Keneilwe has over 20 years professional experience as a private Legal Practitioner. She has a strong background in Corporate Law, Regulatory matters, Labour law, Commercial Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

She is one of the founding partners of Moribame Matthews (in Collaboration with Andersen Global) a successful boutique law firm established over 15 years ago in Botswana. The practice has seen exponential growth over the last few years and provides general legal services and legal services in other areas including mining, banking and finance, transactional advisory services, regulatory and compliance, real estate, competition law, labour law and infrastructure development to mention but a few.

Keneilwe started her career at Collins Newman & Co. in 2001 as a pupil attorney and rose to the rank of Senior Associate by the time she left to set up Moribame Matthews in 2007, having had an opportunity to intern in the UK for a London based law firm for a few months. She advises clients on corporate structures, insolvency matters, restructurings, M&A where she provides legal due diligence services, pre-acquisition, and post-acquisition review. Keneilwe advises private companies on commercial terms, negotiation of contracts, drafting and review of agreements, commercial risk, and governance. She provides legal services on regulatory, compliance and legislative matters and makes presentations to management and boards on changes in legislation and emerging trends in the law that have an impact on business continuity and overall risk. Keneilwe sits on boards of both public and private companies and is passionate about youth and women empowerment in areas of business where they are traditionally under represented. She is a member and is involved with these bodies:

• Member, Law Society of Botswana
• Board Member, Kgare Insurance Brokers (Pty) Limited and its subsidiaries
• Board Member, Sefalana Holdings Limited
• Vice Chairperson –BFA Arbitration Tribunal.
• Member, Competition and Consumer Tribunal

Palesa is an up-and-coming young Junior Associate who was admitted to practice in December 2021. Palesa is a citizen of Botswana. As a Junior Attorney, Palesa assists in all areas of the law to gain experience, which has served her well and provided her with a depth of experience necessary to be of value to the team. Palesa in her short period with the firm has proven to be highly analytical, astute in contract negotiation and an excellent team member. Palesa also holds a Certificate in Business Risk Management from the University of Cape Town and is working towards obtaining a Post Graduate Diploma in Taxation with the Botswana Accountancy College.

She has worked on various matters in corporate, commercial, insurance, civil litigation, banking, finance, contract law and delictual claims among others. Palesa is also involved in transfer of assets generally, administration of estates, trusts and wills as well as other property related issues.

In her role as a Junior Associate, she aspires to ensure that she serves clients with high quality and pragmatic legal services while gaining knowledge and expertise in vast areas of the law. She undertakes to do this responsibly and diligently and ethically. Generally, Palesa is committed to becoming the best version of herself as an attorney and through the quality of her service to contribute to altering the vision that the world has on women in professional spaces generally and especially in the legal field.

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