BA (French and Law) (University of the Witwatersrand)
LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)

Veronica Cadman joined the firm as a senior associate in November 2006 and became a partner on 1 March 2008.

Veronica obtained her BA (French and Law) and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand.

She practiced as a competiiton and corporate lawyer from 2000 - 2003. In December 2003 she joined Gold Fields as a Senior Assistant Legal advisor where she advised on commercial law and corporate governance issues and was also involved in reviewing and advising on agreements with French-speaking African countries (such as Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo).

Veronica returned to practice in November 2004. She has advised on a variety of competition law matters (including advice on prohibited practices, abuse of dominance issues and merger notifications) and has particular experience in advising on competition law matters involving alcaholic beverages, private equity and private healthcare. Veronic speaks French and Spanish fluently.

+27 11 669-9428
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BA (University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg)
LLB (UCT)
LLM (Wits)

Charles Douglas is a partner in Bowman Gilfillan’s Corporate Department and is a member of the firm’s Competition and Trade Law practice area. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions and regulatory advice.

Charles did his training at Bowman Gilfillan and was with the firm for 5½ years before undertaking an 18 month secondment to the Sydney office of Allens Arthur Robinson during 2005 and 2006. Charles is also admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Recent M&A transactions that Charles advised on include the acquisition of shares in CRC, an AIM listed company with mining interests in the DRC, the unbundling of PPC from the Barloworld group, the sale of Independent Liquor, a New Zealand company (where he acted for a bidder) and the sale of P&O’s global cold logistics business to Versacold, a Canadian company. Charles also has experience with various empowerment transactions, including those undertaken by Afripack (a PPC subsidiary) and ABB.

In the regulatory area, Charles 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 corporate, M&A and regulatory matters.

On the capital markets front, Charles has advised Metorex in respect of its capital raising exercise for that company’s Ruashi project in the DRC, as well as a share buy-back for BHP Billiton Limited. Charles also advised Metorex on the project finance related to phase II of its Ruashi project in the DRC.

+27 11 669 9426
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BA LLB (Rhodes)

Greg is a director and head of the litigation department. He holds BA and LLB degrees from Rhodes University.

Greg acts as the supervising partner on a range of commercial and contractual litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution matters.

He has represented clients in disputes in the software, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, mining and retail sectors and has extensive experience in conducing private arbitrations. He is a member of the Association of Arbitrators and is a Director of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa. He also has experience in international arbitrations under the auspices of the ICC.

+27 11 669-9516
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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

+27 11 669-9352
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B Com LLB (Natal) MBL (Unisa)

Derek Lotter has been a Partner with Bowman Gilfillan since 2001, and holds B Comm and LLB degrees and a Masters in Business Leadership.

Derek has been involved in a large number of prominent mergers and behavioural competition matters before the competition authorities in South Africa, and has advised on all aspects of South African competition law.

Derek is currently advising an international airline in the Commission's separate investigations into surcharges in the air cargo and passenger sectors, and a respondent in the complaint referral to the Competition Tribunal against Clover and seven others in the milk sector. Derek is advising a firm in respect of the complaint referral proceedings involving JTI and British American Tobacco SA, and is defending a firm in the mining sector against allegations that it has breached the conditions for the approval of a merger. Derek is advising parties that are the subject of complaint proceedings in the steel, foundry and scrap metal sectors. Derek is currently advising a pharmaceutical company as regards complaint proceedings initiated in the area of HIV/Aids and the supply of antiretrovirals, and a firm as regards the Commission's investigations into the milling and bread sectors.

Derek has extensive experience in a variety of sectors allowing him to advise on the competition law implications of conduct in a number of affected markets. Derek regularly conducts compliance programs and seminars for clients including those with activities in sub-Saharan Africa (such as Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe), and is a regular speaker at conferences in South Africa.

+27 11 669-9357
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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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BA LLB (Wits) MSc in Law and Development (London School of Economics)
Presently completing a H Dip Company Law at Wits

Claire Tucker is a director at Bowman Gilfillan and the head of the Environment, Mining, Energy and Natural Resources practice area. She presently practises primarily in regulatory and environmental law and is widely published on these matters.

Claire has worked on a wide range of regulatory matters including the drafting of laws and regulations, High Court review applications in respect of decisions on regulatory matters, the interpretation and application of statutes as well as commercial and transactional advice. She practises in and advises on all environmental issues, particularly atmospheric pollution prevention, waste regulation, water, land use planning and environmental impact assessments. Claire has a particular interest in the socio-economic aspects of the constitutional right to a clean environment. Her regulatory areas of specialization include access to information, data protection and privacy, medical and pharmaceutical regulation, food safety and international trade, corporate governance and financial services regulation.

Claire obtained a BA LLB from Wits and an MSc in Law and Development from the London School of Economics. While overseas she worked for two years in London at Leigh Day and Co on plaintiff actions against multinational corporations causing damage to people and environments in developing countries, particularly on the Cape plc asbestos case and the Thor Chemicals case. She also spent half a year at the United Nation’s Food Agricultural Organisation in Rome in the Legal Office researching and advising on international environmental law matters.

Practice Focus
• Regulatory
• Corporate Governance
• Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
• Trade Law and Lobbying advice
• Pharmaceutical
• Information and Privacy
• Financial Services

+27 11 669-9402
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BA, LLB and LLM (University of Stellenbosch)

Guillermo Erasmus is a senior associate at the firm and holds BA, LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Stellenbosch having done international trade law as part of his LLM.

He has been involved in various competition and international trade law matters. His practice also focuses on various aspects of regulatory law and pharmaceutical law.

+27 11 669-9409
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