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 …
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 …
My name is Chikondi Fogolani Banda and I am currently going into my 3rd year of my Commercial Law degree at Coventry University. Alongside my studies, I have had the opportunity of attending insight days at Reed Smith LLP and a VIP open day at Allen & Overy LLP, in London as part of my …
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 …
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 …
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
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.
Tebogo gave a presentation titled: Events of Default – Lessons Learnt from Recent Deals. In her presentation, Tebogo covered key clauses in Facility Agreements, including: Representations, Undertakings (Covenants) and Events of Default clauses. Using important lessons learnt from recent deals, she highlighted specific issues to consider (from both the Lenders’ and Borrower’s perspective) when negotiating a …
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Chambers Global 2019 was launched on 14th February 2019 and indicates the most recent research into the world’s leading law firms and lawyers. Desai Law Group (DLG) and two if its partners, Rizwan Desai and Andre Bell, have once again been listed in Chambers Global guide.
As part of DLG’s ongoing professional development training for attorneys, the COO gave a presentation overview of the DLG 5-year strategic plan in addition to the IT strategy of the firm on Thursday 14th February. The presentation was aimed at ensuring that all attorneys clearly understand the vision and plans of the firm for the …
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