Our debt and equity capital markets team offers a range of services in initial public offerings (IPOs), rights offers, establishing note programmes and share buy-backs. We have extensive knowledge regarding Botswana Stock Exchange Listing Requirements, Securities Act and ancillary rules.
Our clients benefit from co-ordinated working with international legal counsel on projects that have issuers who intend to list on a primary and secondary stock exchange. This means we have experience in handling cross-border transactions seamlessly, with simultaneous execution in two or more countries.
Our clients include issuers and prospective local and foreign issuers who intend to list on the Botswana Stock Exchange, underwriters, selling shareholders, sponsors, arrangers, lead managers, originators, dealers, trustees and depositories on a wide range of securities offerings.
Experience has included advising:
- Letlole la Rona Limited (listed variable rate loan stock company) on the disposal of four commercial immoveable property hotels to a related party, Cresta Marakanelo Limited
- MOD Resources Limited as the local legal Botswana counsel to the Standard Segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority, acting by the UK Listing Authority, and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange
- On the listing of the Standard Chartered Bank Botswana BWP5 billion debt issuance note programme