Zacharia is a Senior Associate at ARS and his practice focuses mainly on litigation, arbitration, labour matters, conveyancing, insolvency and corporate matters.

Zacharia advises and represents institutions as well as private clients in both contentious and non-contentious matters. As a litigator, Zacharia has notable experience in representing banks both in Tanzania and outside Tanzania and shipping lines and terminal operators, in high value claims. Zachariah specialises in debt recovery of non-performing loans and has successfully represented various financial institutions in recovery suits. He is known for his strong litigation capability and capacity to take on complicated adversarial matters.

Prior to joining ARS, Zacharia has worked with Kesaria & Company Advocates, MM Attorneys and Mkono & Company, Advocates.

Zacharia undertook his PG Diploma in Legal Practice at the Law School of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam. He read Law (LLB hons) at Tumaini University, Tanzania and also holds a Master of Laws in Commercial Law (LLM) from Kampala International University.

Zacharia is a member in the following professional bodies:

• Tanganyika Law Society
• East African Law Society