Local Content and B-BBEE
According to Chambers Bowmans’ lawyers possess experience assisting with corporate restructuring, black economic empowerment transactions and unbundling mandates.
- Overview
Bowmans extensive knowledge, experience and wide range of key contacts place the firm in a unique position to provide comprehensive BEE and local content advice and strategies.
We monitor developments, understand both the legal framework and the political and policy contexts, and regularly engage with key regulators on local content matters.
Our clients include major local and international commercial and industrial corporations, mining houses, banks and private equity funds in many areas of economic activity across the African continent.
The South African Government’s transformation (local content) strategy is structured around B-BBEE. Our specialist lawyers keep abreast of developments in B-BBEE including the amendments to, interpretations and nuances arising in the context of the Codes of Good Practice and the various sector-specific codes. We regularly engage – both independently and on behalf of our clients – with the B-BBEE Commission, the Department of Trade and Industry, and various B-BBEE verification agencies.
We have extensive experience advising and acting for a wide range of clients across a number of sectors and have been involved in several ground-breaking B-BBEE transactions.
Specialist Services
B-BBEE expertise in South Africa
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Bowmans’ lawyers possess experience assisting with corporate restructuring, black economic empowerment transactions and unbundling mandates.
The Bowmans team offers international-quality credentials and experience, yet also has a strong capability to understand the nuances of the local environment.
