John Bowman is head of the Commercial & Corporate Group. He has extensive knowledge of corporations law and the Australian Stock Exchange listing rules, and has acted in regard to a large number of mergers, acquisitions, prospectuses and information memoranda.

John has acted on prospectuses for several public companies and initial public offerings, and for public companies raising additional funds in the market. On a number of occasions, John has been Chairman of the Due Diligence Committee for initial public offerings and devised and documented the due diligence process.

John was admitted as a solicitor in NSW in 1976. He is admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of NSW, Federal Court and High Court of Australia. John joined CBP as a partner in 1998.

Memberships

Law Society of New South Wales; Australian Institute of Company Directors

 Practice focus

• competition and trade practices
• intellectual property
• contract negotiations and documentation
• mergers and acquisitions
• prospectuses and product disclosure statements
• corporate governance and compliance
• advertising and marketing corporate structuring