Corporate and Commercial (Legal)

We advise on a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial work with a focus on Tanzanian nuances and practices in line with the legal regime in order to be able to undertake complex commercial matters such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, shareholders and joint venture structures, private equity and institutional investments into Tanzanian businesses, disposals and corporate restructuring, demergers and…

Business and Corporate Advisory

We advise and provide business and corporate advisory services, which combined with our legal offerings, allows us to offer our clients bespoke and specific solutions to their everyday business and corporate priorities and to focus on their future business needs and growth strategy.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Our team has vast experience in the M&A space and is known to provide innovative advice and taking on as lead or jurisdictional counsel complex jurisdictional and cross border acquisitions, disposals, hive offs, asset sales and acquisitions, private equity and institutional investor transactions, restructuring and all other related M&A matters.

Private Wealth and Estate Planning

We advise on and provide assistance to our clients’ complete wealth structuring needs which includes but is not limited to governance, charitable and philanthropic giving, private wealth, probate and estate administration. We work towards creating legal structures that ensure they are CRS and tax compliant by working in conjunction with financial and tax consultants both locally and internationally.

Family Business/Organisation set up and structuring

Our team works very closely with new and old family businesses, ultra-high net worth families, family offices and entrepreneurs in conjunction with onshore and offshore business, financial and tax advisory firms to provide the guidance and structuring needs of our clients which may include drafting and sitting with families on family constitutions, trust set ups and requirements of family members and future beneficiaries…

Oil & Gas

Our team has vast experience in this sector and has local expertise on all matters and practical nuances related to the oil and gas sector including local content requirements. We advise on complex legal, commercial and structuring matters in this sector including restrictions on repatriation and local tax requirements, local content requirements in respect of banking and other professional services required…

Mining & Energy

Our team has vast experience in this sector and has local expertise on all matters and practical nuances related to the mining and energy sector including local content requirements. We advise on complex legal, commercial and structuring matters in these sectors including on public procurement requirements, government support/guarantees, restrictions on repatriation and local tax requirements, local content…

Banking and Insurance

Our team has experience in the complete spectrum of banking and financing transactions and arrangements from complex syndicated arrangements and ECA financing to local financing for working capital, project and real estate financing, fintech including leveraged and acquisition financing. We advise on and negotiate a broad range of corporate banking facilities and arrangements, including senior and mezzanine debt…

Telecommunications, Media and Technology

This sector is primarily dominated by cross-border investments into Tanzania although we are beginning to see some outwards investments by clients into these sectors on a cross-border basis. The Tanzanian landscape is changing in this sector very rapidly to try and keep abreast with global changes in the telecommunications, media, technology and online content space.

Education

We primarily deal with educational institutions in the private sector and our team has significant experience in this sector which involves providing clients with guidance on the day to day application of legislation and how the relevant ministries, municipal and local government authorities and the statutorily established non-governmental school board are dealing with such institutions on a practical level as well as assisting them…

Hospitality and Leisure

We advise and our team has advised some of the largest hotel chains, boutique hotels and resorts, management franchises, wildlife camp and resorts and investors in the hospitality, leisure and food and beverage sector. Our services range from mergers and acquisitions, disposals, green and brown field set ups, turnkey principal leases and management agreements, franchise agreements and licenses…