Mr Ryan Nelson > Bowmans > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Ryan Nelson
Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Ryan Nelson is a partner in Bowmans’ Cape Town office Finance Practice. He specialises in a broad range of debt-related matters, including corporate lending, acquisition finance (including public to private), leveraged finance, structured finance, real estate finance, fund finance and debt restructuring. Ryan works with leading South African and international banks, international development finance institutions, impact funds and private capital clients across jurisdictions and in multiple sectors including financial services, energy, real estate, mining and resources. He has B.Com and LLB degrees from the University of Cape Town and is an admitted attorney in both South Africa and England and Wales. He spent eight years practising law in the United Kingdom.
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Banking and finance
Allen Leuta and Ulrike Naumann co-head the banking and finance practice at Bowmans, which continues to handle a high volume of sustainability-linked funding transactions and large-scale restructurings. Cross-border mandates are prominent in the ‘responsive and knowledgeable‘ team’s workload, and the group is well versed in representing borrowers and lenders in complex matters. Naumann is a key contact for debt restructurings, leveraged and mezzanine finance, and preference share funding transactions. Jan Kruger
is highly regarded for his solid track record in acting for financial institutions, and Michael Swartland‘s practice takes in BEE funding matters. Pride Jani joined the group in December 2023, and the practice was also bolstered by the arrival of Ryan Nelson and Amanda Jones in January 2025. Deborah Carmichael and Jayson George left the firm in December 2024.
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