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Mr Jonathan Barnes
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner
Career
Jonathan Barnes is a partner in Bowmans Johannesburg office Dispute Resolution Department. He is a qualified mediator in South African and the UK and also specialises in High Court litigation and private arbitration, both internationally and domestically. He has expertise in transactional disputes, contractual claims, mining-related litigation, class action lawsuits and urgent High Court proceedings. He has also worked on arbitrations seated in Johannesburg, London Mauritius and Paris facing tribunals convened under the auspices of the ICC, the LCIA and AFSA. He has BA and LLB degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand and an LLM from the University of Edinburgh, UK.
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South Africa > Dispute resolution
(Next Generation Partners)Commended as a ‘very well oiled litigation machine‘, Bowmans is jointly led by Jonathan Sahli and Lyndal Anderson. Clement 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.
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