Tebogo Mapitse specialises in corporate commercial transactions, particularly, mergers and acquisitions, competition law, energy regulation, banking, and finance, regulatory and advisory and insolvency and restructuring.
His experience in a variety of sectors, allows him to advise local and international clients across the entire value chain of commercial transactions. Tebogo’s expertise extends to due diligences in banking, telecommunications, mining, property and tourism, drafting of commercial agreements and obtaining regulatory approvals from the Competition Authority, Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Minerals and Energy.
- Adviser to Rand Merchant Bank (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited) in relation to the financing of the Tati 100MW solar PV generation facility in Botswana.
- Adviser to Rand Merchant Bank (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited) in relation to the financing of the Selebi – Phikwe 50MW solar PV generation facility in Botswana.
- Co-counsel to the liquidators of BCL Limited (in Liquidation) [BCL] and Tati Nickel Mining Company Proprietary Limited (in Liquidation) [Tati Nickel], in relation to:
- the acquisition by Premium Nickel Resources Proprietary Limited of certain assets of the business of BCL, more particularly, nickel-copper-cobalt ("Ni-Cu-Co") assets formerly operated by BCL at the Selebi Mines; and
- the acquisition by Premium Nickel Group Proprietary Limited, in respect of the acquisition of certain assets of the business of Tati, more particularly, Ni-Cu-Co assets formerly operated by Tati Nickel at the Selkirk Mine.
- Acted as local counsel to Allianz SE, one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers in its agreement to combine its African operations (excluding South Africa) with Sanlam, the largest non-banking financial services company in Africa.
- Adviser to Saphire Holdings Limited (Singita) in the proposed acquisition of Abu Private Reserve Proprietary Limited, holder of a tourism concession in the Okavango Delta.
- Local counsel in respect of the Botswana aspects of a transaction which involves the acquisition by A.P Moller Capital P/S (through an SPV) of 100% of Vector Logistics Proprietary Limited and its Botswana subsidiary, Senn Foods Logistics Proprietary Limited.
- Co-counsel to Royal Gold, Inc. together with its subsidiary RGLD Gold AG in their USD265 Million acquisition of high-quality silver stream from Khoemacau Copper Mining (Proprietary) Limited for the Khoemacau Copper Project in Botswana.
- Acted as counsel to Letlole La Rona Limited, a listed entity on the Botswana Stock Exchange ,and one of the largest property investment companies in Botswana, in its disposal of a commercial building to Shining Sun Investments Proprietary Limited.
- Acted as local co-counsel to Vitol Holdings II S.A. and its subsidiaries (in its acquisition of 74% of the total issued shares in Engen Limited, a subsidiary of PETRONAS Marketing International Sendirian Berhad.
- Acted as co-counsel to Max Power Limited in its acquisition of Leboam Holdings Proprietary Limited the operator of the Kopano Copper Mine.
- Mining Law, Trends and Developments in Botswana
- An overview of the legal framework on security over movable property in Botswana
- Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Africa – Botswana, 2nd Edition
- Registration Of Business Names Re-Registration Act No.26 Of 2018
Tebogo Mapitse was a panelist at the Slaughter and May - Practical and Legal Exchange African Symposium held in Cairo, Egypt in 2022 - speaking on attracting and retaining talent.
- Bachelor of Laws - University of Botswana
- Certificates in Corporate Due Diligences - University of Cape Town
- Certificate in Commercial Loan Financing, and Syndicated Loan Financing Transactions - University of Cape Town
- Admitted as Attorney, Notary Public and Conveyancer of the High Court of Botswana
- Member of the Law Society of Botswana
