Mr Jonathan Sahli > Bowmans > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Bowmans
11 ALICE LANE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2146
South Africa

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Co-head of Litigation

Career

Johathan Sahli co-heads Bowmans’s Litigation Practice in South Africa. He has helped banks, insurers, financial institutions, mining houses, pharmaceutical companies, medical schemes, construction companies, hotel groups, retailers, FMCG companies, IT companies and parastatals to resolve disputes. He specialises in High Court litigation and private arbitration and is also a qualified mediator. He has extensive experience in transactional disputes, contractual claims, mining-related litigation, insolvency and business rescue, and class action lawsuits. He has worked on cross-border matters in Mozambique, Tanzania and Singapore. Jonathan has BA and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand. He is accredited by the Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement and the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution in the UK and completed the Leading Professional Services Firms Programme run by Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, UK.

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Dispute resolution

Commended as a ‘very well oiled litigation machine‘, Bowmans is jointly led by Jonathan Sahli and Lyndal AndersonClement Mkiva, Jonathan Barnes and Adam Anderson are key contacts in this space, and they are adept at handling shareholder disputes and international arbitrations. Anderson is also singled out for his excellent track record in advising on contentious insurance, construction, and financial matters, while James McKinnell is ‘an excellent negotiator.’ Tim Gordon-Grant is a highly regarded practitioner in the dispute resolution space and Kelly Calvert-Evers is knowledgeable of constitutional and administrative law disputes. In September 2024 Kelly Mzobe joined the team;, whle Gerhard Rudolph, Callum O’Connor and Wihan Meintjes arrived at the firm in January 2025.