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Finalists: AB & David; Aluko & Oyebode; Anjarwalla & Khanna (highly commended); Iseme Kamau & Maema Advocates; ENSafrica; Webber Wentzel (highly commended).

Johannesburg-based Bowmans collected the prestigious African Law Firm of the Year – Large Practice prize, in recognition of its efforts to establish a reputation as one of the continent's leading legal advisories.

With six offices spread across four countries (South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania), Bowmans has counselled on some of the continent's biggest and most complex transactions during the past year, topping Mergermarket's Middle East and Africa league tables by deal count in 2017. It also advised on the biggest ever debt restructuring in Kenya (a $2.2bn overhaul of Kenya Airways) and east Africa's largest property development (the construction of Tatu City in Kenya).