What We Do
Practice Areas
We provide legal services in a wide range of areas to a diversified client base that includes individuals, local, regional, and international companies, Government entities, and non-profit organizations.
Services
Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
Pako Thato Moakofhi — Partner, Head of Department
The firm’s litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution practice undertakes litigation at various institutional and regulatory committees and tribunals, the Land Tribunal, Magistrate’s Court, Industrial Court, High Court and Court of Appeal. The firm enjoys reputation of success on litigation matters and matters reported in the Botswana Law Reports. Pako Thato Moakofhi heads the litigation and dispute resolution department.
The firm provides the following services in litigation and dispute resolution:
- Advising on alternative dispute resolution processes including mediation
- Advising on and representing clients in settlement negotiations
- Instituting and defending legal proceedings for and on behalf of clients before Committees, Tribunals, Magistrates Courts, Arbitrators, Industrial Court, High Court and the Court of Appeal
Courts & Tribunals
- Committees & Regulatory Tribunals
- Land Tribunal
- Magistrate’s Court
- Industrial Court
- High Court
- Court of Appeal
- Arbitrators
“The firm enjoys reputation of success on litigation matters and matters reported in the Botswana Law Reports.”
Services
Debt Collection & Recoveries
- Formal demand for debt settlement
- Debt settlement negotiations
- Drafting credit and settlement agreements
- Instituting legal proceedings
- Repossessions
- Execution of writs
Contact Us About Debt Recovery“We regard each client as a most important and valued client. We accordingly ensure that sufficient resources are dedicated to each matter on behalf of a client, so that each client is provided with a unique and inspired solution tailored to their individual matter.”
Services
Property & Estates
Obakeng Mothusi Andreck — Partner, Head of Department
The many laws governing property ownership and development require property lawyers to have a dynamic approach to transactions. Our property Partner Obakeng Mothusi Andreck has wide experience in the field.
Administration of estates concerns the management and settlement of the estate of a deceased person. As a law firm we render legal advice, draft Last will and Testaments, attend meetings with clients at the Master’s office, can assist in setting up of Trusts and general management of estates.
The department renders the following services:
- Property development vehicles, strategies and implementation
- Lease agreements
- Compliance with legislation and authorities regarding land issues
- Financing strategies on property acquisition
- Tax structures
- Commercial and residential transfers and developments
- Mortgage bond and notarial bond registrations and cancellations
- Subdivisions and consolidations
- Opening of sectional title schemes
- Registration of servitudes
- Advise on all property related disputes
- Structuring and establishing home owner associations and body corporates
- Conducting due diligence investigations
- Sale, lease and loan agreements
- Development agreements
- General property advice
- Joint Venture Agreements and Shareholders Agreements
- Sale of shares or members interest in property owning company agreements
- Antenuptial contracts
- Estate planning
- Formation and registration of inter vivos trusts
- Wills
- Testamentary trusts
- Estate administration
- Trust governance and administration
- Contentious estates
- Curatorship applications and administration
- Compliance and governance advisory
- Company constitution, policies, and agreements drafting
- Commercial Contracts
- Due Diligence
Whilst the Practice provides a wide spectrum of services as detailed above, the Attorneys do not work in isolation and each Attorney is able to call on the expertise of other Attorneys within the Practice. Owing to the experience and expertise of the partners within AM LAW we are able to provide legal services across a wide range of sectors.