Ms Emma Bleeker > Bowmans > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Bowmans
11 ALICE LANE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2146
South Africa

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Emma Bleeker is a senior associate in Bowmans’ Johannesburg office Project Finance Practice. She specialises in project development and project finance. She assists clients on complex corporate and commercial transactions, including drafting, advising on and negotiating the full suite of agreements applicable to the development and implementation of energy and infrastructure projects. Emma has an LLB, awarded with distinction, from the University of Pretoria.

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Projects and infrastructure

(Leading associates)

Emma Bleeker – Bowmans

At Bowmans, the projects and infrastructure team reports an uptick in instructions from the renewable energy sector, as well as advising on matters concerning the financing of battery storage projects. The practice is led by Allen Leuta, who heads the firm’s banking and finance department and acts for developers, export credit agencies and development finance institutions in project financing transactions. Shamilah Grimwood-Norley fields expertise in all areas of infrastructure project development, and Bavesh Pillay brings experience in assisting with the construction law aspects of energy infrastructure projects. Onalerona Phiri joined the group in November 2024, and the team was bolstered by the arrivals of Alexandra Clüver, Alessandra Pardini, Alexandra Felekis and Mongezi Dladla in January 2025. Emma Bleeker joined the team in March 2025.