James Pius > Bowmans > Dar es Salaam, Tanzania > Lawyer Profile

Bowmans
2ND FLOOR, THE LUMINARY
CNR HAILE SELASSIE AND CHLOE ROADS, MASAKI
DAR ES SALAAM
Tanzania

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Senior Associate

Career

James Pius Rushomesa is a senior associate in Bowmans’ Dar es Salaam office.

He specialises in corporate commercial law and has worked on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters focusing on cross-border M&A transactions, capital markets, mining, oil and gas, energy, company formation and company secretarial services among others.

Prior to joining Bowmans, James trained and worked for over nine years in the Dar es Salaam office of an international law firm where he also briefly spent time on secondments in Dubai, Johannesburg London and Nairobi.

James is a member of the Tanganyika Law Society and the East Africa Law Society.

He has an LLB (Hons) from the University of Dar es Salaam and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law School of Tanzania.

Lawyer Rankings

Tanzania > Leading firms

(Rising stars)

James Pius  – Bowmans

Bowmans is a full-service law firm with expertise in corporate, projects and finance and dispute resolution, and the ‘reliable and thorough‘ team frequently advises on cross-border matters, particularly in the mining, telecoms and consumer goods sectors. Practice head Wilbert Kapinga is a corporate and banking specialist who mainly assists financial institutions and corporations with corporate, regulatory and transactional matters. The group also includes commercial litigation lawyer Audax Kameja, who specialises in intellectual property law and arbitration; public and private M&A expert Ryan Kitcat; and the ‘very capable and methodicalCharles Mmasi, who assists with finance, corporate and M&A and regulatory matters. Michael Strain, who is a corporate and commercial specialist, joined the partnership from Clyde & Co LLP in March 2023. James Pius  and Bertha Mwarija are also key contacts.