Andrew Pike
Senior Consultant | Durban
Contact
T: +27 31 265 0651
E: andrew.pike@bowmanslaw.com
Overview
Andrew Pike is the Senior Consultant in our Project Finance practice.
He has acted for numerous clients in due diligence investigations, risk assessments and transactional work in the ports, transport and logistics sector. His expertise covers legal structuring, contractual and transactional issues and service agreements. He also drafts and reviews regulations, concessions, trading terms and throughput agreements, and drafts and comments on, South African transport legislation. He has also been involved in shipping and ports litigation for most of his working life. He conducts shipping training and lecturing from time to time for various industry bodies. Andrew is frequently invited to speak at local and international conferences on a variety of subjects.
Experience
Andrew has executed and participated in extensive contentious and non-contentious matters in Africa south of the Sahara, some of which include and relate to:
- 35 years experience in ports, transport (focused on shipping, but including rail and road), petrochemicals and logistics, including extensive commercial advice, contractual support and litigation experience.
- Lead Local Counsel in respect of the development, financing and operation of an off-shore marine supply base project at Saldanha Bay.
- Establishment of LPG storage facilities and related logistics at Richards Bay.
- Relocation of liquid bulk storage facilities from the port of Port Elizabeth to the Special Economic Zone of Coega, port of Ngqura.
- Transaction advisor to MSC Cruises S.A., the sponsor of the new cruise terminal in Durban, advising on both the bid and all aspects of the implementation of the concession.
- Viability study and PPP transaction advisory services (legal and risk assessment) for the proposed new Durban dig-out port.
- Legal advisor (ports and shipping) to the sponsor of a LNG project in Matola, Mozambique.
- Ports regulatory advice on the recent award of the emergency power tenders in South Africa.
- Port and logistics study in Nigeria.
- Local Counsel to the preferred bidder in the Port of Durban RFP for the part privatization of Durban Container Terminal, Pier 2.
- Extensive logistics advice and contractual support to a major logistics group in connection with dry bulk transport corridors and gas exploration.
- Feasibility, legal and operational structuring, for a proposed railway transport system and port coal terminal in Mozambique.
- Due diligence study (port and terminal sector, commercial and legal) in respect of a multi-national (listed company) port and terminal operator and logistics provider.
- Transaction advisor on marine transport project in the Great Lakes region.
- Legal structuring, contractual and transactional advice for the liquid bulk storage and handling complex in Durban.
- Drafting and review of bulk terminal regulations, trading terms and throughput agreements for at several bulk handling terminals.
- Ports economic regulation as a Board Member of the Ports Regulator of South Africa for five years.
- Extensive risk assessment facilitation and providing risk management training in petrochemical and mobile telecoms industries.
Awards
- Chambers and Partners ranked Andrew on Band 1 for Shipping in 2023 and 2024 and consistently ranked him in Band 2 from 2017 to 2022.
- Legal 500 recognised Andrew in 2024.
- Member of the team that was awarded the 2019 “Transportation and Infrastructure Team of the Year Award” by the African Legal Awards.
- Andrew was recognised in December 2023 for Transport by Who’s Who Legal and in prior years for Shipping.
- Recognised by Best Lawyers, 2017 for Trade Law.
“On the port side, Andrew Pike is the best.” – Chambers and Partners, 2024
‘Andrew Pike stands out for his focus on port infrastructure and development work’
‘Andrew Pike has become my go-to partner for all infrastructure deals in English-speaking South Africa.’ – Legal 500, 2024
Durban-based Andrew Pikeheads the firm’s ports, transport and logistics team. Market commentators regard him as “an expert and very experienced,” with one client describing him as “fair, level-headed and very smart,” adding: “He understands our requirements and tries to accommodate our needs.” He is regularly instructed to handle casualty and cargo disputes, as well as ports and terminals matters. – Chambers and Partners, 2023
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
- BA and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand.
- Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management of South Africa (F.I.R.M.S.A) (2001).
- Past-President, Maritime Law Association of South Africa.
- Past-Board Member, Ports Regulator of South Africa.
INSIGHTS
South Africa: Single Transport Economic Regulator
New International Arbitration Act now in force
Africa could learn from Asia’s success with logistics corridors
Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2018
The greatest maritime rescue ever?
Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2017 South Africa
Maritime arbitration to resolve cross-border shipping disputes in sub-Saharan Africa
An Achilles Heel Perspective on Ports Regulation
Getting The Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2016 South Africa
Podcasts
Channel Africa: Andrew Pike discusses the impact of the Red Sea crisis
CapeTalk: Andrew Pike discusses the potential privatisation of Cape Town’s port
Power98.7: Andrew Pike discusses Transnet vandalism in Mpumalanga
POWER987: Andrew Pike joins Lerato Mbele in this edition of View of the Nation
CapeTalk: World Bank Logistics Performance Index 2023 – Andrew Pike joins the Afternoon Drive with John Maytham
CapeTalk: The South African state wants to buy its own oil tanker and a fleet of other ships
The Bowmans Shipping Podcast #11: Floods, riots and other calamities: Understanding supply chain disruptions in South Africa
SAfm:Transnet strike is costing the economy billions per day
CapeTalk: Economy under threat as union strike hits ports
The Ports Regulator: David to Transnet’s Goliath
Brochures
Overview
Andrew Pike is the Senior Consultant in our Project Finance practice.
He has acted for numerous clients in due diligence investigations, risk assessments and transactional work in the ports, transport and logistics sector. His expertise covers legal structuring, contractual and transactional issues and service agreements. He also drafts and reviews regulations, concessions, trading terms and throughput agreements, and drafts and comments on, South African transport legislation. He has also been involved in shipping and ports litigation for most of his working life. He conducts shipping training and lecturing from time to time for various industry bodies. Andrew is frequently invited to speak at local and international conferences on a variety of subjects.
Experience
Andrew has executed and participated in extensive contentious and non-contentious matters in Africa south of the Sahara, some of which include and relate to:
- 35 years experience in ports, transport (focused on shipping, but including rail and road), petrochemicals and logistics, including extensive commercial advice, contractual support and litigation experience.
- Lead Local Counsel in respect of the development, financing and operation of an off-shore marine supply base project at Saldanha Bay.
- Establishment of LPG storage facilities and related logistics at Richards Bay.
- Relocation of liquid bulk storage facilities from the port of Port Elizabeth to the Special Economic Zone of Coega, port of Ngqura.
- Transaction advisor to MSC Cruises S.A., the sponsor of the new cruise terminal in Durban, advising on both the bid and all aspects of the implementation of the concession.
- Viability study and PPP transaction advisory services (legal and risk assessment) for the proposed new Durban dig-out port.
- Legal advisor (ports and shipping) to the sponsor of a LNG project in Matola, Mozambique.
- Ports regulatory advice on the recent award of the emergency power tenders in South Africa.
- Port and logistics study in Nigeria.
- Local Counsel to the preferred bidder in the Port of Durban RFP for the part privatization of Durban Container Terminal, Pier 2.
- Extensive logistics advice and contractual support to a major logistics group in connection with dry bulk transport corridors and gas exploration.
- Feasibility, legal and operational structuring, for a proposed railway transport system and port coal terminal in Mozambique.
- Due diligence study (port and terminal sector, commercial and legal) in respect of a multi-national (listed company) port and terminal operator and logistics provider.
- Transaction advisor on marine transport project in the Great Lakes region.
- Legal structuring, contractual and transactional advice for the liquid bulk storage and handling complex in Durban.
- Drafting and review of bulk terminal regulations, trading terms and throughput agreements for at several bulk handling terminals.
- Ports economic regulation as a Board Member of the Ports Regulator of South Africa for five years.
- Extensive risk assessment facilitation and providing risk management training in petrochemical and mobile telecoms industries.
Awards
- Chambers and Partners ranked Andrew on Band 1 for Shipping in 2023 and 2024 and consistently ranked him in Band 2 from 2017 to 2022.
- Legal 500 recognised Andrew in 2024.
- Member of the team that was awarded the 2019 “Transportation and Infrastructure Team of the Year Award” by the African Legal Awards.
- Andrew was recognised in December 2023 for Transport by Who’s Who Legal and in prior years for Shipping.
- Recognised by Best Lawyers, 2017 for Trade Law.
“On the port side, Andrew Pike is the best.” – Chambers and Partners, 2024
‘Andrew Pike stands out for his focus on port infrastructure and development work’
‘Andrew Pike has become my go-to partner for all infrastructure deals in English-speaking South Africa.’ – Legal 500, 2024
Durban-based Andrew Pikeheads the firm’s ports, transport and logistics team. Market commentators regard him as “an expert and very experienced,” with one client describing him as “fair, level-headed and very smart,” adding: “He understands our requirements and tries to accommodate our needs.” He is regularly instructed to handle casualty and cargo disputes, as well as ports and terminals matters. – Chambers and Partners, 2023
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