MMLP is one of the leading and highly regarded corporate and commercial law firms in Zambia with over 23 years of market presence. Over the years, MMLP has become a firm of choice for the corporate world and a link to the Zambian market for several multinational corporate entities across the African region and the World over.
MMLP operates through four broad departments under which specific practice areas fall and teams are constituted based on the expertise of our personnel. That is, Corporate Finance and Commercial; Dispute Resolution; Tax Regulatory; and Compliance and Real Estate and Company Secretarial.
The firm’s Tax Expertise is recognized by Chambers and Partners and the firm’s Managing Partner served as the first Chairman of the Zambian Tax Appeals Tribunal (previously called the Revenue Appeals Tribunal).
EY Zambia is a member firm of EY Global, a leader among the world’s professional services organisations.
EY is an extensive professional services firm with a network of national offices spanning the globe. Its locations are connected by a unified operating structure and a shared culture of innovation and knowledge sharing. By combining any of the more than 20 competencies that cross organizational and regional boundaries, the professionals of EY are uniquely qualified to serve customers through this innovative "One-Firm" strategy.
We are people who demonstrate, Integrity, Respect and Teaming. People with Energy, Enthusiasm and the Courage to Lead and people who Build Relationships based on doing the right thing
A key success aspect has been EY's integration and global presence. We define ourselves into 4 service lines:
▶ Audit & Assurance Services
▶ Advisory Services:
▶ Advisory Services
▶ IT Advisory Services
▶ Risk Advisory Services
▶ Performance Improvement
▶ Transaction Advisory Services
▶ Global Tax Advisory Services
▶ Legal
▶ Business Consulting Services
▶ Core Business Services
Sector Focus
Worldwide, regionally and locally, EY focuses on six major industries/groups namely:
▶ World Bank/Donors and International organisations (development sector)
▶ Public Sector including Local Governments & Institutions
▶ Financial services sector
▶ Communications
▶ Energy and utilities
▶ Telecommunications
▶ Oil, Gas and Mining
Advisory specialties lie in the fields of:
▶ Programme Evaluations and Reviews
▶ Strategy Development, including, Economic Surveys and Business Planning
▶ Information Technology Risk Advisory (ITRA)
▶ Customer and Supply Chain Management (C&SCM)
▶ Finance and Finance Transformation (FT); covering business processes assessments and development of
▶ business process maps
▶ Development of Statement of User Requirements (SOUR), system selection and ERP systems implementation
▶ Programme Management
▶ People & Organizational, including Change Management (P&O);
▶ Design & Implementation of Accounting & Financial Systems,
▶ Development of Accounting policies and procedures,
▶ Business process mapping and re-engineering
▶ Systems Selection Services,
▶ Systems Requirements analysis services,
▶ Business Continuity Planning,
▶ E-Government,
▶ Project Management,
▶ MIS/ ICT Audits and Diagnostic Reviews,
▶ MIS/ ICT Needs Analysis,
▶ System Design & Development,
▶ ICT Research & Development,
▶ System Acquisition & Implementation,
▶ Development of ICT Strategy,
▶ Process Reengineering,
▶ Strategy Development, including, Economic Surveys and Business Planning,
▶ Project Management, Evaluations
The Firm is one of the very few Law Firms in Zambia that has the capability to offer Tax legal services. The Firm acts for a number of multi-jurisdictional and cross-border clients. Services offered include tax controversy, tax due diligence, tax advisory and transfer pricing. The Firm is ranked Tier 1 on the Legal 500. The Firm is also ranked on Chambers & Partners and IFLR 1000. Joseph A. Jalasi who leads the Tax practice is former Registrar of the Tax Appeals Tribunal.
The Zambian corporate law firm, and member of international network LEXAfrica, offers a comprehensive tax legal service including transfer pricing advisory. Managing partner Sydney Chisenga and firm partner Jacqueline Jhala are the senior figures leading the tax practice.
Formed in 2020 following the partnership with Dentons, the Zambian firm has extended its international network across Africa with new offices in Tanzania, Nigeria and Mozambique. The firm provides tax legal advisory services to Deloitte Zambia, as it entered a collaborative agreement. Joseph Jalasi is the head of tax.
The firm is representing a mining company client in a precedential transfer pricing dispute contending the assessment by the Zambian Revenue Authority. Due to the novelty of transfer pricing in the jurisdiction, it is therefore an unprecedented in Zambian law.
Established in 1997, in Lusaka, the Big Four firm has an extensive tax practice offering various services such as business tax, indirect tax, transactional tax and more. The team of more than 17 practitioners is led by managing partner Patrick Mawire, which comprises accountants, economists, lawyers and other qualified tax professionals.
In the case study, the firm describes its role in assisting Enterprise Power DRC Sàrl on the tax implications to import electricity from Zambia. EY Zambia collaborated with EY DRC on this case.
The Andersen Tax member firm in Zambia has more than 23 years’ experience in the local market. Over the years the tax practice has advised several multinational corporations across the continent and across the globe. The team consists of five partners which managing partner Michael M. Mundashi oversees the practice.