Upcoming Events
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Unpacking Debt Capital Markets SeminarDate: Thursday, 7 September 2017 Venue: Bowmans, 11 Alice Lane, Sandton, Johannesburg Description: A three part series of seminars on key topics and legislation on debt capital markets and corporate restructuring. Contact: Buhle Nhlangulela T: +27 11 669 9145 E: buhle.nhlangulela@bowmanslaw.com
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Past Events
Nelson Mandela the Negotiator – lessons for businessDate: 18August 2017 Time: 08:30 Venue: Bowmans, 22 Bree Street, Cape Town Description: John Brand, will be leading an interactive discussion on what we can learn from Nelson Mandela as a negotiator and how we can apply these lessons in a commercial context. “Mandela spent about 30 years negotiating and mediating between prison officials, government representatives and his own colleagues and mandate givers, and there is much to learn from what worked for him,” in John’s view. Contact: Sibahle Teyise T: +27 21 480 7897 E: sibahle.teyise@bowmanslaw.com HealthTech Seminar : Exploring the impact of technology and start – ups in healthcareDate: 17 August 2017 Time: 12:00 Venue: Bowmans, 22 Bree Street, Cape Town Description: HAVAÍC and Bowmans invite you to attend a HealthTech Seminar at which healthcare experts and insurers, entrepreneurs and legal practitioners will share their views on the convergence of healthcare and technology in the South African context. Click here for the programme. Contact: Sibahle Teyise T: +27 21 480 7897 E: sibahle.teyise@bowmanslaw.com Fintech in Uganda: Unpacking Risk and RegulationDate: Friday, 28th July 2017 Time: 08:00-14:00 Venue: Golden Tulip Hotel, near Twed Tower, 12 B, Kafu Road, Kampala Description: Registration is now open for our conference on “Fintech in Uganda: Unpacking Risk and Regulation” at which industry experts and lawyers will discuss hot topics and share experiences.
RSVP: ke-rsvp@bowmanslaw.com East Africa Syndicated Loans Conference 2017Date: 26 July 2017 Time: 09:00 Venue: Windsor Golf Hotel Description: Njau Mukuha, partner M&A and projects team in our Nairobi office, will be a panelist in this years East Africa Syndicated Loans Conference. Together will other panelist he will be discussing Project finance in East Africa: balancing risk and reward. This conference has a specific focus on the syndicated loan markets in the region and in Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly. More information: http://www.lma.eu.com/events/east-african-syndicated-loans-conference?p=1 Annual Pro Bono and CSR eventDate: Thursday 20th July 2017 Time: 17:00 Venue: Bowmans, 11 Alice Lane, Sandton, Johannesburg Description: The key note address will be given by Judge President Dunstan Mlambo, an alumnus of our firm. Judge President Mlambo devoted his practice of law to the upliftment and protection of people as a public interest lawyer and a trade union lawyer. During a speech made shortly after he took office, he said he would ensure that “access to justice becomes what it should be”. RSVP: Renitha Bechan +27 11 669 9554 The Global Pound ConferenceDate: Thursday, 29 June 2017 Venue: Bowmans, 11 Alice Lane, Sandton, Johannesburg Description: The Johannesburg GPC is part of an international series of events taking place in approximately 40 cities and 31 countries. The series facilitates the development of 21st-century commercial dispute resolution tools, at domestic, regional and international levels. The one-day programme in Johannesburg involved all participants using a unique interactive technology platform that includes multiple choice and open text questions to generate comparable and actionable global data. The goal was to consider improvements that can be made to all forms of dispute resolution, including litigation, arbitration, conciliation, mediation and mixed modes of preventing and resolving commercial disputes. View the full programme here. Contact: Buhle Nhlangulela T: +27 11 669 9145 E: buhle.nhlangulela@bowmanslaw.com Unpacking the New Agreement on Collective Bargaining and StrikesDate: Tuesday, 13 June 2017 Venue: Bowmans, 11 Alice Lane, Sandton, Johannesburg Description: Our Unpacking the New Agreement on Collective Bargaining and Strikes seminar held at our Johannesburg office on 13 