Pako Ralehika-Phiri is a partner attorney at Thabiso Tafila Attorneys. She graduated from the University of Botswana in 2006, where she was conferred a Bachelor of Law Degree. In 2010 she obtained Master’s Degree in Law with specialization on Corporate Finance from Westminster University in the United Kingdom. She also holds a Certificate in Compliance Management obtained from the University of Johannesburg in (2013). She has substantial wealth of experience in Communications Law covering Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Postal Regulation. She also has experience in General Corporate Law, Contract Drafting, Fund Management, Corporate Governance.

EXPERIENCE

Pako is an attorney with more than (10 years) experience spanning from the time when she started her career at Armstrong Attorneys and later worked as a Magistrate under the Department of the Administration of Justice. She later joined the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) (then known as Botswana Telecommunications Authority) in September 2010 where she rose through the ranks until she was appointed the Authority’s Board Secretary and Corporate Legal Advisor. During employment at BOCRA she contributed in various ways, amongst others, she was member of the Working Team that contributed to both the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act and the Electronic Records (Evidence) Act, which Acts were passed into legislation in 2014. She joins Thabiso Tafila Attorneys as a Partner after working for BOCRA for six years nine months.

EDUCATION

• LLB – University of Botswana 2006
•  LLM Corporate Finance Law – University of Westminster 2010
• Certificate in Compliance Management University of Johannesburg 2013

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• Diploma in Telecommunications Management (Common wealth Telecommunications Organisation)
• Certificate Course in Arbitration – Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa).
• Fellowship Admission Course – Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa).
• Advanced Course on Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property – World Intellectual Property Organisation Academy

MEMBERSHIP

• Law Society of Botswana