PARTNER OBRIEN BVINDI COMPLETES FELLOWSHIP ADMISION COURSE WITH ASSOCIATION OF ARBITRATORS (SOUTHERN AFRICA) NPC

Mr. Obrien Bvindi a Partner in the Litigation Department successfully completed the Fellowship Admission Course with the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC and is now an International Fellow Member of the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC. The Fellowship Admission Course consisted of two modules, the Law of Arbitration and Award Writing. The Law …

OVERVIEW ON DESAI LAW GROUP FUTURE LAWYERS PROGRAMME

Desai Law Group hosted six high school students over a period of four days, for its Future Lawyers Programme. The Programme, which will be held annually, is aimed at providing the students with (i) an insight into the legal profession and (ii) information relating to studying law. This year, we provided students with the experience …

Larona Somolekae co-authors an article on redefining investment in Africa with other African lawyers

Larona Somolekae (Associate in the Corporate Commercial Department) recently co-authored an article with lawyers from Africa, specifically from Ghana, Nigeria and Madagascar (who formed part of the 2018 ILFA Secondment cohort in London). The article comes after the recent release of the World Bank’s “Doing Business 2019 Report”, and is on redefining investment in Africa …

DLG PARTNERS RANKED IN LEGAL 500 2019!

We are most delighted to announce that the 2019 edition of The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Guide has ranked all five of DLG’s partners.   The five partners who have been recommended in the 2019 Legal 500 EMEA editorial are; Managing partner Rizwan Desai, Akheel Jinabhai, Andre Bell, Angelica Bojosi and …

DESAI LAW GROUP FUTURE LAWYERS PROGRAMME

DAY 1 Desai Law Group officially commenced The DLG Future Lawyers Programme this week. The programme is aimed at high school learners, specifically forms 4 to 6 and the goal is to provide learners with important information about a career in law. The programme is one week long and will be facilitated by a combination …

NEW FACE: ODUETSE RAMONTSHO

Oduetse Ramontsho joins Desai Law Group as a Collections Coordinator who is well experienced in Lending Operation and Debt Collection. He joins Desai Law Group from recently working for Standard Chartered Bank Botswana as Loan Repayment Analyst.   Oduetse graduated from University of Sunderland in 2014 with BSc Applied Business Computing and holds a Postgraduate …

BOWMANS COMPETITION LAW CONFERENCE

Eleng Mugabe, an Associate in the Corporate department, recently attended the 8th Africa Competition Law Conference in Johannesburg which was themed “Public Interest and Competition Regulation: Africa at the forefront of international changes in competition and economic policy”. The conference was organized by Bowmans, one of the leading African law firms in South Africa. Eleng …

DLG PARTNERS FACILITATION ON PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

On Saturday 9th March, the DLG partners attended a facilitation session on performance management. The aim of the session was to explain the DLG approach to performance management which mainly focused on how to: Develop individual skills and capabilities Drive overall organisational performance and growth Retain talent and reward performance equitably

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY AT THE BOTSWANA STOCK EXCHANGE

Angelica Bojosi (Partner, Corporate Commercial) and Larona Somolekae (Associate, Corporate Commercial), attended the opening bell ceremony at the Botswana Stock Exchange which was commemorating International Women’s Day, which was officiated by Prof. Sheila Tlou. The event was under the theme ‘Balance for Better’ and centred around celebrating women’s achievements and contributions in Botswana.