Corporate and Commercial Division

Our Corporate and Commercial Division is headed by Isaac Ntombela who works closely with a solid team consisting of Tatenda Caroline Dumba and Namie Modiri.

Our Corporate and Commercial attorneys have wide ranging experience obtained over years of working on various local and international transactions in collaboration with leading international corporate and commercial specialists. Our team is comprised of lawyers at various levels of seniority to ensure that each matter is staffed at an appropriate level in order to avoid wasted effort and excessive cost.

As a member of the DLA Piper Africa Group, we have the collective international backing and experience of DLA Piper’s corporate lawyers across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, as well as firms throughout Africa. Through this association with DLA Piper, we draw first-hand knowledge and global expertise to translate international legal and business trends into commercial solutions that produce results alighted to your strategic objectives.

We offer a one-stop solution for corporations wishing to establish a presence in Botswana or to move some of their operations to Botswana. Our team regularly structures complex transactions, coordinates cross border transactions, conducts and manages due diligence investigations, deals with regulatory compliance aspects, advises on the tax implications of transactions, advises on funding related aspects and prepares all the requisite transaction documents. Our core areas of focus include corporate mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance, immigration, labour, tax, competition, corporate restructuring, capital markets, corporate finance, private equity, pension and insurance.

We advise on transactions across various industries including mining, energy, real estate, banking, construction, retirement funds, insurance, information technology, hospitality, tourism and health.

High profile transactions

• Adviser to Rand Merchant Bank for a project finance transaction worth BWP 270 million to extend Airport Junction Mall.

• Adviser to Stanbic Bank Botswana  Limited for a project finance transaction worth BWP 150 million to Botswana Housing Corporation.

• Local counsel for Coca Cola US in the acquisition of the non-alcoholic beverage business from Kgalagadi Breweries (Pty) Limited (Project Baobab).