Bookbinder Business Law, in its capacity as Botswana legal counsel, has advised London Stock Exchange Group (“LSEG”) on the Botswana competition law aspects of its LSEG’s all share acquisition of Refinitiv. This transaction was approved by the Botswana Competition and Consumer Authority on 4 March 2020. The transaction closed on 29 January 2021. The USD27,000,000,000 …
On 13 February 2020, Botswana, along with 23 other jurisdictions, was included on an updated list of high-risk third jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering/ counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes published by the European Commission of the European Union (“EU”). Further, to the classification of Botswana as a high-risk third country, the …
Bookbinder Business Law advises Botswana Development Corporation Limited (“BDC”) on the issuance and listing of BWP162,140,000 Notes in terms of BDC’s BWP1,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note Programme (“Programme”) on the Botswana Stock Exchange. Bookbinder Business Law acted as legal counsel to BDC on the update of the Programme and subsequent issuance (by means of a …
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