John Bellew > Bowmans > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
Bowmans Offices
11 ALICE LANE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2146
South Africa
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John Bellew
Work Department
Corporate Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions: Equity; Investment Funds
Position
Partner; Head 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’ investment fund group acts from within the firm’s private equity practice, and is well known for assisting an established client base of limited partners and private equity houses with high-value, often cross-border fund structuring and formation matters. Private equity specialist John Bellew
leads the team and is highly regarded for advising private equity industry stakeholders within multiple African countries. Jutami Augustyn is well-versed in representing South African funds and private equity houses in transactions, and Joshua Janks specialises in venture capital mandates.
South Africa > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Hall of Fame)Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame South Africa > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Hall of Fame South Africa > Investment funds
- Investment funds South Africa
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