered all aspects of M&A, particularly BEE transactions. The last transaction she worked on before leaving RMB was the Caltex empowerment deal, which was finalised at the end of 2002. Early in 2003, along with two of her RMB colleagues, she set up a boutique advisory business, Piton Capital, advising companies and black entrepreneurs on the design, financing and implementation of BEE transactions. She joined Bowman Gilfillan in June 2005 as a partner in the Cape Town corporate department.

+27 21 480 7860
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B Proc (Pretoria University)
LLM Banking Law (Unisa)
Diploma's in securities, financial markets and banking law

Lele is a director in the corporate department with experience in corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions and banking and finance law, and capital markets and securities law (including debt and equity capital markets).

Lele is a member the Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group, her main focus being on mergers and acquisitions, privatisations (including of state owned enterprises in various African countries such as the most recent proposed privatisation of Air Botswana), and banking and finance law. Lele has experience in running due diligences in various African states in respect of proposed acquisitions, and has assisted various entities in establishing companies in various African states.

Lele has advised on financial services law regulation, including in financial advisory services, collective investment schemes, securities, asset swaps and securities lending. Lele recently advised Credit Suisse in the Standard Bank / Credit Suisse joint venture into a brokerage business, the Bank of New York on the establishment of a representative office in South Africa, and Standard & Poor’s on the establishment of its South African office. She recently advised on private equity transactions (including fund formation), acting for clients such as the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund.

In the capital markets arena, Lele recently advised in the Airports Company of South Africa Limited on the establishment of its R12 billion Domestic Multi Term Note Programme, and has previously assisted Barloworld and Transnet on their bond issues. Lele also recently assisted in advising Merafe on its rights offer.

Lele also has experience relating to Black Economic Empowerment transactions, with the most recent including the Sasol/Tshwarisano BEE Transaction (R1.5 billion), a bid by BEE consortium in Gidani (Pty) Ltd for the National Lottery Licence, and advising the BEE consortium in Neotel (Pty) Ltd, Nexus Connexion (Pty) Ltd.

+27 11 669 9365
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BA (Econ) (Stel)
LLB (Wits)
H Dip Tax (Wits)

Member, Law Society of the Transvaal

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B Comm LLB (Wits)
Post-graduate degree LLB (Wits)
Post-grade Higher Diploma in Income tax (Wits)

Jon Schlosberg is the chairman of Bowman Gilfillan. He was previously head of the firm’s Corporate Department. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate law, banking and finance, corporate governance, capital markets and securities law.

Jon led the firm’s team in advising Standard Bank on the acquisition by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) of a 20% interest in the bank in what was then the largest direct foreign investment in South Africa and, according to Bloomberg, the largest foreign investment outside of China by a Chinese corporate.

Some of the other representative transactions in which Jon has acted as adviser include advising on the merger of Standard Bank’s asset management business with that of Liberty to form Stanlib; the disposal by Merril Lynch of its private client investment business; Armgold’s merger with Harmony Gold (a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) deal); Nampak’s merger with Malbak; the acquisition by IBM of PwC’s consulting business; advising a consortium of banks on the financing of Incwala’s acquisition of 16% of Lonplats (a BEE deal); advising on the financing of Ponahalo’s acquisition of an interest in De Beers (a BEE deal); advising on the financing of Tshwarisano’s acquisition of an interest in Sasol (a BEE deal); advising Murray & Roberts on its BEE transaction; advising Associated British Foods' on its acquisition of Illovo Sugar; and advising Tongaat-Hulett and Hulamin on the financing of their respective BEE transactions.

Jon is a member of the Board of Patrons of AIESEC South Africa and the Board of Governors of Johannesburg Metropolitan Junior and Mini City Council.

+27 11 669-9390
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Business Science and LLB degrees (University of Cape Town

Paul is a partner in the Corporate Department and specialises in capital markets (debt and equity) and mergers and acquisitions.

Paul has advised issuers and underwriters alike in capital raising by South African issuers on securities exchanges in Africa, North America and Europe. Recent capital markets deals Paul has advised on include: advising Credit Suisse as international distribution agent for Celtel Zambia’s IPO; advising Barclays Capital and Dresdner Kleinwort as joint lead managers on the convertible bond issue by Netcare and advising Standard Bank on the establishment of its EMTN Programme, listed on the LSE.

On the M&A front, Paul has advised on public takeovers, inward investment into South Africa, joint ventures and private equity transactions. Paul recently advised Nokia Siemens Networks on its joint venture in Africa with Reunert Limited; Credit Suisse on its role in the takeover by Evraz of Highveld Steel and Vanadium from Anglo American and First Reserve Corporation/AMCI on their investment in the Pamodzi Resources Fund, the largest private equity fund in South Africa.

South African contributor to Getting the Deal Through - Securities Finance, an annual international review of securities law by leading law firms around the world, published by Law Business Research, the official research partner of the International Bar Association (Getting the deal through)

+27 11 669 9391
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B.Comm. LLB
H.Dip Tax Law (Wits).

Carl is a partner in the corporate department, and specialises in corporate, M&A and securities law, negotiating commercial transactions, stock exchange transactions, corporate and structured finance and the drafting of complex documentation. He is also a non-executive director of various listed companies. Stein acted as the lead corporate counsel for Telkom SA Ltd when it listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

+27 11 669 9310
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B.Proc (Unisa)
LLB (Unisa)
LLM (in commercial laws) (UCT)

+27 11 669-9397
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BA LLB (Stellenbosch)

David is a partner in Bowman Gilfillan’s Corporate Department. David specialises in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate and commercial law, as well as the provision of regulatory advice to clients in the pharmaceutical and liquor industries and in the field of black economic empowerment.

