Firm Description

Established in 1995, Messrs. Corpus Legal Practitioners was inspired by a burning desire to respond to the increasing demand for quality corporate legal services in Zambia. Today, we continue to live up to our purpose of offering world class legal services to local, regional and international clients. Corpus Legal Practitioners’ core competences lie in the provision of profession legal services to the corporate world and this is made feasible through the expertise offered in our 4 operating structured departments, namely:

• Banking and Finance - headed by Charles Mkokweza, Senior Partner
• Corporate Advisory - headed by Sharon Sakuwaha, Salaried Partner
• Dispute Resolution - headed by Mabvuto Sakala, Partner
• Real Estate and Construction - also headed by Mabvuto Sakala, Partner

In addition, the firm has a secondary structure of seven specialized practice groups, as set out below:

• Energy Mining and Infrastructure - headed by Charles Mkokweza, Senior Partner
• Technology, Media and Telecommunications - headed by Sydney Chisenga, Head of Department
• Tax - also headed by Charles Mkokweza, Senior Partner
• Competition Law - also headed by Sydney Chisenga, Head of Department
• Employment Law - headed by Mabvuto Sakala, Partner
• Intellectual Property - also headed by Mabvuto Sakala, Partner
• Mergers & Acquisitions - headed by Sharon Sakuwaha, Salaried Partner

We aim to be the market leader in the profitable provision of legal services to corporate clients with business interests in Zambia by offering a professional, client centered quality service with passion and integrity and it is our provision of consistent, client focused and high quality legal services that have made Corpus a natural choice for a number of leading corporate entities. One of our principles is to utilize our internal and external resources to complete instructions as quickly as possible without sacrificing quality or pertinence. Thus, we endeavour to keep our client’s costs as low as possible while maintaining our customary standard of excellence.