The firm’s Litigation practice handles general civil litigation over and above its commercial, banking and labour litigation. All matters are transacted in a way that accords with the Firm’s standards and professional aptitude. Each matter has a dedicated partner and support staff who ensure that all court processes are handled efficiently and expeditiously.

We pride ourselves on having open communication channels with our clients, which enables us to act swiftly in protecting Client’s interests. The firm appears at all courts in Botswana, from the Magistrate’s court, Industrial Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and in all Tribunals and Quasi-Judicial Bodies.

We provide legal support to clients for all employment related matters from Individual labour law to collective labour bargaining. We provide rigorous guidance to enhance responsible employment practices. We advise clients on general employment law, employment contract review and development of workplace policies and regulations, executive compensation on termination, collective bargaining agreements, mediating between employer and a union, discrimination and sexual harassment law advice, trade union recognition procedures, retrenchment and restructurings, employment litigation and all Labour related advisory services.

We work closely with Clients, guiding them through the process of acquiring, protecting and using intellectual property such as trademarks, patents and copyrights. We assist clients in obtaining copyrights, trademarks, and patents. We offer a seamless service on a range of matters, from advising on registrability, conducting trademark searches, registration and maintenance, to commercialization, protection and enforcement. We also understand that effective protection of ground breaking technologies and successful litigation of patent disputes are critical aspects of today’s increasingly competitive business environment. This may involve assisting Clients with determining the appropriate intellectual protection of their property.

We also assist Client with litigating disputes arising out of intellectual property issues, whether that’s objecting to registration of a new trademark applications that may be similar to client’s or may potentially damage Client’s branding or defending and enforcing intellectual property rights where the is exploitation of our client’s intellectual property.

We are innovative in working with a highly experienced and agile team of attorneys, legal secretaries, debt collectors, tracers and deputy sheriffs in providing a more robust approach to collection to ensure that Companies are able to recover their debts and execute writs of execution effectively right from the issuance of a demand to judgment, liquidation. Judicial management or other legal court process.

The firm provides large scale debt collection for various blue-chip clients across industries including the banking sector. This continues to be an area that has grown and has evolved to include sophisticated systems that aid collection for results that have allowed the firm to successfully conclude all debt collection litigation and further provide results in terms of monetary recovery for client. We have two departments being;

(a)the traditional Debt collection department which is focused on enforcement of loan agreements and other debt instruments, repossession of motor vehicles, Perfection of securities, Sale in execution, unsecured lending, Landlord’s hypothec, Enforcement of deeds of hypothecation, Garnishee orders, liquidations, compromise with creditors and judicial management.; and

(b) the Call Centre - Soft Collections department which uses innovative software on a no-collection- no-fee basis. We are innovative in working with a sophisticated team of collectors and legal secretaries, providing a more robust approach to collection to ensure that chances of recovery are maximised. We assist clients with understanding the information required at loan stage and customer due diligence (KYC) questions that we require for a successful collection and tracing.

In the legal Property landscape in Botswana, the firm has distinguished itself as a powerhouse in the Conveyancing space. We provide practical and sound legal advice on property and real estate issues, which primarily include structuring, acquisition and disposal of real estate property. The department has gained a reputation for being robust, innovative and handles complex property transactions that involve commercial law aspects.

Our services in this area entail:

• advising on structuring of property related transactions,
• drafting agreements relating to property finance transactions,
• attending to the preparation, advice, execution and registration of transfers, mortgages, notarial documents, deeds of hypothecation, debt instruments, charges and other security instruments in favour of financial institutions at the Deeds office,
• opening sectional titles schemes and registering subdivisions of properties.

We provide robust Alternative Dispute Resolution by employing strategic dispute analysis and practical advice on a realistic assessment of the outcomes and potential costs of litigation vis a vis settlement and/or compromise. We look for a ‘win win’ for our clients to curtail the length of the dispute and legal costs that may be incurred should the matter go before court.

We help companies make informed decisions consistent with their commercial objectives. We provide strategic counsel on all forms of dispute resolution, from negotiation, mediation, to arbitration and litigation.

In conjunction with our Tax collaborating firm, Accpro Accountants, under the Andersen group of Tax and Legal Firms, with whom we are affiliated, our services in this area include advising clients on tax matters generally, tax dispute resolution and opinion work.

Through our collaboration with Accpro we have extended the services to attending to tax appeals and tax opinions on corporate re-organizations. Accpro provides further tax services on value added tax, tax incentives available to foreign investments, taxation of employee compensation and benefits, tax advice on real estate transactions, income and withholding taxes, tax treaty issues, valuation and classification issues, trusts and wealth management and local business tax requirements. Company secretarial services are also offered by Accpro for a seamless one stop shop for businesses.

We advise both local and international clients on compliance requirements of various legal instruments and regulation across industries. We ensure that entities, including local companies are complaint with all laws and have robust compliance structures in place. We provide legal advice on commercial transactions that may require regulatory approval by the Botswana Competition Authority and any other regulators for various sectors. In this area we provide presentations on new laws, compliance requirements of various laws and training. We are very familiar with requirement of the Competition Authority, Data Protection Commission, Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority, Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants, Botswana Health Professions Council to name a few.

Our team has experience in advising multinational clients on the intricacies and complexities relevant to foreign investors interested in doing business in Botswana. We assist with registration through the national Trade agency BITC and in complying with all relevant laws and policies. Our services include assisting Clients to obtain special registrations and other incentives under Botswana law; assisting with government approvals, permits, licenses and registrations for client’s operations.

We advise and assist Clients with drafting and registration of Trusts with the Master of the High Court and attend to any issues emanating therefrom.

We provide a holistic approach to assisting Client it his estate, from drafting of wills to Estate Planning and Administration of Deceased’s Estates.

We advise companies and financial institutions and draft documents on the full spectrum of banking and finance matters, including:

• asset finance;
• financial services laws and regulation;
• banking insurance;
• property finance;
• credit agreements;
• finance agreements and security documents;
• performance bonds/guarantees;
• letters of guarantee;
• advance payments bond/guarantees