Bowmans

Overview

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  • What kind of candidate are we looking for? 

    We look for candidates that are:

    • Commercially aware
    • Committed to Excellence
    • Passionate about Law
    • Team Players
  • Bursary Details 

    Matric Applicants can apply using this link which leads to Leaply too: Bursary Application Portal.

  • Graduate Programme Details 

    We offer a comprehensive two-year programme for you, as a candidate attorney, to serve your articles with us.

    During this time, you will have an opportunity to apply all the knowledge you have gained at university while learning from some of the top lawyers in their fields of expertise.

    You will be able to assess which areas of law hold particular interest for you because our candidate attorneys rotate to four different Practice Groups while serving their articles with us.

    Our areas of specialisation include:

    • Banking & Finance (Commercial Property, Finance and Project Finance)
    • Corporate (Competition, M&A, Public Law & Regulatory and Tax)
    • Dispute Resolution (Employment, Litigation, Governance, Compliance & Investigations and Shipping & Logistics)

    You will also be able to attend all of the practical legal training required by the Law Society to prepare you to write your Attorney’s Admission Examinations, in-house.

    In addition to this, we also offer a personal development programme to equip you with the skills necessary to face the challenges of being a young professional.

  • Work Experience Details 

    Bowmans Virtual Experience Programme

    Ramp up your practical exposure to corporate law with Bowmans. This Virtual Experience Programme is free for all students. Here is the link: Bowmans Virtual Experience Programme

Company Description

We have an enviable track record of providing legal services to the highest professional standards in Africa. We work for clients across numerous African jurisdictions on corporate, finance, competition, taxation, employment, technology and dispute resolution matters.

With eight offices in six African countries and over 400 specialist lawyers, we draw on our unique knowledge of the business and socio-political environment to advise clients on a wide range of legal issues.

Everywhere we work, we offer clients a service that uniquely blends expertise in the law, knowledge of the local market, and an understanding of their businesses. Our aim is to assist clients to achieve their objectives as smoothly and efficiently as possible while minimising the legal and regulatory risks.

Our clients include domestic and foreign corporates, multinationals, funds and financial institutions, across almost all sectors of the economy, as well as state-owned enterprises and governments. In the 2021 DealMakers Africa Awards we ranked first in East Africa for both deal value and deal flow, with a 52% and a 40% share of the market respectively. We also advised on the deals named East Africa Deal of the Year and East Africa Private Equity Deal of the Year.

In the 2021 DealMakers Awards we placed first by deal flow and second by deal value in the Unlisted M&A Transactions category; first by deal flow and third by deal value in the BEE Deals category; third and fourth by value and flow respectively, in the Listed Company M&A Transactions category; and fourth by deal value and deal flow in the General Corporate Finance category.