Mr John Bellew > Bowmans > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
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JOHANNESBURG 2146
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Mr John Bellew
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Head of Private Equity
Career
John Bellew heads Bowmans’ Private Equity Practice in South Africa. He specialises in fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, management arrangements, acquisition finance and listings. John has represented borrowers and high yield lenders and has formed numerous private equity funds in Africa. He has been involved in various lobbying activities, particularly pension fund participation in relation to private equity funds, taxation and exchange control. John was a founder member of the AVCA Legal and Regulatory Committee. He has BCom and LLB (cum laude) degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a Diploma in Tax (cum laude) from the University of South Africa.
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Investment funds
(Hall of Fame)Bowmans’ ‘responsive‘ investment funds team, headed by John Bellew
, operates out of the firm’s wider private equity department, and has a solid track record in advising prominent private equity houses and limited partners on complex fund formation and structuring work. Jutami Augustyn is highly regarded for assisting South African funds and private equity houses with transactions, and regularly acts for managers and investors. Joshua Janks is a key contact for venture capital matters.
Lawyer Rankings
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