Recent M&A transactions that David has advised on include black economic empowerment transactions entered into by Merrill Lynch, Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc., involving the disposal of equity stakes in the listed parent companies to South African empowerment shareholders and the disposal by Boart Longyear of its mining capital equipment business to a private equity buyer. David was also part of the team advising the Tongaat-Hulett Group in relation to a transaction involving, inter alia, the unbundling of Tongaat Hulett Group’s shareholding in Hulamin and the introduction of BEE partners into both Tongaat Hulett and Hulamin.

In the regulatory area, David has been involved in advising the liquor industry in relation to new national and provincial liquor legislation and various multinational and local pharmaceutical companies in relation to commercial and regulatory matters.

+27 11 669 9415
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Georg is a senior associate in the firm’s corporate department. He focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions and commercial property transactions. Recent transactions that he was involved in include the acquisition by Mvelaphanda Resources Limited of 22.3% of the issued share capital of Northam Limited from Anglo Platinum and the subscription by LBREP (Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners) of 5,884,012 combined units in JSE listed Pangbourne Properties Limited. He has significant experience in unlisted M&A transactions including Black Economic Empowerment related transactions. He has advised on tax aspects of commercial transactions.

+27 11 669-9151
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B ED (King Saud University) (first class honours), MA (University of Jordan), LLB (cum laude), LLM (UNISA), Certificate in Securitisation (UCT)

Shahid practices in the general corporate, financial services, banking and insurance, mergers and acquisitions and securities law fields.

He has worked on the acquisition by Standard Bank of a stake in the Nigerian banking sector, the RMB / Morgan Stanley joint venture, the acquisition by Hanwa (a Japanese company) of a stake in Samancor Chrome, the refinancing of Parmalat SA, advising Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse First Boston and others on derivatives transactions, exchange control, company law issues and various other matters, the development of hedge fund products by Alpha Asset Management (including international hedge fund structures), advising Sanlam Investment Management on the development of securities investment structures, advising Pfizer on various contractual and other arrangements in connection with its Nigerian operations, advising Goldman Sachs on the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 2002 and related matters, acting for Shell in respect of industry wide petroleum supply arrangements with PetroSA, advising Linklaters and Clifford Chance on South African financial services and insurance laws and advising various insurance companies and banks on the structuring of Islamic financial products.

Shahid has also written articles published in various professional journals and publications, including the Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law and Getting the Deal Through.

+27 21 480-7907
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B.Com and LL.B (Wits)
LLM (London School of Economics)
H Dip Tax (Wits)

Michael Adcock has been a partner of Bowman Gilfillan Inc. since 1970. He was Chairman of the firm from August 1992 to February 2004, and is one of the most senior partners in the firm. Michael is currently a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, a director of The Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa, a member of The International Bar Association, a member of the American Bar Association and The Law Society of the Northern Provinces.

Michael specialises in corporate and income tax law and has considerable experience in international transactions. His expertise covers acquisitions, mergers and takeovers, corporate structuring, corporate governance and stock exchange matters. He was the lead attorney in advising the successful party in the first hostile takeover bid in South Africa, the unbundling of Barlow Rand Limited and the merger of leading financial institutions. More recently he was involved in the acquisition by Barloworld Limited of Avis and is currently assisting clients in structuring black empowerment investments. He has represented a wide range of foreign and local clients, including industrial companies, banks, insurance companies, pension funds, mining companies, computer and engineering companies.

Mr. Adcock has lectured on company law and taxation at the University of the Witwatersrand and has participated as a lecturer in the Continuing Legal Education program of The Association of Law Societies of the Republic of South Africa.
Practice Focus
• Corporate
• Corporate Finance
• International & S.A. Income Tax
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Governance
• Banking

+27 11 669-9300
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Head of Africa Group
BA (Hons) Law, Kent
Solicitor England, Wales and Hong Kong

Jonathan Lang is a member of Bowman Gilfillan’s Corporate Department and head of the firm’s Africa Group. He is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and Hong Kong. He specialises in corporate finance, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, privatisations and equity and equity-linked capital markets. He is based in Bowman Gilfillan’s Cape Town office.

The Africa Group provides legal services to corporates, financial institutions and governments throughout Africa. Working in co-operation with leading firms in the continent, the Africa Group adds value to cross border corporate, commercial and finance transactions by providing legal project management, negotiating, structuring and drafting skills to its clients. It also provides pan-African advisory services in matters such as stock exchange regulation and privatisation of state owned assets. Jonathan’s experience includes the proposed privatisation of Air Botswana, advising Standard Bank on the acquisition of a controlling interest in IBTC Chartered Bank in Nigeria, advising Botswana Telecom in preparation for its privatisation and advising Virgin Group on the establishment of Virgin Money in South Africa.

Jonathan practised at leading UK law firm Allen & Overy for 20 years, of which 9 were as a partner. During that time he gained extensive experience of cross-border corporate and capital markets transactions at Allen & Overy’s London, Paris and Hong Kong offices. His experience outside Africa includes advising Dutch telecommunications company KPN on the acquisition of German mobile network E-Plus, VSNL (the Indian long distance telecommunications company) on its privatisation and Merrill Lynch on the issue of convertible bonds by The Bank of East Asia.

+27 21 480 7930
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