KW Kapinga & Partners: Tanzania

KW KAPINGA & PARTNERS has significant and extensive experience in ensuring its clients transactions and projects are in harmony with Tanzanian law, understands that clients need clear and concise legal advice delivered promptly and of a consistently high quality and has the extensive know- how and experience of the position on the ground – governmental, political, administrative and otherwise – necessary to ensure timely and successful delivery of the services required by clients.

KW KAPINGA & PARTNERS is one of the fastest growing Corporate Commercial Law Firms in the United Republic of Tanzania. Kamanga Wilbert Kapinga, the firm’s Managing Partner founded the Firm and structured it as an international corporate, commercial and financial practice. KW KAPINGA & PARTNERS is a mid size full service law firm with five energetic and ambitious legal professionals and two partners

The firm has built a reputation of understanding its clients’ sectors and working with them towards achieving their business and strategic goals. Many of the firm’s lawyer’s benefit from additional experience acquired as in-house counsel at international law firms and institutions or at renowned universities. This diversity of experience ensures a broad perspective and understanding of the strategies and complex needs of the firm’s clients. The firm’s ambition is and has always been to set new standards for the practice of law in Tanzania as well as East Africa. Close client contact has enabled the firm to handle wide-ranging matters for governments, private companies and non-governmental organisations. The firm provides services across different sectors, such as banking and finance, energy, transport, infrastructure, real estate, information technology, intellectual property, dispute resolution and capital markets.

The Managing partner has been individually recognized and commended in international publications such as:-

a) the Getting the Deal Through (Banking) Tanzania, 2012, b) Doing Business-Insolvency Tanzania 2012/2013, c) International Capital Markets Review Tanzania Chapter 2014, d) Getting the Deal Through (Arbitration) Tanzania 2014, e) International Comparative Legal Guide Series- Telecoms Tanzania Chapter 2014, f) Telelaws: International Legal Guide: United Republic of Tanzania Chapter 2014, g) and Getting the Deal Through (Project Finance) Tanzania 2015

Some of the accolades that the managing partner has received in recent years are:

a) Certificate of appreciation for contributing to Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency, from the World Bank and International Finance Corporation. b) Certificate of appreciation for contributing to Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency, from The world Bank and International Finance Corporation. c) Certificate of appreciation for contributing to Doing Business 2013: Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-size enterprise, from the World Bank and International Finance Corporation. d) Capital Market Securities Authority in successful performance in Examination on The Securities Industry Certification course (SICCs).

Quality of service and output is of paramount importance to us. Every lawyer at KW KAPINGA & PARTNERS is attached to a particular practice group. The lead partner of each practice group is responsible for establishing the highest professional standards of competence within the relevant practice area. Each practice group is responsible for recruitment, legal training, non-legal development, know-how and research.

The Firm has built a reputation for understanding its clients’ sectors and working with them toward achieving their business and strategic goals. Many of the Firm’s lawyers benefit from additional experience acquired either as in-house counsel, at law firms and institutions or at renowned universities, ensuring a broad perspective and understanding of the strategy and complex needs of the firm’s clients.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, KW KAPINGA & PARTNERS thoroughly understands the key political, economic, regulatory and legal issues, which challenge doing business in East Africa. The Firm’s experience is especially so for Tanzania where the Firm has a highly established and well tested network of contacts with the government, banks, local companies and other consultants. This has enabled KW KAPINGA & PARTNERS to successfully steer investors and businesses through often very complex and unfamiliar business and regulatory environments.

• Banking and finance
• Business strategy
• Capital markets
• Corporate governance
• Due diligence
• Energy
• Infrastructure
• Intellectual property
• Real estate
• Technology
• Telecommunications
• Transport