South African firm Bowmans opened an office in Moka, Mauritius in 2019. The pan-African firm has seven offices in five countries in total.
The firm
is engaged on some notably large corporate transactions consisting of fund formation and raising, private acquisitions, and direct financing.
In M&A, the firm
worked on a range of acquisitions for buyers and sellers in
financial services, telecommunications, energy and renewables and
technology. A notable deal highlight includes advising
from a Mauritius legal perspective on
the acquisition of
Netis,
a leading pan African group in telecommunication and energy infrastructure, by Africinvest,
Amethis,
Proparco and IFC.
In investment funds the
firm worked on another notable deal in which the firm
assisted
TIDE Africa
II LP with the growth of
additional investors resulting in an
additional commitment
of $46 million to the company’s fund size.
Proparco, SBM Bank (Mauritius), Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited,
Friday Capital,
Spice Finance,
Enza Capital,
Standard Bank (Mauritius),
TIDE Africa,
Laguna Games,
Google,
Smile Telecoms
Testimonials
Capital markets : Debt
"Quality of service, speed of execution and expertise."
Financial services regulatory
"Quality service."
M&A
"Professional, always seeking to clearly understand the commercial terms/requirements and accurately integrate it in the agreements. Very responsive."
Private equity
"Responsive, clear and good quality."
Gilles Athaw
"Depth of knowledge, responsiveness and professionalism."
"Professional, always seeking to clearly understand the commercial terms/requirements and accurately integrate it in the agreements. Very responsive. Cleary advises when there is a term or condition that can negatively affect the company, and provides a solution on how to address this point."
Rajiv Gujadhur
"Listening skills, reachable and available for meetings, service with a smile despite any challenging situation."
Javed Niamut
"Responsive, very able, good problem-solver, hard-working, pleasant to deal with."
