At Bowmans, the ‘approachable’ tax team is regularly instructed by clients in the mining, manufacturing, financial services and oil and gas sectors in a broad range of contentious and non-contentious work. Practice co-head Barry Garven specialises in tax litigation, and is equally adept at assisting blue-chip companies with international tax matters. Practice co-head Mike Benetello is a key contact for mining taxation, as well as the tax aspects of business rescue mandates, corporate restructurings and private equity transactions, to name a few areas. Roné la Grange and Samir Ellary are well known for their strength in corporate tax, and firm managing partner Alan Keep has an excellent track record in advising on the tax aspects of structuring prominent B-BBEE transactions. Kelly Wright brings experience in assisting domestic and international clients with the tax structuring of M&A deals.
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‘The Bowmans tax team is very dynamic and responsive to the client's needs and are more than capable of managing the client's expectations. The technical skills are amongst the best in the industry.'
‘Roné la Grange is quick to respond to client matters with professionalism and a technical skill set that is beyond reproach - always our go to person on technical matters.'
- 'Dean du Toit understands the client's brief and delivers a well-researched and workable outcome. ’
- 'The team is highly skilled, approachable and a pleasure to work with.'
Key clients
- All of the major African banks including Absa Bank Limited, Nedbank Limited, FirstRand Bank Limited (including Rand Merchant Bank) and Nedbank Limited
- African Bank
- African Rainbow Minerals Limited
- AgroFresh Solutions Inc
- Alexander Forbes
- AngloGold Ashanti
- Anheuser-Busch InBev
- Blackstone Inc.
- Consolidated Infrastructure Group Limited
- Coronation Investment Management International Pty Ltd
Work highlights
- Advised AgroFresh Inc., a portfolio company of US private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners, on the tax aspects of its acquisition of Tessara (Pty) Ltd from Carlyle Group Inc.
- Acted as tax counsel to Harmony Gold Limited on a B-BBEE ownership transaction.
- Advising Peermont Global Proprietary Limited on the tax aspects of the disposal of certain assets to Sun International.
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Practice head
Barry Garven; Mike Benetello
Other key lawyers
Wally Horak; Alan Keep; Roné la Grange; Kelly Wright; Samir Ellary; Robyn Berger; Mogola Makola; Dean du Toit