Bathusi Brown is the sole proprietor and managing attorney of the firm. Having amassed 10 years of experience in practice. Bathusi started his career with a short stint at the Departments of Deeds Registry before joining the Directorate of Public Prosecutions as a prosecutions counsel for over 8 years before pioneering Brown and Company Attorneys.

Experience: 10 years

Professional Membership: Member of the Law Society of Botswana

Professional Qualifications:  Admitted attorney of the High Courts of Botswana (2010)

Experience

In his years as a prosecutor, Brown was one of the few Attorneys who was instrumental in the formative years of the Asset Forfeiture Unit. He litigated in the high profile case involving the National Petroleum Fund and other cases of national importance. Brown succeeded in recovering millions of Pula amassed from Serious Crime related Activities to the state coffers.

In his short stint in private practice, he has been involved successfully in among others, procurement litigation, out of court settlements in many cases and matrimonial cases. His other areas of expertise are criminal defense, not surprisingly so, having been on the other side of the aisle as a prosecutor, cyber-crime law, mediation and negotiation and Land Law.

Education

• Education: LLB (Hons) University of Pretoria
• Contracts Management-Cert (University of Southampton)
• Management and Leadership-Cert ( The Open University)
• Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions (GIBBS-University of Pretoria)
• Corporate Lawyers: Ethics, Regulation and Purpose

Areas Of Specialty

• Assert Forfeiture Law
• Cyber crime, Fraud & Corruption
• Corporate Advise, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Land law

Karabo started her career as an Attorney in 2016. She joined Brown and Company Attorneys in June 2020. She focuses primarily on general civil and corporate litigation, employment matters, and contract law. She is currently a trainee trainer in the trial advocacy cause administered by the Law Society of Botswana in conjunction with the National Institute of trial advocacy (USA) and justice advocacy Africa.

Experience: 4 years

Professional Membership: Member of the Law Society of Botswana, Compliance Institute of Southern Africa

Professional Qualifications: Admitted as an Attorney of the High Courts of Botswana (2016). Admitted as a Conveyancer and Notary Public in the High Court of the Republic of Botswana (2020)

Experience

Karabo has garnered experience both in private practice and the corporate space. Her experience includes acting for and on behalf of most of the international insurance companies in Botswana as well as dealing with third party insurance claims. Furthermore, Karabo has extensive experience in debt recovery for financial and non-financial institutions. Her experience also includes handling contractual and personal damage claims. Karabo has represented individuals and corporate entities in labour disputes. Moreover, she has dealt with land and property disputes and issues regarding rights and obligations around land tenure. Karabo has experience in providing corporate secretarial services and has dealt with processes involved in liquidations and estates. In addition, Karabo has advised and dealt with regulatory and compliance issues.

Education

• Bachelor of Social Science (University of Capetown)
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB)(University of Capetown)
• Certificate of Proficiency Long Term Insurance (Botswana Accountancy College in conjunction with Insurance Institution of South Africa)
• Compliance Management (University of Capetown)
• Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions – Training (Gordons Institute of Business Science – University of Pretoria)

Areas of Specialty

• Corporate Commercial
• Civil Litigation
• Insurance
• Compliance and Contracts
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Administration of Estates
• Compliance and Contract Management