Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Insolvency Practice And Experience
Arbitration Practice And Experience
Board Membership
Research Interests
Publications
Training
Languages
Timeline
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Gilbert  Kaemba Mwamba

Gilbert Kaemba Mwamba

Lusaka

Summary

Gilbert is a bright, talented and ambitious private legal practitioner with more than 12 years experience of providing indispensable legal advice to clients and delivering positive outcomes for them. His peers describe him as a versatile commercial lawyer with an uncommon analytical mind and ability to understand and attend to complex instructions.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Insolvency Practitioner

  • Liquidated assets and paid off creditors of Global Roofing Solutions Zambia Limited and Appli-Coat Limited.

Arbitrator

  • Served as a party representative and wing arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations.

Managing Partner

Gill and Seph Advocates
03.2018 - Current
  • Providing strategic leadership to the firm, attending business meetings, attending to administrative matters, supervising associates and legal assistants, attending to receipt of instructions from clients, researching into the law, rendering legal opinions, drafting commercial agreements, registering trademarks and patents, incorporating companies, representing clients before courts and tribunals, drafting submissions, attending to mediation and arbitration, attending to conveyancing transactions
  • Successfully joined TerraLex and attracted attention from international marketing agencies.

Manager Legal Services

Zambia Revenue Authority
03.2015 - 03.2018
  • Advised on tax law matters, prepared and drafted court processes, reviewed contracts and agreements, represented the Authority in courts and tribunals, advised on legislative reform, drafted legal instruments, advised on compliance matters and corporate governance, reviewed legislation, attended to administrative matters
  • Successfully represented Zambia Revenue Authority in the Supreme Court of Zambia.

Legal and Prosecutions Officer

Anti-Corruption Commission
04.2014 - 02.2015
  • Rendered legal opinions, conducted criminal prosecutions, provided corporate advisory, represented the Commission in legal matters, represented the Attorney General in civil court cases
  • Helped the Commission forfeit property suspected to be proceeds of crime.

Advocate

Central Chambers
06.2012 - 04.2014
  • Attended to receipt of instructions, rendered legal opinions, represented clients before courts and tribunals, prepared and perfected security documents, drafted commercial agreements, undertook conveyancing transactions, attended to administrative matters
  • Co-opted by a consulting firm to review the insolvency regime for Rwanda.

Legal Assistant

Lewis Nathan Advocates
06.2010 - 07.2011
  • Incorporated companies, filled annual returns, researched into the law, prepared legal arguments, drafted court processes and contracts, reviewed legal documents, provided legal opinions.

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Legislative Drafting -

ZIALE
12.2017

MSc in Sustainable Mineral Resources Development -

University of Zambia
12.2017

Advocate of the High Court for Zambia (AHCZ) Post-graduate Certificate -

Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education
03.2012

Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL. B) -

University of Zambia
08.2010

School Certificate -

Mambwe High School
11.2004

Skills

  • Excellent Statutory Interpretation Skills
  • Excellent Analytical Skills
  • Excellent Communication Skills

Affiliations

  • Member of Law Association of Zambia (LAZ)
  • Member of the Institute of Directors Zambia (IoDZ)
  • Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
  • Member Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF)
  • Member Africa Construction Law (ACL)
  • Accredited Insolvency Practitioner by Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA)

Insolvency Practice And Experience

  • 05/19/2022, 03/27/2023, Global Roofing Solutions Zambia Limited (in Liquidation), Liquidator, Liquidating the assets of the company and paying off creditors of the company
  • 2020, 04/13/2021, Appli-Coat Limited, Liquidator, Liquidating the assets of the company and paying off creditors of the company

Arbitration Practice And Experience

  • 2022, Served as a party representative for an international arbitration matter under the auspices of the ICC in France. The arbitration involved a sum of over USD15 million.
  • 2021, Served as a party appointed wing arbitrator in a domestic arbitration involving a sum of ZMW5,000,000.
  • 2020, Appointed as party representative in domestic arbitration involving USD6 Million.
  • 2018, Served as a party representative in a domestic arbitration involving ZMW800,000.
  • 2017, Served as a party appointed wing arbitrator in a domestic arbitration involving a sum ZMW5,000,000.
  • 2016, Served as a party appointed wing Member of an arbitrator tribunal involving a sum of USD 2 million.
  • 2015, Served as a party appointed wing arbitrator in an international arbitration involving USD1 million.

Board Membership

  • Laurence Paul Investment Services Limited, Chairperson of the Executive and Remuneration Committee
  • BT Solutions Limited – Zambia Branch, Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chibuyu Bureau De Change Zambia Limited, Member of the Board of Directors

Research Interests

  • Tax
  • Corporate Law and Finance
  • Mining Law and Policy
  • Insolvency

Publications

  • Shareholders’ Rights & Shareholder Activism Law and Practice in Zambia: Chambers Global Practice Guides 2023
  • Corporate Governance – Zambian Chapter: International Comparative Legal Guides; 16th Edition, ICLG 2023
  • Public Procurement in Zambia: A Commentary on the Law and Practice, IJRDO- Journal of Business Management, Vol. 3, Issue 9, 2017
  • Study to Review Benefits Beyond Direct Mine Taxes in Zambia, IJRDO-Journal of Business Management, Vol. 3, Issue 8, 2017
  • The Role of Punishment in the Administration of Criminal Justice in Zambia: Directed Research submitted to the University of Zambia in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Laws degree, 2010 (unpublished)

Training

  • 2023, Attended a Workshop conducted by DRBF on Dispute Board Administration and Practice in Nairobi
  • 2022, Attended and passed a course in International Arbitration – (CIArb UK)
  • 2016, Attended a course in Domestic Arbitration organized by Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) – Zambia Branch
  • 2015, Attended a course on Cybercrime and Forensic Investigations at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE)
  • 2015, Attended a Workshop on Foreign Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Exchange of Information (EOI) organized by African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) in Pretoria – South Africa
  • 2014, Attended an Executive Education Course on Sustainable Development at University of Stellenbosch in South Africa
  • 2008, Attended a course in Gender Advocacy and HIV/AIDS organized by both Universities of Zambia and Toronto


REFEREES


  • Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Musonda, SC, Deputy Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, +260966751382, michaelmusonda@gmail.com
  • Muleba Joseph Chitupila, Partner, Gill and Seph Advocates, Elasah House, Office Unit No. 2., Olympia, Lusaka, muleba@gillandsephadvocates.com, +260967856116
  • Mr. Fredrick Mudenda, University of Zambia, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, +260978951027

Languages

Bemba, Chinyanja, Chitumbuka
Native language
English
Proficient
C2

Timeline

Managing Partner

Gill and Seph Advocates
03.2018 - Current

Manager Legal Services

Zambia Revenue Authority
03.2015 - 03.2018

Legal and Prosecutions Officer

Anti-Corruption Commission
04.2014 - 02.2015

Advocate

Central Chambers
06.2012 - 04.2014

Legal Assistant

Lewis Nathan Advocates
06.2010 - 07.2011

Insolvency Practitioner

Arbitrator

Postgraduate Diploma in Legislative Drafting -

ZIALE

MSc in Sustainable Mineral Resources Development -

University of Zambia

Advocate of the High Court for Zambia (AHCZ) Post-graduate Certificate -

Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education

Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL. B) -

University of Zambia

School Certificate -

Mambwe High School
Gilbert Kaemba Mwamba