8th Floor Exim Tower
Ghana Avenue
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Tel: +255 22 2118789/91; +255 22 2114664
Fax: +255 22 2116635; +255 22 2113247
Email: info@mkono.com
Web: www.mkono.com
Main office established: 1977
Number of lawyers: 20
Legal officers: 2
Practice departments:
Banking and Finance, Commercial, Corporate, Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Institutional and Public Law Reform, Real Property and Tax.
Main focus sectors:
Aviation, Construction and Engineering, Financial Services, Infrastructure, Media and Technology, Mining, Oil and Energy, Telecommunications, Utilities, Transport and Retail.
Firm profile:
Mkono & Co. Advocates is generally considered to be the leading law firm in Tanzania. Founded in 1977 by Honourable Nimrod E. Mkono, MP, the firm has developed and become a prominent corporate, commercial and financial practice in the region. Mkono & Co.'s growth is reflected by the unique mix of people within the firm's offices in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Bujumbura, Burundi which houses lawyers from all over the world.
The firm indeed benefits from its well balanced group of lawyers coming from the US, Europe, Australia, India, Uganda and Tanzania and including, besides the renowned Hon. Nimrod Mkono himself, the well-respected Dr. Wilbert Kapinga, former senior state attorneys and parliamentary draftspersons, professors, economists, bankers, experts of international law firms, chartered accountants and chartered secretaries.
Having developed a close association with Denton Wilde Sapte, a leading global law firm headquartered in the City of London, since 2000, the firm can also draw upon an exclusive network of specialized international lawyers. Mkono & Co. has also formed a number of alliances with other firms practicing in other jurisdictions, such as London, Jersey (Channel Island), Boston, Munich, Bombay, Kampala, and Nairobi. The firm is a member of Terralex, a worldwide network of independent law firms.
The expansion of the Firms' network and the internal growth of the office over the past year has enhanced the firm's capacity to deliver increasingly sophisticated legal services to its clients including East-African governments and major commercial clients of the private sector, both from within and outside Tanzania.
The firm is recognised by international professional directories and has received multiple awards for its legal leadership and quality of services.
Awards:
The Firm has received awards from Business Initiative Directions (B.I.D.) for seven consecutive years, the latest being the International Best Practice Award, March 2007 in Paris.
Mkono & Co. also received in April 2008 the International Star for leadership in quality award in the Diamond category in accordance with the QC100 Criteria for outstanding business achievements and for perseverance and leadership in excellence, and quality.
Professional directories:
• "This corporate practice is the biggest firm in Tanzania and one of the most professional" Chambers Global, 2005
• "Tanzania's pre-eminent law firm" ILFR1000, The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, 2004 edition Commercial Practice
• "Nimrod Mkono is recognised by peers as one of the country's leading corporate lawyers" Chambers Global, 2002-2003 edition
• "The firm boasts strong banking and finance … groups" "Wilbert Kapinga is at the forefront of the banking market" "The commercially minded Steven De Backer is praised for his first-rate legal upbringing" Chambers Global, 2006 edition
• The firm's long-established association with London based Denton Wilde Sapte is perceived to "give the outfit an edge in terms of the service it is able to offer to major international clients." Chambers Global, 2007 edition
• "Rainmaker Wilbert Kapinga covers a good mix of disputes, corporate and telecoms work." PLC Which Lawyer, 2009
• "Wilbert Kapinga is recommended as a well-established and responsive attorney whose workload spans trade and project finance, along with arbitration concerns." Chambers Global, 2009
Partners:
Hon. Nimrod E. Mkono, MP (Managing Partner)
Email: nimrod.mkono@mkono.com
Dr. Wilbert B. Kapinga (Partner)
Email: wilbert.kapinga@mkono.com
Capt. Audax K. Kameja (Partner)
Email: capt.kameja@mkono.com
Prof. Jwani T. Mwaikusa (Partner)
Email: jwani.mwaikusa@mkono.com
Karel Daele (Partner)
Email: karel.daele@mkono.com
Clark Arrington (Partner)
Email: clark.arrington@mkono.com
Gilbert Nyatanyi (Partner)
Email: gilbert.nyatanyi@mkono.com
Joy Alliy (Junior Partner)
Email: joy.alliy@mkono.com
This firm has also authored this year's Burundian Legislation Guide.