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Capital Markets: Debt - South Africa

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What the Team is Known For

Bowmans offers a deep bench of experienced lawyers with an outstanding reputation in both debt and equity capital markets in South Africa. The team is involved in a variety of domestic and cross-border matters, and it frequently assists major regional and international financial institutions and corporates with high-value note programmes and bond issuances. The department is equally well versed in IPOs, inward listings, accelerated bookbuild share placements and black cconomic empowerment matters. The team regularly acts as counsel to bookrunners and underwriters as well as issuers, and provides counsel on regulatory developments concerning the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Work Highlights

  • Bowmans assisted The New Development Bank with its first bond issuance in South Africa.

Strengths

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We really enjoy working with them. Bowmans is a very experienced, well-qualified law firm and very commercially minded. I find its team very straightforward to work with.

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Its lawyers are fabulously responsive, practical and commercial.

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Bowmans has communicative and attentive partners, and all juniors are knowledgeable and client-focused.

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Bowmans has a very strong, experienced and solid team.

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Notable Practitioners

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Casper van Heerden
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Casper van Heerden
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Casper van Heerden is a debt capital markets lawyer who is renowned for his expertise. With a particularly strong reputation among issuer-side entities, his impressive client portfolio features major names in manufacturing, mining and financial services.

His knowledge of the debt capital markets and regulatory matters is outstanding, and his communication on all of these areas is proactive and engaging.

Casper van Heerden is an exceptionally good lawyer.

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Ezra Davids
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Ezra Davids
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Ezra Davids is a household name in the field of equity capital markets. Alongside his market-leading M&A practice, he assists clients with the full IPO process, as well as acting on accelerated bookbuilds and private placements.

Ezra Davids is a real expert and leader.

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David Yuill
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David Yuill
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David Yuill is highlighted for the impressive breadth he maintains in his capital markets practice, advising issuers, dealers and underwriters involved in significant capital raisings in South Africa. Working out of Johannesburg, he also has considerable experience taking lead roles in novel transactions featuring complex regulatory and securities components.

David Yuill is proactive, has a lot of experience and is really commercially minded. He is very easy to work with on either side of a transaction, always looking to get deals moved forward.

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Ryan Wessels
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Ryan Wessels
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Ryan Wessels continues to grow his reputation in the South African corporate finance market, with particularly notable strength in rights issues and private placement agreements. He acts for both issuers and bookrunners, and has played a key role in international securities sales.

Ryan Wessels is proactive, thinks ahead on transactions and is very quick to reach out and flag issues early.

Ryan Wessels is one of my preferred legal partners because of his expertise and collaborative spirit.

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Capital Markets: Debt
Casper van Heerden
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Casper van Heerden
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Ezra Davids
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Ezra Davids
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David Yuill
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David Yuill
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Ryan Wessels
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Ryan Wessels
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