Law firms A&O Shearman Johannesburg team heads for Bowmans after office closure Alex Ryan · 3 October 2024 · 2 min read Strategic recruitment Africa A&O Shearman African firm Bowmans announced today (3 October) that it has hired all the lawyers from A&O Shearman’s shuttered Johannesburg office, including eight partners and a further six lawyers who are set to join as partners.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this category‘The centre of gravity for Southeast Asia’ – why PE investment is making Singapore increasingly attractiveLaw firmsKate Peacock8 May 2026A&O Shearman, McDermott, Paul Weiss become latest major firms to cut staffLaw firmsKate Peacock7 May 2026Trading Places: Paul Weiss and Kirkland grow in Houston, while Gibson Dunn hires S&C appellate co-headLaw firmsKate Peacock5 May 2026Paul Hastings infra pair head to Freshfields after two yearsLaw firmsAlex Ryan28 Feb 2025Gibson Dunn takes heavyweight Sullivan & Cromwell duo in major London playLaw firmsElisha Juttla27 Feb 2025White & Case snaps up A&O Shearman IP trio as post-merger exits continueLaw firmsAlex Ryan14 Feb 2025‘It was never a marriage made in heaven’- what Norton Rose Fulbright’s exit means for South AfricaLaw firmsKate Peacock27 Nov 2025Norton Rose Fulbright becomes latest firm to pull out of South AfricaLaw firmsAlex Ryan12 Nov 2025Ashurst opens in Casablanca: how firms are betting on an investment boom in MoroccoLaw firmsWill Lewallen19 Sep 2025