Bio

Charles Smith is a partner in the Johannesburg office and a member of the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He advises clients on their strategic corporate transactions (including takeover bids, private acquisitions and disposals, mergers, joint ventures, restructurings, demergers, black economic empowerment transactions, listings and all forms of equity raises). He also advises more generally on company law, securities law (including market abuse and insider trading, prospectus requirements and stock exchange requirements) and corporate governance. His clients include local listed companies, multinationals, institutional investors and private equity houses. He advises across a broad range of sectors, but with particular experience in the financial services, IT, FMCG and industrial sectors. Over the years, Charles has advised on a number of significant inward investment transactions in the South African marketplace. His whole career has been spent at Bowmans, other than 2008 and 2009 when he practiced in London at one of the leading City law firms.