Bowman Gilfillan is a longstanding law firm in South Africa with a solid and respected tax team. Alan Keep leads the practice, working with nine partners and 11 fee earners that provide a full service across tax but have a particular weight of numbers ...
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Bowman Gilfillan is a longstanding law firm in South Africa with a solid and respected tax team. Alan Keep leads the practice, working with nine partners and 11 fee earners that provide a full service across tax but have a particular weight of numbers in the corporate area.
"Bowman Gilfillan have sufficient scope to be in this tier," said one peer, while clients also report well on the firm: "Very happy with the quality of work – sensible, pragmatic and considered advice."
Keep is working on a big corporate deal, advising global insurance broking and risk management company Marsh on its acquisition of Alexander Forbes Risk Services. The deal covers seven jurisdictions, with post-deal structuring still continuing.
Elsewhere, Virusha Subban is acting for Brazil Foods in a major trade dispute relating to VAT issues, and Johan Kotze has provided representation in a dispute between SARS and South African Custodial Services regarding the tax deductibility of a prison in a public private partnership. This case completed in December 2011, the deduction being valued at $90 million.
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