Diba M. Diba is a partner at Thabiso Tafila Attorneys. Diba obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Botswana in 2000. He has a wealth of experience in Corporate Law, Banking and Finance, Private Equity and Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Finance, Contract, Property and Estate Law, Industrial Relations and Employment Law, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Relationship Building, Customer Service, Dispute Resolution, Conveyancing, General Legal Advice and Litigation. He joined Thabiso Tafila Attorneys from Stanbic Bank Botswana Limited.

Experience

Diba has been practicing law for almost two decades now. Upon completion of his LLB degree, in 2000 he joined Moeletsi & Motumise Attorneys. He was admitted as an attorney, notary and conveyancer the same year. In 2004, he joined Minchin & Kelly (Botswana) until 2010 when he moved to Stanbic Bank. He was with Stanbic for seven years as the Senior Legal Manager. He spent two of those years as a Client Coverage Manager in the Corporate and Investment Bank division.

Diba has had opportunity to enhance his technical and leadership skills by attending some of the following courses:

• Trial advocacy
• Euro-School Advanced Loan Documentation
• Performance Management Systems Training
• Foundation Leadership Development
• Customer Experience Excellence
• Customer Experience Coaching
• Management Essentials
• Banking and Media
• Investment In Excellence

At Stanbic Bank, he served on the bank’s Management Committee (MANCO) and Credit Management Committee (Credit MANCO) and was a trustee of the Stanbic Bank Pension Fund.

He represents the Botswana Law Society in the Botswana Law Reporting Committee. The Law Reporting Committee’s main role is reporting of judgments of the superior courts in and the production of the Botswana Law Reports.

Diba is a passionate community activist. He is involved with the Maitengwe For Education initiative, a trust that aims to participate in and support the education of children from the village of Maitengwe. The group acts as an advisory body to the schools and parents in Maitengwe to encourage and promote the education of the children. He has tirelessly donated his time and skills to assist set up and register trusts for interest groups, especially the youth, to help promote their interests.

Education

• LLB degree from the University of Botswana in 2000.

Memberships

• Member of the Law Reporting Committee.
• Law Society of Botswana.

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