With over 400 specialist lawyers, Bowmans draws on its unique knowledge of the business and socio-political environment in Africa to advise clients on a wide range of legal issues.
The firm helps is clients (including domestic and foreign corporates, multinationals, funds and financial institutions across a range of industry sectors, as well as state-owned enterprises and governments) to manage legal complexity and to unlock opportunity on the continent.
The firm has eight offices in six countries (Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). Everywhere it operates, Bowmans offers its clients a service that uniquely blends expertise in the law, knowledge of the local market, and an understanding of their businesses. The firm’s aim is to assist its clients to achieve their objectives as smoothly and efficiently as possible while minimising the legal and regulatory risks.
Bowmans works closely with its Alliance firms, Aman Assefa & Associates Law Office in Ethiopia and Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie in Nigeria. The firm has special relationships with PFI Partnerships in Malawi, and Taciana Peão Lopes & Advogados Associados in Mozambique; regularly works with other leading independent law firms across the rest of Africa; and is a representative of Lex Mundi, a global association of more than 160 independent law firms across the globe.