Jutami Augustyn

Jutami Augustyn is a Partner in the Corporate Department at Bowmans in Johannesburg, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and fund formation. She focuses primarily on private equity transactions, including fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, and management arrangements, acting for South African funds, private equity houses, and offshore structures in Mauritius and elsewhere.

Jutami has advised on significant transactions including Ouranos (a Mauritian company owned by the RSI Group) on the sale of a non‑controlling stake in its African reinsurance businesses; the shareholders of Plush (including RMB Corvest) on the sale of their entire shareholding to Adcock Ingram; Phatisa on its successful partial exit of Kanu Equipment Limited; RMB Corvest and Lereko on their acquisition of a minority stake in Andru Mining; Standard Chartered Private Equity and Development Capital Partners on the sale of their majority stake in Kamoso Distribution to Investec Asset Management and RMB Ventures; and Goldentree Asset Management LP on the restructuring and refinancing of the Peermont Group. She also advised Ethos on its direct investment into Primedia Holdings, a consortium on the acquisition of the Biosciences division of Ascendis Health Limited, Convergence Partners and Synergy Communications on the acquisition from Vodacom of various business units across Africa, and Trinitas Private Equity on various investments and exits.

Jutami holds a BAcc and an LL.B from Stellenbosch University. She is admitted as an attorney and notary public of the High Court of South Africa.

She has been ranked as Up and Coming for Investment Funds: Africa‑wide and Private Equity by Chambers Global (2025‑2026), as a Leading Partner for Investment Funds by The Legal 500 (2023‑2026), and as a Rising Star Partner for Investment Funds by IFLR1000 (2021‑2025).