Category: News & Recent Transactions

Desai Law Group (DLG), the only Botswana member firm which is part of the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), is pleased to announce its Employee Handbook Chapter contribution for the Botswana jurisdiction in the ELA Global Employer Handbook. The ELA Global Employer Handbook is a free online resource that provides ELA registered website users with practical, concrete, …

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On 4 April 2017, Larona Somolekae (associate in the corporate commercial department) gave a presentation to the lawyers at DLG on leadership and development, which covered how to leverage Africa Legal Network (“ALN”) for professional development, how to manage clients and teams and how to build your brand as a lawyer. In March 2017, Anjarwalla …

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DLG is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to inspiring and developing the best talent in the country. We are committed to gender diversity and we are delighted that female attorneys’ in the firm are working on creating a Women’s Forum which will highlight the incredible women trail blazers in Botswana. This initiative is spear headed …

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Caroline Desai, COO of Desai Law Group, drew upon her previous experience as an MBA lecturer and CEO of New Capitol Cinemas to provide an in house training seminar on crisis management. Using case studies ranging from the Johnson and Johnson Tylenol  Murders to #Deleteuber, the seminar explored the rapidly changing landscape for companies with …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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