Zambia

Firm overview

The members of Bowmans’ Zambian practice have been involved in precedent-setting domestic cases and pioneering cross-border transactions for more than 25 years.

Its specialist lawyers provide a comprehensive legal service extending from banking and finance law to corporate advisory work and dispute resolution and litigation.

Their expertise ranges from corporate, financial, tax and competition law (including mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions, syndicated lending, corporate financing, project financing, export credit financing and debt restructuring) to litigation, alternative dispute resolution and employment law.

Clients include leading banks and financial institutions, securities firms, insurance companies, investment funds, state-owned enterprises, mining houses, telecommunications and energy companies.

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Firm overview

ERIC SILWAMBA, JALASI AND LINYAMA Legal Practitioners is a Zambian Law Firm. The firm has been in existence for over thirty five years initially as Eric Silwamba and Company. In 2013 it was rebranded to ERIC SILWAMBA, JALASI AND LINYAMA (ESJL) Legal Practitioners following the admission to partnership of Joseph Jalasi and Lubinda Linyama. It has over the years developed to the level of being among the top law firms in Zambia.The firm unlike its competitors is able to offer a wide range of services from Criminal to Civil Litigation to Corporate services to Mergers and Acquisitions.

In December 2020, the Firm combined with Dentons, the world’s largest firm by headcount. The firm is highly ranked by World Tax, Chambers and Legal 500.

The firm provides various corporate services which include Tax, Banking and Finance, Corporate, Mining, Energy, Environmental and Dispute Resolution.

The Firm regularly publishes articles in association the International Comparative Legal Guide, Lexology, Mondaq, Chambers and Legal 500 in practice areas including Mining Law, Tax Law, Commercial Real Estate, Arbitration, Energy, Employment and litigation.

Firm overview

MAY and Company is an innovative full-service corporate law firm committed to providing comprehensive legal solutions to businesses of all sizes. As a new player in the industry, MAY and Company brings a fresh perspective, innovative approaches, and a passion for delivering exceptional client service. MAY and Company has highly regarded Partners who are known within the Zambian market as being among the best in their practice areas. In terms of expertise, the MAY team brings together key expertise in corporate and commercial work which enable clients to access the full spectrum of legal services within the commercial space from incorporation work all the way to dispute resolution.

Firm overview

MMLP is one of the leading and highly regarded corporate and commercial law firms in Zambia with over 23 years of market presence. MMLP has over the years become a firm of choice for the corporate world and a link to the Zambian market for several multinational corporate entities across the African region and the World over.

MMLP has earned its status in the market by providing quality and value for money legal services in various areas of the practice, including various commercial cross-border transactions as well as complex litigation and arbitration matters, which have distinguished it from most firms in the legal industry in Zambia. The Firm’s capabilities in terms of resource, experience, market presence and its longevity; allows for access to strategic alliances that enable a high rate of success in meeting the objectives of its diverse clientele.

As one of Zambia’s most sophisticated full-service corporate law firms, MMLP operates through four broad departments under which specific practice areas fall and teams are constituted based on the expertise of our personnel. These departments are:

Corporate, Finance and Commercial Transactions

• Project Financing
• ESG Financing
• Banking and Finance
• Corporate Advisory
• Financial Regulations
• Insurance
• TMT
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Corporate Restructuring
• Public Procurement
• Capital markets
• Energy
• and Mining.

Dispute Resolution

• Litigation
• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Industrial and Labour Relations Disputes
• Tax Disputes
• Competition Disputes
• Mining Disputes
• Capital Markets Disputes
• Employment
• Pensions
• and Debt Recovery

Tax and Regulatory Compliance

• General Corporate Tax Advisory and Structuring
• General Tax Regulation and Compliance
• Transfer Pricing
• Competition Regulatory Compliance
• Data Protection
• and ESG.

Real Estate and Company Secretarial

• Conveyancing
• Intellectual Property
• Immigration
• Real Estate and Construction