BSE TSHIPIDI BOARD MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME

One Monday 5 August 2019, our founding and managing partner Mr. Rizwan Desai, spoke at the Botswana Stock Exchange Tshipidi Board mentorship seminar, and gave an informative and productive presentation on corporate governance and the relationship between the board, the shareholders and the company itself. The presentation was given to potential applicants who intend to …

JUWAIRIYYAH AND LESEDI BECOME ASSOCIATES

July 03rd  2019, marked the end of Juwairiyyah Maher and Lesedi Dingake’s Pupillage and the beginning of their Associateship at DLG. Juwairiyyah and Lesedi started with the firm in July 2018 and both say that “We are grateful to have been confirmed Associates and it’s been a fulfilling journey thus far. We are excited to continue …

CANDIDATE ATTORNEY TRAINING SESSION ON THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCES

On 19 June 2019, Amanda Evans – the Business Development and Logistics Manager at DLG addressed us on the various roles of the HR and Logistics department. For one, HR is the “oversight authority” of the overall well being of all staff members – from the small things like the comfort of you chair to …

IP TRAINING FOR THE IP TEAM

DLG’s IP team recently underwent training which was co–ordinated and led by Zanele Motau, who manages the IP division of the firm. The training sought to keep the team abreast with important IP registration processes. It covered issues which ranged from the IP application process in Botswana, to the protection of IP rights through the …

CANDIDATE ATTORNEY AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

This week marked the start of Desai Law Group’s Candidate Attorney and Internship Programme with 3 interns and 3 candidate Attorneys in attendance. The aim of the program is to introduce both groups to internal processes and what’s expected of them during their career progressions as interns or candidate attorneys. This will be done through …

NEWFACE: TSHEPO RADITANTE

Tshepo Raditante joins Desai Law Group as an IP and Office Administration Assistant who is well experienced in Intellectual Property. She previously worked for the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority as an Intellectual Property Registration Officer. Tshepo graduated from MANCOSA in 2015 with Bachelor of Business Administration.

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY 2019

Zanele Motau, an Associate in the Corporate department, and Chikondi Banda, an intern at the Firm, recently honoured an invitation to this year’s World IP day celebrations under the theme, “Reach for Gold: IP and Sport.” This day is commemorated given the significant and global contribution of intellectual property to the socio and economic development …