Mr Kago K.Y Boiki is an Associate in the firm, and a valued member of the Corporate Commercial Division. He is a committed Attorney and Scholar with major focus on Special Economic Zones, Foreign Direct Investment, Labour Relations Law and Business and Human Rights.

Mr Boiki is a published scholarly author in the field of International Trade and Investment and also dabbles in Human Rights Law. His skillset is unique as he is currently the only scholar from Botswana to pursue a Master’s degree with a particular focus on Special Economic Zones and Foreign Direct Investment Attraction a particularly new field of law in Botswana with very limited skilled human capital. Having received some of his tutelage from various International entities and professionals, whilst resident in South Africa he has had the opportunity to learn and observe the true nature and requirements of making Economic Zones work for an economy.

Mr Boiki’s current practice area of interest is in the field of international corporate and commercial law with a focus on labour relations, investment agreements, drafting complex commercial agreements, intellectual property rights litigation, arbitration and litigation involving corporate commercial disputes.

Mr Boiki possesses skills and qualifications that not only make him unique but also highly adaptable to varying situations as his clients may require. His quick thinking and result orientation are unmatched.

Obrien Bvindi – is a Partner in the Specialised Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Department. Obrien has extensive experience in Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Construction Law, Corporate Commercial Litigation and Insolvency law.
He has an LLB (Hons) from the University of Zimbabwe, he is admitted as an attorney of the High Court and other courts of the Republic of Botswana and is a member of the Law Society of Botswana.

He is also admitted as an attorney of the High Court and other courts of the Republic of Zimbabwe, he is an Arbitrator and a Fellow of the Botswana Institute of Arbitrator as well as an International Fellow of the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa).

Obrien is a leading Botswana authority on the application of Value Added Tax on the execution of immovable property and in this respect argued the seminal case on this area of law which has since become known as the “Bvindi Case”

Topiwa Chilume is a partner in the Corporate department. He has over 22 years vast experience in corporate and commercial law gained from working both for large corporates and in private practice. His areas of expertise include corporate transactional law, competition law, restructures, private equity, asset management, banking & insurance, capital markets, mining & energy, telecommunications, public-private partnerships & infrastructure, and intellectual property.

Topiwa has a BCom and LLB, both obtained from Rhodes University. He is admitted as an attorney of the High Court and other courts of the Republic of Botswana and is a member of the Law Society of Botswana.

He has throughout his career served in various senior management roles in the banking, asset management, insurance and private equity sectors, giving him a broad knowledge, understanding and experience in the corporate and commercial practice area.

MAIN AREAS OF LAW

Tatenda is the Partner in the Corporate & Commercial Division for Minchin & Kelly. She advises on all commercial corporate areas of law but her main speciality is project finance, debt and equity market transactions and energy projects. She also has an interest in public private partnerships and has recently been working on a number of transactions dealing with PPPs. She is recently working on the first Coal to Liquids Project in Botswana.. Her specialty exposes her to vast areas of law and as a result she also has experience in the mineral, property and mergers & acquisitions sector. A majority of her work involves cross border transactions and she is a regular advisor to multinational banks and organisations particularly with providing them with ISDA and custodian & insolvency opinions.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

Her notable work was advising a listed property company on the first ever establishment of a special security purpose vehicle that would hold mortgage bonds for and on behalf of credit beneficiaries in Botswana. She engaged the Registrar of Deeds and was successful in arguing that a security purpose vehicle would not contravene section 52 of the Deeds Registry Act which provides that an agent cannot hold a mortgage bond for and on behalf of a principal.

SIGNIFICANT CLIENTS

Tatenda’s clients vary across all industries including; Botswana Oil Limited, IFSC, African Import Export Bank, Letlole la Rona Limited, Vivo Energy (Proprietary) Limited, First National Bank Botswana Limited, Stanbic Bank Botswana Limited, Botswana Development Corporation, Bank of Scotland, Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund, Hollard Insurance Limited, Aon Botswana, Old Mutual, Government Entities and regularly works with law firms outside the jurisdiction including DLA Piper UK LLP, Simmons & Simmons LLP, Norton Rose, Bowmans and Baker McKenzie.

CAREER

Tatenda began her career at Armstrongs Attorneys in 2009 and was made a senior associate in 2012. In 2017 she joined Minchin & Kelly as a senior associate and became a Partner in July 2019.

• LLM, University of Cape town (2010)
• LLB, Rhodes University (2006)
• Year of admission as an attorney: 2009
• Year of admission as a conveyancer: 2010
• Year of admission as a notary public: 2010

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the Law Society

JURISDICTIONS

Admitted in Botswana (2009)

LANGUAGES

English, Shona

PUBLICATIONS

Contribution to the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2014; Women, Business and the Law 2014: Removing Restrictions to Enhance Gender Equality for the World Bank

Contribution to the Doing Business in 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises and Doing Business in a More Transparent World for the World Bank.

PERSONAL

Tatenda practices law in Gaborone, Botswana.

Ms Jallow completed her pupilage in February 2018. She has been with Ndadi Law Firm for four years, since her fourth year internship through the University of Botswana.

She has worked closely with Mr. Ndadi on litigation cases and has to date been well engaged and engrossed in active court matters, arguments, trials and settling matters such that she has gained confidence on being fully instructed on matters on her own.

Akheel Jinabhai is the Managing Partner of the Firm and was admitted as an Attorney, Notary Public and Conveyancer of the High Court of Botswana in 2001. He is one of the most experienced general practitioners in Botswana and is a pioneer in business. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Law Firm and has successfully managed it since 2006 to date. In addition to his ability to generally handle all matters, Akheel has become especially skilled in the areas of Conveyancing and Notarial Practice, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Law, Company Law, Contract Law and Tax Law.