
Founded in 2001, MawereSibanda is a full service law firm specializing in corporate law, with offices in Harare’s central business district. We appreciate the implications of globalization on our clients and have positioned ourselves as a global player by developing close relationships with law firms in various parts of the world in order to provide a coordinated cost effective legal service across different jurisdictions. The founders of the firm also founded Makuyana Legal Practice in Botswana, the beginning of our expansion into the region and the continent.
We have been recognised as an outstanding law firm by Chambers and Partners and our partners have been ranked as leading lawyers in the Chambers Global Guide since 2015.
The international outlook of our practice enables us to keep in touch with global trends and the postgraduate research of our partners and associates ensures that developments in the legal and financial worlds are captured to the benefit of our clients.
We are recognized locally and regionally for professionalism, strict adherence to high ethical standards, innovativeness and excellence in service delivery. We are a key player in cross-border commercial transactions within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Practice areas
Business
We advise listed and non-listed corporations in the negotiation, structuring, implementation and monitoring of different kinds of transactions that span across SADC and COMESA. We have a wide breadth of expertise in advising on the following range of transactions, amongst others:
- Legal due diligence.
- M&A.
- Regulatory compliance.
- Stock exchange rules and regulations.
- Private equity investments.
- Cross-border transactions.
- Share and share-related schemes.
- Capital raising.
- Corporate restructuring.
- Tax compliance and
- Insolvency.
Lawsuits & Disputes
We are committed to providing our commercial clients with excellent, efficient and effective resolution to disputes that arise from our clients’ commercial activities. Our Commercial Litigation and Arbitration unit offers representation in a wide array of matters which include: contractual disputes, debt recoveries, shareholder and partnership disputes and international investment disputes.
Expertise
Confidential client: Litigating in a dispute involving rights of a client whose land was also distributed to a government functionary for agricultural purposes (who after obtaining the farm then preceded to extract mineral resources therefrom). The matter is important in that it pits mining rights against agricultural rights over the same land.
Employment & Labor
We have a well-established Employment Law unit in Zimbabwe that has particular bias towards employer representation. Our expertise covers a wide range of employment matters including:
- Drafting employment codes for various industries;
- Preparation of employment contracts;
- Employee share trusts and schemes;
- Employment issues on mergers/acquisitions/de-mergers;
- Advising on disciplinary procedures;
- Conciliation and arbitration of employment disputes; and
- Litigation.
Intellectual Property
We have established growing intellectual property units in Zimbabwe and Botswana which units have excellent relationships with African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation and International Trademark Agents. The units offer the following services to clients:
- Providing opinions on the availability of and registrability of Trade Marks and Patents
- Trade Mark and Patents filings for local and international clients;
- Advising on Copyright matters; and
- Representation in IP disputes.
Real Estate
Our team of real estate lawyers in both Zimbabwe and Botswana provide assistance on the following matters involving real estate:
- Property registration due diligence;
- Property development;
- Sale and purchase agreements;
- Conveyancing;
- Mortgage financing;
- Mortgage bond registrations; and
- Real Estate ownership and lease disputes.
Bankruptcy & Debt
MawereSibanda is a Zimbabwean commercial law firm with regional reach coupled with global expertise.
We are a corporate law firm in Zimbabwe that possesses a strong local knowledge of the business environment.
Similar lawyers in Harare


Kanokanga & Partners
