Emmanuel Manda

Emmanuel is a distinguished Partner at the firm, bringing with him over 9 years’ experience in, inter alia, corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, mining and TMT. Emmanuel is further renowned for his expertise in tax law. With over 9 years of experience, Emmanuel has established himself as a leading authority in Zambian tax law and cross-border taxation. His specialized skills enable him to provide invaluable guidance to clients, offering strategic advice on tax implications across a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial transactions that he is involved in on a regular basis. Throughout his tenure at the firm, Emmanuel has demonstrated versatility and depth of knowledge by advising clients on various legal subjects and providing out of the box and novel commercial solutions for various corporate and commercial clients.

• Acted for Norin Mining (Hong Kong) Limited in its proposed acquisition of circa. a 70% interest in Mopani Copper Mines Plc (“Mopani”) at a cost of between US$600 million to US$800 million.
• Acted for Wanbao Mining (Hong Kong) (now Norin Mining (Hong Kong) Limited), a state-owned Chinese enterprise on its proposed acquisition of a minority interest in First Quantum Mining Operations Limited ("FQMO") and its subsidiaries as well as other group companies that are ultimately owned by First Quantum Minerals Limited ("FQM") at a proposed cost of US$1.3 billion.
• Acted for Sibanye Stillwater on its proposed acquisition of an interest in Mopani playing the role of undertaking a comprehensive tax due diligence on Mopani for the last 6 charge years (i.e., the 2017 to 2023 charge years).

Corporate Tax Matters

• Corporate taxes
• Technology taxation
• Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
• Transactions

Transfer Pricing

• Intellectual Property (IP) Management

• Construction and materials
• Energy
• Financial services
• Mining
• Oil and gas

Advocate of the High Court of Zambia, 2016

Member of the Law Association of Zambia

Bachelor of Laws LLB, University of Zambia ,(2015) Oil & Gas, ALSF, (2022)