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Our Key Services

WHAT WE ARE EXPERT AT

Our Legal Practice Areas

bond registration and cancellation

A bond requires the consent of the registered proprietor for registration. It provides the most secure and enforceable type of loan security as the lender retains the title deed until the loan is repaid and has to provide consent for the bond to be cancelled.

Both registration and cancellation require the consent of the bond holder.

COMMERCIAL & CORPORATE LAW

Our area in this department includes the following:

  • International trade, tax planning, import and export advisory work;
  • Tender bid preparation and applications;
  • Formation, incorporation and registration of companies;
  • Agreements of sale and review of company standard contracts and documents;
  • Drafting company resolutions and shareholders agreements;
  • Attending to change in company memorandum and articles
  • Increasing or reducing authorized share capital;
  • Restructurings, voluntary and compulsory liquidation;
  • Share registrations, transfers and general broking;
  • Partnerships and joint ventures;
  • Security bonds;
  • Guarantees, suretyship and indemnity agreements.

Conveyancing

Our Conveyancing Department specialises in the conveyance of immovable property in Zimbabwe including residential, commercial/industrial, municipal property and new development projects.

Such conveyancing service includes applications for rates clearance certificates, capital gains tax clearance certificates as well as applications for lost deeds.

The Conveyancing Department also handles the registration and cancellation of long leases, servitudes and, mortgage bonds.

debt collections

Debt_Collection

We have a collections department that has a brisk turnaround time to meet the ever-changing financial landscape the Zimbabwean economy presents, and this department is responsible for:

  • Preparation of letters of demand.
  • Preparation and issuance of summons.
  • Recovery of debts and foreclosures.
  • Registration and execution of foreign judgments.
  • Restructuring debts.

Estates Administration and Deceased Estates

Estate administration relates the planning of one’s estate during their lifetime. This is achieved by will writing and registration with the master of the High Court or the establishment of a vehicle to which the assets are moved to, to the benefit of the beneficiaries.

Employment Law

We have rich experience in employment law spanning from dispute resolution to disciplinary proceedings. Employment law is an ever-changing landscape which requires innovation and a firm understanding of stakeholder needs.

We provide the following related services:

  • General labour consultancy services.
  • Employment contracts, codes of conduct and constitutions.
  • Arbitration and Dispute Resolution.
  • Litigation in all courts.

FAMILY LAW

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Our family law department provides the following services:

  • Divorce, custody, maintenance and access to children.
  • Children’s rights including matters related to adoption and care.
  • Civil and customary marriages and inheritance issues.

Finance & Banking Services

We have a devoted financial services practice that spawns banking and financial services. Among the services we offer are compliance-related work relative to BASEL II and III capital requirements and corporate governance. We also provide advisory work related to compliance, mortgage finance and foreclosures.

We recognise the need for how financial institutions in emerging markets are continuously striving to meet BASEL III requirements as well as a continuous review of compliance procedures.

Our services include advisory and drafting work in the areas of;

  • Corporate Finance.
  • Drafting security deeds and documentation.
  • Drafting financial instruments, security documents and registration.
  • Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe requirements.
  • Exchange Control requirements.
  • Listings, de-listings, acquisitions and mergers.
  • Fintech and e-commerce.
  • Private equity and venture capital.

notarial services

This involves the certification and authentication of legal documents. Our notary public is authorised to witness the signing of legal documents and certify the authenticity of the signatures as well as executing and lodging with the Registrar of Deeds and Companies documents that require execution and lodgment by a Notary Public on behalf of clients.

Pension & Insurance Services

Pensions & Insurance_01

The firm has a good practice in insurance and pension services and the insurance business. How insurance and pension funds invest monies are also related services that we provide and preparation-related services are:

  • General insurance issues and opinions;
  • Drafting and interpreting insurance contracts;
  • Insurance and personal injury claims.

Tax Law

Analyzing and advising on tax implications of agreements, business transactions investments and project finance-related mandates is of paramount importance for every investment any entity or individual undertakes. If the tax implications are high, they may deter investment.

We provide advisory work related to tax aspects of international trade, finance and investment. and this primarily requires an understanding of the investment and business to be carried in order to create strategies for clients in order to realize benefits that may include exemptions and tax holidays.

Technology, Intellectual & Industrial Property Law

IP_Intellectual

Zimbabwe’s new Constitution protects private initiative and intellectual property. The firm believes that there is a correlation between the development of our economy and the level of protection afforded to intellectual property rights and private initiatives.

In 2015, in the area of technology, one of the firm’s partners successfully set up a start-up company and structured its bid to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for approval and recognition as a national payment system which has been trading in this field since.

E-Commerce is a less regulated field of commerce with very limited participants and a lot of potential for growth and development.

