Bowman Brown is Chairman of Shutts & Bowen's Executive Committee and the Financial Services Practice Group of Shutts & Bowen LLP. He has served as Adjunct Professor of Banking Law at the University of Miami School of Law.
Mr. Brown is the editor of “International Banking Centres” published by Euromoney, London; and “Private Banking and the Law,” published by LatinFinance. He serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Banking & Financial Services Policy Report.
Mr. Brown has served as Chairman of The Florida Bar Banking Law & Credit Regulation Committee and as General Counsel of the Florida International Bankers Association, Inc. He has also been elected to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Florida International Bankers Association. Mr. Brown has served two three-year terms as a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Banking Law Committee and as a Trustee of the Pan American Development Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based affiliate of the Organization of the American States.
Mr. Brown has been named in Best Lawyers in America since 1983. He is currently listed in five areas: Banking Law, Corporate Law, Insurance Law, International Trade and Finance Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law. Additionally, he was named by Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2005 as "a dean of the bank regulatory world - if you want to set up in Florida, he's your guy."
In 2006, Mr. Brown received the Judge’s Award from the Beacon Council, South Florida’s public/private economic development organization, for his efforts in developing and implementing legislation designed to encourage the development of Florida into an international insurance center.
Additional Recognition
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, selected for inclusion in Corporate/M&A 2003-2004; Banking & Finance 2003, 2004 and 2005; Banking & Finance Transactional, Regulatory 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- The Best Lawyers in America®, listed since 1983, selected for inclusion, Banking Law, Corporate Law, Insurance Law, International Trade and Finance Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite, selected for inclusion 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Florida Trend's Trendsetter in the Law, 2010
- Florida Super Lawyers, selected for inclusion 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
- Miami Daily Business Review, one of South Florida's most effective lawyers
Education
- Cornell University, J.D.
- Cornell University, M.B.A.
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
- New York Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
