Akheel Jinabhai & Associates (in association with McKee Commercial Law)

Akheel Jinabhai & Associates (in association with McKee Commercial Law) is a full-service law firm based in Gaborone Botswana. The firm has developed an excellent reputation for providing responsive, pragmatic, and cost-effective legal solutions to clients undertaking business in Botswana.

Our legal services cover a wide range of disciplines provided to a wide client base which incudes international mining houses, large local corporations, foreign investors, regional & local governments, parastatals, and most of the property developers in Botswana. As a firm, we pride ourselves on our ability to evolve to meet the challenges of doing business in a complex and constantly changing commercial world and strive to be at the cutting edge of legal developments both internationally and locally.

OUR VISION

‘’The timely delivery of high-quality services and pragmatic legal solutions to our clients at a fair price’’

OUR EXPERTISE

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT/ CONVEYANCING AND NOTARIAL PRACTICE; Our conveyancing team provides unrivaled conveyancing services on property transactions regardless of their value or nature.

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES, TAX ADVISORY; Our team covers all areas relating to the administration of estates, including wills, trusts and the winding up of deceased estates.

GENERAL LITIGATION PRACTICE AND ARBITRATION; Our litigation team provides litigation services on all litigious matters (excluding criminal) including with respect to commercial & contractual disputes, administrative law issues, debt collection, and land disputes.

EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAW PRACTICE; Our team offers pragmatic and cost-effective solutions on all aspects of labour and employment matters.

CAPITAL MARKETS; Our commercial team, supported by Mckee Commercial Law, has extensive experience in a wide range of debt and equity transactions. We pride ourselves on being able to deliver practical legal and commercial solutions to our clients that properly allocate legal and commercial risks in capital market transactions.

CORPORATE ADVISORY; Our commercial team provides legal and advisory services to its clients on all corporate matters of any

nature.

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS; Our commercial team provide pragmatic, high quality services on all transactional matters of any value and /or nature thereof.

INSOLVENCY, FORECLOSURES AND JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT; Our commercial team provides practical and commercially orientated legal services to clients on all aspects of insolvency law.

MINING AND ENERGY; Our commercial team provides a full suite of legal, regulatory, and advisory services to clients on mineral, energy and resource matters including transactional support on energy and mining projects, direction on the regulatory requirements of regulators; advice on the health and safety obligations of project operators; and support with land issues relating to resource and energy projects.

HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM; Our commercial team, know the ins and outs of the hospitality sector and has extensive experience with the myriad of regulations that apply to the setting up or acquisition of a hospitality enterprise in Botswana.

REGULATORY ADVISORY SERVICES; Our regulatory team have experience in working with regulators in all disciplines. We pride ourselves on being able to identify and mitigate regulatory risk in our clients’ commercial arrangement and strategic transactions.

COMPETITION; Our commercial team covers all areas of competition and antitrust law including merger approval, monopolies, anti-competitive practices, and supply chain arrangements.

BANKING AND FINANCE; Our commercial team advises local, international companies and financial institutions on the full spectrum of banking and finance matters, including structured finance, asset finance, project finance, Public-Private Partnership transactions, private equity, invoice discounting, regulatory compliance and securitizations.

ASSET MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE; Our commercial team provides legal and advisory services to its clients on all aspects of the insurance and asset management sector including the provision of regulatory and compliance support.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW; Our commercial team provides legal and advisory services to its clients on all aspects of the registration, maintenance, and enforcement of their IP rights as well as data protection regulatory advice.