We are experienced in advising clients and boast an impressive corporate portfolio.
Who we are
Kelobang Godisang Attorneys is a boutique firm specializing in providing high quality legal advice in the field of commercial law. We have a young and highly motivated team of lawyers with unrivalled experience in their areas of practice. We pride ourselves in bringing efficiency, risk management, world class experience and assisting our clients to view their operations from different perspectives.
Mission statement
To make Kelobang Godisang Attorneys the “go to” firm by delivering outstanding value, continuous innovation and an exceptional client experience by consistently fulfilling our brand promise – helping our clients attain a 360° perspectiveVision Statement
To be a leader in the provision of legal servicesOur Practice
Investing and doing business in Botswana presents many unique opportunities and challenges for businesses. That is why it is advisable to work with Kelobang Godisang Attorneys to manage your most significant and complex transactions.
Our team is highly skilled and has extensive knowledge in their various areas of practice. We have a vast pool of experience and expertise to draw upon as the partners have a combined knowledge of the local law and other major financial jurisdictions having worked on matters governed by Botswana law, New York law, English law, South African law, Mauritius law, Swiss law and Luxembourg law among others.
In addition to our local and international experience, we have developed relationships and partnered with renowned international law firms with offices in the world’s major financial centres across the world.
Below are some of the transactions that we are currently working on:
- Advising a client to raise BWP 100,000,000 through listing of shares on the venture capital board of the Botswana Stock Exchange;
- Advising a client raise BWP 850,000,000 through a loan from a multilateral financial institution;
- Drafting the Finance and Leasing Regulations under the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority Act;
- Advising in a Sale and Buy-Back Agreement of a commodity valued at BWP 5,000,000 between a manufacturer and a supplier;
- Advising a client in negotiating a haulage agreement with committed volumes of 5,000,000 litres per annum of petroleum products; and
- Advising in a transaction for the provision of credit and securitising underlying transactions with a cumulative value of more than BWP 15,000,000
Partner Portfolio: Wandipa Kelobang
LLB University of Botswana,
LLM Yale Law School
We have a young and dynamic team lead by the two founding partners. Our support staff is equally highly trained to provide outstanding services to our clients.
Wandipa has worked as a practising attorney and in-house counsel in Botswana. In 2008 Wandipa joined the Legal Vice Presidency of the World Bank where she worked in the legal finance division and the operations division covering east and south Asia region. While working in the legal finance division, she was involved in some ground breaking work to avert the impact of the financial crisis. Wandipa concluded projects in Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Philippines and Pakistan. In the process she gained invaluable experience in the structuring of project finance across different markets and mitigation of risks using partial and credit risk guarantees as well as hedging facilities.
In July 2011 Wandipa joined the Legal Department of the African Development Bank where she worked in the legal finance division. The bulk of her work was in fund raising through the issuance of bonds, loan negotiations and establishment of funds. She also worked on asset and liability management. Wandipa has a wealth of experience working with ISDA and ICMA documentation for derivative transactions. Her work with multilateral development banks has given her an opportunity to work in different jurisdictions for both capital market and project finance transactions. Below are some of the transactions she has advised on:
As lead counsel representing the World Bank in relation to its projects in East and South Asia, below are some of the projects completed:
● USD 86 million Irrigation Restoration Project (Afghanistan);
● USD 60 million Power Systems Development Project (Afghanistan);
● USD 25 million On Farm Water Management Project (Afghanistan);
● USD 50 million ICT Sector Development Project (Afghanistan);
● USD 52 million Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Project II (Afghanistan); and
● USD 57.10 million, Tamil Nadu Road Project (additional finance) (India); and
• Represented the African Development Bank in the negotiations of two lines of credit with Japan International Cooperation Agency for the financing of private sector projects to the total tune of JPY 40,170 billion;
• Represented the African Development Bank in renewing its EUR 2 billion Commercial Paper Programme and its granting of the Short Term Euro Paper (STEP) label; and
• Represented the World Bank and African Development Bank for issuance of notes under their respective Global Debt Issuance Facilities listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Transactions under the facilities were denominated in among others currencies USD, GBP, AUD, NZD, JPY, MXN, UGX, GHS, TRY, NGN, BRL, RUB and KES.
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Seilaneng Godisang
