Our legal department makes it easier and faster for you to access quality legal advisory services in Zimbabwe. Our service offering is tailored and focused towards providing results driven legal solutions which are pragmatic, efficient and effective. Whichever of our departments you consult, our professionals will work diligently to gain a thorough understanding of your needs and objectives and will, where required, form multidisciplinary teams which are able to give you seamless end-to-end legal support via effective knowledge-sharing and collaboration between them.

As a result, we are ideally positioned to help you with:

Commercial Advisory Services

Transactions are the life blood of any company or business. Critical to this is the understanding that each business is unique. To be able to properly assist you and your business to counteract risk and to enter into the best deals that you can, requires an understanding not only of the legal environment but also of the business itself and the outcomes needed.

Our team of lawyers are specialist contract draftsmen, specialising in general corporate agreements, service level agreements, off-take agreements, framework agreements, partnership agreements, joint venture agreements, confidentiality agreements, lease agreements and distribution agreements.

Our tech-savvy commercial team will deliver meticulously crafted agreements with a quick turnaround time in a manner that will protect your interests, ensure contractual efficiency and mitigate your risk.

Mining

Our team of seasoned directors and lawyers possesses a unique combination of expertise in advising on infrastructure projects across all sectors, including the energy, road, rail and mining sectors.

As part of our service offering, we are able to assist you with:

• The negotiation, structuring and drafting of various mining related agreements (including sale agreements, contract mining agreements, supply and off-take agreements, land use and compensation agreements, mineral washing agreements, mineral screening agreements, mineral crushing agreements, equipment rental agreements and operation and management agreements) for use in Zimbabwe and the African continent;
• The negotiation, structuring and drafting of MOI, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements and joint venture agreements tailored for mining companies
• Submission and registration of documentation with the Mining Commission in the relevant districts.

Infrastructure & Energy Projects

We are available to assist you with commercial and transactional issues from conceptualization to the implementation of infrastructure and energy projects to ensure full compliance with Zimbabwean law and International Best Practice.

To this end, let us help you:

• Conduct legal due diligence on projects and draft all forms of contracts thereto associated;
• Draft shareholder and related agreements, financing agreements, construction agreements, property agreements and sector specific supply agreements (e.g. power purchase agreements);
• Obtain the various licenses, approvals and permits required for the implementation of projects;
• Understand the regulatory and legal frameworks;
• With legal assistance in the formation of joint ventures

Labour Relations

Human capital is often the most important resource in an organisation and good advice can assist you to get the maximum out of the employment relationship while avoiding negative unintended consequences and mitigating unnecessary risk.

Here, we can aide you with:

• Drafting Employment Contracts for strategic and executive level employees
• Structuring of salaries and/or commission structures
• Development of Employer Policies and Procedures including Policy Manuals specific to your business
• Preparation and initiation of Disciplinary or Incapacity Hearings
• Conflict Management & Dispute Resolution
• Consultation on Zimbabwean Labour Laws and the effects thereof
• HR Due Diligences