With this, our services include;

  • Registration of patents, industrial designs and trademarks;
  • Non-disclosure agreements;
  • International franchising agreements.

WHAT WE ARE EXPERT AT

Our Legal Practice Areas

bond registration and cancellation

A bond requires the consent of the registered proprietor for registration. It provides the most secure and enforceable type of loan security as the lender retains the title deed until the loan is repaid and has to provide consent for the bond to be cancelled.

Both registration and cancellation require the consent of the bond holder.

Commercial & Corporate Law

Our area in this department includes the following:

  • International trade, tax planning, import and export advisory work;
  • Tender bid preparation and applications;
  • Formation, incorporation and registration of companies;
  • Agreements of sale and review of company standard contracts and documents;
  • Drafting company resolutions and shareholders agreements;
  • Attending to change in company memorandum and articles
  • Increasing or reducing authorized share capital;
  • Restructurings, voluntary and compulsory liquidation;
  • Share registrations, transfers and general broking;
  • Partnerships and joint ventures;
  • Security bonds;
  • Guarantees, suretyship and indemnity agreements.

Conveyancing

Our Conveyancing Department specialises in the conveyance of immovable property in Zimbabwe including residential, commercial/industrial, municipal property and new development projects.

Such conveyancing service includes applications for rates clearance certificates, capital gains tax clearance certificates as well as applications for lost deeds.

The Conveyancing Department also handles the registration and cancellation of long leases, servitudes and, mortgage bonds.

debt collections

We have a collections department that has a brisk turnaround time to meet the ever-changing financial landscape the Zimbabwean economy presents, and this department is responsible for:

  • Preparation of letters of demand.
  • Preparation and issuance of summons.
  • Recovery of debts and foreclosures;
  • Registration and execution of foreign judgments;
  • Restructuring debts.

Estates Administration and Deceased Estates

Estate administration relates the planning of one’s estate during their lifetime. This is achieved by will writing and registration with the master of the High Court or the establishment of a vehicle to which the assets are moved to, to the benefit of the beneficiaries.

Employment Law

We have rich experience in employment law spanning from dispute resolution to disciplinary proceedings. Employment law is an ever-changing landscape which requires innovation and a firm understanding of stakeholder needs.

We provide the following related services;

  • General labour consultancy services;
  • Employment contracts, codes of conduct and constitutions;
  • Arbitration and Dispute Resolution;
  • Litigation in all courts.

Family Law

Our family law department provides the following services:

  • Divorce, custody, maintenance and access to children;
  • Children’s rights including matters related to adoption and care;
  • Civil and customary marriages and inheritance issues;

Finance & Banking Services

We have a devoted financial services practice that spawns banking and financial services. Among the services we offer are compliance-related work relative to BASEL II and III capital requirements and corporate governance. We also provide advisory work related to compliance, mortgage finance and foreclosures.

We recognise the need for how financial institutions in emerging markets are continuously striving to meet BASEL III requirements as well as a continuous review of compliance procedures.

Our services include advisory and drafting work in the areas of;

  • Corporate Finance;
  • Drafting security deeds and documentation;
  • Drafting financial instruments, security documents and registration
  • Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe requirements;
  • Exchange Control requirements;
  • Listings, de-listings, acquisitions and mergers;
  • Fintech and e-commerce;
  • Private equity and venture capital.

notarial services

This involves the certification and authentication of legal documents. Our notary public is authorised to witness the signing of legal documents and certify the authenticity of the signatures. 

Pension & Insurance Services

The firm has a good practice in insurance and pension services and the insurance business. How insurance and pension funds invest monies are also related services that we provide and preparation-related services are:

  • General insurance issues and opinions;
  • Drafting and interpreting insurance contracts;
  • Insurance and personal injury claims.

Tax Law

Analyzing and advising on tax implications of agreements, business transactions investments and project finance-related mandates is of paramount importance for every investment any entity or individual undertakes. If the tax implications are high, they may deter investment.

We provide advisory work related to tax aspects of international trade, finance and investment. and this primarily requires an understanding of the investment and business to be carried in order to create strategies for clients in order to realize benefits that may include exemptions and tax holidays.

Technology, Intellectual & Industrial Property Law

Zimbabwe’s new Constitution protects private initiative and intellectual property. The firm believes that there is a correlation between the development of our economy and the level of protection afforded to intellectual property rights and private initiatives.

In 2015, in the area of technology, one of the firm’s partners successfully set up a start-up company and structured its bid to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for approval and recognition as a national payment system which has been trading in this field since.

E-Commerce is a less regulated field of commerce with very limited participants and a lot of potential for growth and development.

With this, our services include;

  • Registration of patents, industrial designs and trademarks;
  • Non-disclosure agreements;
  • International franchising agreements.

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