* Includes experience gained prior to joining Bowmans. 

Busisiwe has advised/ assisted: 

• A listed entity in urgently reviewing and setting aside a Ruling and compliance notice issued by the Takeover Regulation Panel pursuant to a general offer to shareholders and proposed delisting of the entity;
• the Prudential Authority in applications before the Financial Services Tribunal, for the reconsideration of the regulator’s decision/s to refuse a variation of licence application by an insurer and impose certain licence conditions;*
• a multinational producer of smart meters, in arbitration proceedings emanating from a contractual dispute with a local supplier;
• The South African Reserve Bank in judicial review proceedings related to a forfeiture to the State pursuant to contraventions of the Exchange Control Regulations by the applicant;*
• a consortium in the mining industry regarding a dispute related to its unsuccessful bid in a public procurement (tender) process;*
• A leading international energy company on the legal framework regulating transmission projects in South Africa;*
• a former CFO of a listed South African entity, who is facing criminal and civil charges as well as regulatory investigations for alleged misstatements of financial results and breaches of fiduciary duties;*
• the Prudential Authority on its roles and responsibility in respect of the liquidation of an insurer;*
• a major South African bank in civil proceedings instituted in South Africa and in the UK arising from its position as custodian of a failed collective investment scheme;*
• a mining company in an application against a municipality under administration to compel the Municipality to implement decisions to build a water treatment facility or to allow the mining company to act as its agent;*
• A leading global technology services company in an application to invalidate and set aside a billion rand property transaction, due to non-disclosures by its former executives of their interests in breach of section 75 of the Companies Act;*
• a waste solutions company on its engagements with a major metropolitan municipality regarding the requirements of an unsolicited bid;*
• the South African Reserve Bank on the best practices for managing conflicts of interest in its procurement processes;*
• a water user association on the implications of amendments to legislation affecting it;*
• a consortium in the mining industry on formulating their internal policies on anti-bribery and corruption, conflicts of interests and gifts and hospitality;*
• An international retailer in a potential dispute against the directors of a South African clothing retailer who may have acted in breach of their fiduciary duties in taking certain decisions to use client’s trademark;*
• multinational companies (consultants, banks and consortiums in private public partnerships) on their work with organs of state and on the regulatory framework governing public procurement;*
• an international management consulting firm, as part of a multi-jurisdictional team, on its internal investigation concerning its work for South African state-owned enterprises, and incidental matters;*
• on a number of administrative law reviews and several high profile litigious matters relating to allegations of corruption and State Capture;*
• Various mining and energy companies on class actions, including acting on behalf of one of the mining houses in the largest class action to date in South Africa;*
• An international arbitration against a Foreign African State following the breach of an agreement entered into by that State with a private company;* and
• A high net worth individual in a ZAR 1.2 billion claim against Steinhoff following its collapse in December 2017.*
• Energy traders opposing review proceedings instituted by Eskom to set aside NERSA’s decisions granting electricity‑trading licenses under the Electricity Regulation Act;
• A consortium of manganese and iron‑ore producers on strategic infrastructure and PPPs, including rail and port solutions;
• A renewable‑energy company on the regulatory classification and structuring of an unprecedented sponsorship‑linked energy arrangement with an organ of state;
• a renewable‑energy (wind) company on South Africa’s Grid Code compliance and engagement with the Grid Code Advisory Committee as well as NERSA;
• A mining company on a potential defamation claim arising out of ancillary liquidation proceedings.