General Business Law

About

Provided by Minchin & Kelly (Botswana)

Minchin & Kelly (Botswana) provides high quality legal services to Botswana clients, but has also developed into a leading provider of services to international clients doing business in the country.

The firm is the Botswana member of DLA Piper Africa.

Clients
Clients include financial institutions, private companies, national utilities, global corporations, sections of the Botswana Government and high-net worth individuals.

Practice Groups
Include:

• Corporate & Commercial​
• Banking & Finance
• Projects & Infrastructure
• Civil & Commercial litigation
• Labour 
• Real Estate
• Mining
• Energy
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Financial Recoveries

Recent Work 

Energy
Advising Botswana Oil Limited on the establishment of a Coal to Liquid Facility

Infrastructure
Advising Cambridge Investments on servitude rights for major waterpipe.

Financial
Advising Stanbic Bank Botswana Limited on a multi-currency million loan facility to Norsad Finance Limited

Mining 
Advising Sandfire on the establishment of a mine in Ghanzi

Real Estate 
Legal advisor for mining client for the acquisition of property rights for the establishment of a new Copper Mine.

Insurance
BWP100 million claim against Minet Botswana (Pty) Ltd.

Agriculture
Advising Public Enterprises Evaluation Privatisation Agency on the Botswana Meat Commission

Litigation
Representing BPOPF in a dispute with its former asset manager in relation to a BWP 500,000,000.00 claim.