Sipho Ziga is the lead partner in Armstrongs’ Commercial Department. Sipho was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of Botswana in 1997 and as a conveyancer and Notary Public in 1998. Sipho is a member of the Botswana Law Society and is consistently ranked in the highest band by Chambers.

Sipho has over 26 years of experience in dealing in all disciplines of business law; corporate commercial law, securities and financial services regulations; mining and resources law, and project finance.

Sipho has acted as legal advisor to a large number of pre-imminent BSE listed and unlisted companies and parastatals, in Botswana and multi-nationals on a wide range of corporate issues ranging from Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) compliance; corporate governance; company formations; acquisition; takeovers; due diligence reviews; capital raising corporate and trade finance; listings and rights issues; schemes of arrangement; banking law; loan finance agreements; negotiable instruments and capital market instruments.

Sipho routinely carries out and gives advice on Botswana’s law and regulatory environment with regard to mergers, securities and financial instruments to multinationals and international law firms.

Sipho’s infallible expertise in mining law award him with the opportunity to act as advisor to the vast majority of multinationals and mining houses with interests in Botswana, by assisting in mergers and acquisitions; company formation; due diligence; compliance issues; applications for licences, capital raisings and restructuring.

Since 2007, Sipho has consistently been ranked in the highest category in Chambers Global -The World’s Leading Lawyers for General Business Law. Deemed “one of the foremost practitioners in Botswana” Sipho Ziga operates a market-leading corporate and commercial practice. He is regularly instructed by international clients and offers expertise in banking and finance, M&A and securities. According to Chambers, Sipho is recognised by peers as a “market leader.”

Ranked as a leading mining lawyer in Botswana by Who’s Who Legal Global Mining Lawyers.