Tefo Gaongalelwe  |  Partner  &  Head of Debt Collection   


Dispute Resolution Department

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E: tefo@bookbinderlaw.co.bw

Tefo Gaongalelwe specialises in dispute resolution centred around employment, construction, insolvency and debt collection. Tefo has acted for clients across a broad range of sectors including manufacturing, retail, construction and engineering, banking and mining.

As a result of his practice areas, he has experience advising clients in complex disputes in the areas of labour and employment law, employment benefits, construction arbitration,  insolvency, complex recoveries and corporate restructurings. In addition, Tefo has experience in general corporate, regulatory and insurance advisory work.

Tefo possesses a unique skill set that has produced immaculate results across different disciplines. He;

  • acted for major retailers of school uniforms imported from South Africa in an application interdicting the Government of Botswana where it had issued a statutory regulation banning the importation of school uniforms from outside Botswana, in favour of locally produced uniforms;
  • acted for lenders in a claim to recover a debt and sought to liquidate a local microlender which was the borrower in terms of a note programme listed and issued on the Botswana Stock Exchange;
  • acted as counsel for various blue chip companies in the manufacturing and retail sector in employment related disputes before the Industrial Court and the Court of Appeal;
  • is acting as local counsel to a client in an arbitrating dispute that arose between them and the Government of Botswana from one of the biggest construction projects in Botswana. The matter has been placed at the International Court of Arbitration and International Chamber of Commerce.
  • Bachelor of Laws - University of Botswana
  • Admitted as Attorney, Notary Public and Conveyancer of the High Court of Botswana
  • Member of the Law Society of Botswana
  • Member of the Botswana Institute of Arbitrators