On 10 March 2017 Desai Law Group had its first in-house seminar on Power Purchase Agreements (“PPA”). The seminar was conducted by Angelica Bojosi, a partner in the Corporate/Commercial Department. The seminar provided a practical insight into the dynamics of a PPA and the components which make up the agreement, specifically looking at who are …
On 9th March 2017, the Botswana Stock Exchange hosted its 2nd Annual Listings & Investment Conference themed: “The BSE As A Gateway To Raising Capital”. The overall objective of this conference was to open up the BSE to the business community including bringing together private companies (with the potential to list on the BSE), listed …
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Desai Law Group is pleased to announce that it has appointed Amanda Evans, Business Development Manager. Amanda previously held positions of Executive Assistant to the CEO and Client Relations Manager at EOH Consulting and Property and Asset Management (part of a real estate group) respectively. She holds a BCom in Marketing and Management from Monash …
We are pleased to announce that as of 1 March 2017, Desai Law Group has joined the Africa Legal Network (“ALN”) as its Botswana member. ALN is an extensive alliance of Africa’s top tier and most dynamic, independent and ambitious law firms that have come together to change the future of legal services on the …
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The Botswana Chess Federation has informed us that Thuto Mpene aged 8 (of the DLG Young Talent Sponsorship Programme) has qualified for the finals of the 2017 Junior School Individual Chess Championships as he has taken position one in the Country! The event is to be held in Letlhakane this year where DLG will be …
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Desai Law Group acted for Motor Centre Botswana (the largest Toyota dealer and distributer in Botswana) in a successful tax appeal against the Botswana Unified Revenue Service before the Court of Appeal of Botswana (Botswana’s highest court), that set aside a multi-million Pula additional tax assessment (January 2017).
On 9 February 2017, Desai Law Group attended the launch and media briefing of the 2nd Annual Botswana Stock Exchange Listing Conference which is to be held on 9 March 2017, with them theme “The BSE as a gateway to raising capital.” Desai Law Group is an associate sponsor of the conference and was represented …
Introducing Thuto Mpene from Letlakeng; Kweneng District. This 8 year old chess champion has been selected by Desai Law Group for its Young Talent Sponsorship Program. Thuto visited our offices on Monday 6th February to show us his medals and trophies. Desai Law Group recently sponsored him for the African Youth Chess Championship in Zambia.
On 1-2 February 2016, Angelica Bojosi (Partner) attended the 5th annual Africa Power Roundtable Conference at the Webber Wentzel Offices in Sandton, which creates a platform to find creative solutions to securing Africa’s energy future. The conference was attended by 170 delegates which included representatives from government, development finance institutions, developers, sponsors and private equity …
Rizwan Desai (Founding Partner) was a panellist at Webber Wentzel’s Competition Law Seminar at the Sandton office, which addressed competition law developments in Sub-Saharan Africa – reflecting on 2016 and preparing for 2017. The panel included representatives from select Sub-Saharan African law firms and the Chairman of the South African Competition Tribunal. Other members of …
