South Africa Employment Law Alliance Representative

Our Representative

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Office Address

165 West Street
P O Box 785812
Sandton
2146
South Africa

Phone Number

+27 11 669 9513

Fax Number

+27 11 669 9001

Firm

Bowman Gilfillan

Main Office Address

165 West Street P O Box 785812
Sandton, 2146
South Africa

Office Locations

Sandton, Cape Town and London

Firm Phone Number

+27 11 669 9513

Firm Fax Number

+27 11 669 9001

Firm Website

Personal Background

Karen has practised employment law since 1991 and advises employers.  Karen's client base consists mostly of multinational companies and she does a lot of work in the banking, pharmaceutical and retail industries.  Karen has a special interest in the employment law consequences of commercial transactions, sexual harassment, race and gender discrimination and restraints of trade.  Karen is a mediator and arbitrator on the Tokiso panel and prior to the amendment of the Labour Relations Act sat as an assessor in the Labour Appeal Court.  She has also appeared on behalf of clients in the Labour Court and in arbitrations.  Karen has sat as an acting judge in the Labour Court and is the first woman to sit on Bowman Gilfillan's Executive Committee.

Firm Background

Bowman Gilfillan is one of the premier corporate law firms in South Africa with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and London. Employing more than 280 specialized lawyers, 540 members of staff, and 96 partners, the firm is widely renowned for its professionalism and superior legal services.

Bowman Gilfillan is widely respected and recognized for its professionalism and for providing legal services of a high quality. As one of South Africa's biggest and oldest commercial law firms, Bowman Gilfillan draws from a solid knowledge of the local business environment and an in-depth understanding of the country's complex socio-political climate. Essentially, this enables us to offer technical legal services of the highest caliber in the context of sound, practical business advice. Bowman Gilfillan's committed and diverse team of corporate attorneys, years of experience in the industry and supreme legal expertise comprise a winning formula that has earned us a series of accolades, including Law Firm of the Year: Africa at the PLC Which lawyer? Law Firm Awards 2008.

Other accolades include the following:

Who's Who Legal South African Law Firm of the Year Award 2008. Voted as the 2003/04 and 2007 African Corporate Law Firm of the Year by the UK legal publishers Chambers and Partners and was runner up in 2005/06. The firm was also voted as the "Top Company of the Year" in the support services category for 2005 at the South African Business Awards and as an "Ideal Employer" to work for in the legal category by a graduate survey in 2005. In addition the firm has won the International Law Office "Client Choice Award" for South Africa for 2005 and 2006.  Ranked first in the category "Legal Advisors Mergers & Acquisitions" 2006 on deal values for Dealmakers M&A Awards. First in the category "Legal Advisors Mergers & Acquisitions" in 2006  and second in 2007 for Ernst & Young M&A Awards.

Bowman Gilfillan's strengths lie in the breadth and quality of its professional staff and its emphasis on the quality of the legal services it renders, together with the diversity of its professional staff.

Firm Practice Areas

Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Re-Structuring, Benefits (Pension, Medical & Incentive Schemes), Broadcasting and Electronic Communications, Capital Markets and Securities, Corporate and Commercial, Commercial Property, Competition (Anti-Trust), Construction and Engineering, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Entertainment and Sport, Environment, Mining, Energy and Natural Resources, Family, Forensics, Infrastructure Development and Public/Private Partnerships, Insurance and Financial Services, Intellectual Property, International Trade and Lobbying, International Trade and Customs, Litigation, Maritime and Transport, Media, Mergers and Acquisitions, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare, Project Finance, Public and Regulatory, Real Estate and Conveyancing, Tax and White Collar Crime.