June 2017 addressed the potential impact of this development on business. Click here for a short interview with some of our presenters who provided. For more information regarding registration, click here. Contact: Buhle Nhlangulela T: +27 11 669 9145 E: buhle.nhlangulela@bowmanslaw.com Nigeria Bar Association Annual Business Law ConferenceDate: 18-20 June 2017 Description: Tholinhlanhla Gcabashe and David Anderson attended the 11th Annual Business Law Conference hosted by the Nigeria Bar Association in Lagos, Nigeria on 18 June 2017. The Business Law Conference is an annual event organised by the NBA-SBL, which provides legal practitioners, regulators, clients and other stakeholders with a platform on which to discuss issues that impact the Nigerian legal system and the polity at large. More information: http://www.nbasbl.org/11th-annual-business-law-conference/ Sub-Saharan Africa M&A ForumDate: 20 June 2017 Description: Charles Young, Ryan Wessels, Ashleigh Hale and Charles Smith attended the Sub-Saharan Africa M&A Forum at the Hilton in Johannesburg on 20 June 2017. Attracting 120 attendees and 20 speakers, this event helps the corporate finance and investment banking communities to forge new relationships to get deals done. The event explored both sides of the coin and provide insight into some of the frontier markets, which are expected to attract attention from M&A players in the years to come. More information: http://events.mergermarket.com/africa
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Upcoming Speaker Engagements
There are no upcoming speaking engagements at this time
Past Speaker Engagements
SAVCA-GIBS 2017 Foundation Programme in Private EquityDate: 25-26 July 2017 Venue: GIBS Business School, 26 Melville Road, Sandton Description: Bowmans John Bellew, Head of Private Equity, presents at the SAVCA-GIBS 2017 Foundation Programme in Private Equity. Held every winter in Johannesburg, the course is attended by private equity practitioners, institutional investors, investor relations managers and consultants to the industry. Delegates are guided through the private equity process with real-life case studies and best practices as presented by senior private equity practitioners. A certificate will be awarded to participant in completion of the course. Click here for more information More information: T: +27 11 268 0041 /E: info@savca.co.za 3rd Annual East African Venture Capital Association Private Equity SeminarDate: 15 June 2017 Time: 07:30 Venue: Radisson Blue Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya Description: Paras Shah, partner and head the M&A and projects team in our Nairobi office, will be a guest-speaker at the 3rd Annual East African Venture Capital Association Private Equity Seminar. Now in its 3rd year, the EAVCA annual conference is the region’s largest convening of global and local institutional investors, investment professionals and professional service providers. The highly interactive agenda features discussions and debates on the opportunities in East Africa, workshops on solutions to common challenges, networking sessions, and plenaries with leading thinkers in the private equity and venture capital space. More information: http://2017conference.eavca.org/
3rd Mining 4i at Strathmore UniversityDate: 25 May 2017 Time: 08:00 Venue: Strathmore University, Nairobi Description: Rainbow Field, director of international legal services in our Nairobi office, Coulson Harney LLP, will be attending the 3rd Mining 4i at Strathmore University. Strathmore Extractives Industry Centre (SEIC) in collaboration with Kipya (Africa) Ltd will be hosting the 3rd Mining 4i Event. The Mining 4i focuses on the promotion of Kenya’s mineral potential by attracting investment in technological innovation. This is achieved through providing pertinent information and interaction between the stakeholders. One of the key outcomes of the event is to provide credible guidance to extractives (oil, gas and mining) stakeholders and senior professionals aspiring to plug into the industry’s value chain. The 3rd Mining 4i Event is themed: “Community Partnerships to Foster Innovation in Extractives; From Policy to Profit” More information: http://www.strathmore.edu/events/3rd-mining-4i/
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