M&A · Cross-border
Advised a Botswana mining group on its P3.6bn acquisition of a regional industrial assets portfolio.
Closed Q1 2026 ↗
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Counsel for the
consequential.
A Gaborone-based firm of thirty-one lawyers advising listed companies, private capital, and the families who steward them — across Botswana and the wider SADC region.
P14.2bn
Closed deal value · 2025
186
Trials & arbitrations
12
Jurisdictions across SADC
Band 1
Chambers Africa, 2026
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Practices
Six practices, one bench. Built for matters that touch more than one of them.
01
Corporate & M&A
Cross-border deals, joint ventures, private equity, and complex carve-outs.
02Complex Litigation
Bet-the-company disputes, regulatory investigations, and appellate work.
03Real Estate & Capital Markets
Acquisitions, development, joint ventures, and structured financings.
04Intellectual Property & Technology
Patent strategy, licensing, AI/ML governance, and technology transactions.
05Tax
Transactional tax planning, controversy, and private-client structures.
06Private Client
Trusts, estates, family governance, and stewardship of generational wealth.
Recognition
Band 1
Chambers Africa · 2026
Tier 1
Legal 500 EMEA · 2026
Leading Firm
IFLR1000 Africa · 2025
Recommended
Who's Who Legal · 2025
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Selected matters
A small selection of recent work, redacted where confidence requires.
Litigation · High Court
Defended a listed financial services group in shareholder derivative action; judgment for defendants.
High Court · 2026 ↗
Capital Markets
Issuer's counsel on a P850m senior unsecured notes offering for a SADC infrastructure platform.
Pricing Q4 2025 ↗
AI Governance
Built model deployment governance and Data Protection Act audit framework for a regional insurer.
Engagement · 2025–2026 ↗
Investigations
Conducted privileged review of supplier program; presented findings to audit committee.
Confidential ↗
Private Client
Restructured a multi-generational family enterprise across Botswana, South Africa, and Mauritius.
Confidential ↗
Client
"They take the meeting we wish other firms would take — the one before there is a deal, before there is a complaint, when the question is still whether to do the thing at all."
General Counsel
Listed financial services group · Confidential
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