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'''Ezra Davids''' |
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'''Ezra Davids'''[http://www.bowman.co.za/Directors/Partner-profile/209] is the head of the corporate and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) department at Bowman Gilfillan, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities law. |
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Since 1996 [[Who's Who Legal]] has identified the foremost legal practitioners in 32 areas of business law. This year, in the International Who’s Who of Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers 2013 category, Who's Who Legal commented: “'''Ezra Davids is regarded as one of the top 10 Mergers & Acquisitions lawyers globally'''. Ezra is the '''only lawyer from Africa''' on this list and according to Who’s Who respondents praise his sophisticated understanding of complex issues.” |
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Some of the most recent transactions in which Ezra acted as lead partner include acting as South African counsel to Bharti in its then proposed merger with MTN ($24 billion); advising Verizon Communications in its disposal of its subsidiary, Verizon Business (SA); acting as South African Counsel to M1 and Investcom in the latter’s acquisition by MTN (US$5.5 billion); advising Barrick Gold Corporation in its disposal of Barrick Gold SA (US$1.55 billion) and for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup in the disposal by Polyus (Norilisk) of its entire shareholding in Gold Fields Limited (US$2.02 billion); for SABMiller in the US$1 billion BEE transaction for its South African subsidiary; for Old Mutual Plc in the aborted negotiations related to the acquisition by HSBC control of Nedbank Limited; for Tokyo Stock Exchange listed Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. in its successful hostile bid for JSE listed Freeworld Coatings Limited (R3.3 billion); and as South African counsel for PPR in the disposal of its furniture and household goods business, Conforama, to JSE-listed Steinhoff International Holdings Limited (R12 billion). |
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Ezra is the chairman of the Faculty Advisory Board of the Law School of the University of Cape Town. |
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He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Legal Resources Trust, a director of Freedom Under Law and a patron of the Student Sponsorship Programme that enables academically talented, low income students to excel in South Africa’s best high schools. |
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He is also the former chairman of the M&A subcommittee of the business organisations committee |
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of the International Bar Association and is the vice-chair, Africa Regional Forum of the International Bar Association. |
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'''John Brand''' |
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Where individual awards are concerned, Bowman Gilfillan attorney John Brand and UK-based dispute resolution practitioner Felicity Steadman were recognised for their mediation training at the biennial [[Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)]] Awards for excellence. The awards, announced at a ceremony in London in November last year, were attended by representatives from the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and legal communities. |
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The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) is an independent, non-profit organisation with a mission to cut the cost of conflict and create choice and capability in dispute prevention and resolution. It sets the standard for dispute resolution and conflict management with leading mediation, consultancy and training services. |
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In the ADR Trainer category of the awards, John Brand and Felicity Steadman were recognised for their work with the African Centre for Dispute Settlement and Conflict Dynamics in the training of over 160 accredited commercial mediators in South Africa. |
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John Brand, an attorney of the High Court of South Africa, is a member of the advisory board of the African Centre for Dispute Settlement and is a member of the executive committee of the Dispute Settlement Accreditation Council. He also serves as a member on the International Mediation Institute's (IMI) Independent Standards Commission. |
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He co-designed the conciliation and arbitration induction training for the South African Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and has trained many of South Africa’s employment and commercial mediators and arbitrators over the past 15 years. Brand was a member of the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) team of international experts appointed to design mediation training for developing countries. |
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Felicity Steadman is a full time dispute resolution practitioner and trainer from South Africa. She is based in the UK and works as a mediator trainer and as a mediator. Steadman is a founding member of Oxford Mediation and has worked extensively with the ILO, designing training materials and training conciliators and mediators in developing countries. |
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Brand and Steadman have worked together since the late 1980's, and co-wrote conciliator and mediator training materials for the ILO and have trained conciliators and mediators in many developing countries. |
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By 2007, Brand and Steadman recognised that while mediation was a well established dispute resolution process in the labour field in South Africa it had yet to be established in the commercial sphere, a situation increasingly at odds with the trend elsewhere in the world. They also recognised that if mediation was to be embraced by parties to commercial disputes, it was crucial that mediators were well trained and accredited. |
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In 2007 they approached CEDR to involve it in the training of commercial mediators in South Africa. By 2010 Brand and Steadman had developed an indigenous commercial mediator skills training course which was endorsed by CEDR, and a competency framework to use in coaching mediators. Together with their colleague Chris Todd, Brand and Steadman recently published a book on commercial mediation in South Africa. |
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== Pro bono == |
== Pro bono == |
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Revision as of 19:01, 9 June 2013
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| Bowman Gilfillan | |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| No. of offices | 4 |
| No. of attorneys | 307+[1] |
| No. of employees | 554+[2] |
| Major practice areas | Banking and Finance
Capital Markets and Securities Competition Corporate and Commercial Employment Litigation Mergers and Acquisitions Mining, Resources, Energy and Environment Oil and Gas Real Estate and Conveyancing Tax |
| Key people | Jonathan Schlosberg (Chairman) |
| Date founded | 1885 |
| Founder | Douglas Flemmer Gilfillan, Richard Bowman |
| Company type | Personal liability company |
| Website | www.bowman.co.za |
Bowman Gilfillan Inc is a African law firm, employing over 300 lawyers and a total staff of some 550. It is one of the "Big Five" law firms in South Africa.
Bowman Gilfillan’s main practice areas
- Banking and Finance
- Finance
- Project Finance and Infrastructure
- Debt Capital Markets
- Investment management
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Islamic Finance
- Banking and Finance litigation
- Banking and finance tax
- Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring
- Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Dispute Resolution
- Benefits (pensions, medical and incentive schemes)
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Commercial Property
- Competition
- Construction
- Corporate and Commercial
- Dispute Resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- Environmental, Natural Resources and Climate Change
- Financial Services and Investment Management
- Forensics and White Collar Crime
- Healthcare and Pharmaceutical
- Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Maritime and Transport
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mining, Resources, Energy and Environment
- Oil and Gas
- Private Equity
- Project Finance, Infrastructure Development and Public Private Partnerships
- Public and Regulatory
- Real Estate and Conveyancing
- Social Media Law
- Tax
- Technology, Media and Telecommunications
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