Kantor & Immerman

Firm Details:

Senior Partner: Addington Bexley C Chinake

Managing Partner: Chatapiwa Malaba

Number of Partners: 12

Number of Lawyers: 17

Languages: English, Shona, Ndebele

Firm Overview:

Kantor & Immerman is a leading full service law firm based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Established in 1957, the firm combines an in-depth knowledge of the local legal environment with a dynamic team of attorneys to provide world class legal services, primarily to the corporate sector. The firm’s primary objective remains the delivery of diverse legal solutions needed by large and small businesses and institutional clients.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate & Commercial Law:

The corporate and commercial law practice of the firm covers a broad range of business transactions. The practice is as varied as the clients and the industries that the firm serves. The breadth of the practice covers banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, competition law, mining, energy, insurance and taxation. The firm is a preferred advisor to many Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed companies in respect of capital raising and mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring. Representative transactions include:

Exit of Standard Chartered Bank from Zimbabwe

Exit of Barclays Bank Limited from Zimbabwe

Listing of Simbisa Brands on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange

Listing of National Foods on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange

Listing of Innscor Africa Ltd on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange

Commercial advice and Due Diligence on Prospect Lithium Mines Zimbabwe Ltd (Arcadia Lithium Mine) and on Karo Platinum Fund Raise USD200million

Drafting of Commercial Court Rules for the High Court and Magistrates Court in Zimbabwe, advice to the Judicial Service Commission and sitting on the Commission that set it up.

Resource person to the Law Society of Zimbabwe

Resource person to the JSC and training - internal and external – of young lawyers

NedBank Zimbabwe – Rights Issue

Fast Jet – Re-Organisation

CottCo – Agri value/Lint, etc

OK Bazaars Ltd – Food Lovers Holdings Ltd (Licensing Agreement)

Legal Advisor on registration and operations of Population Services International Zimbabwe (Social Marketers of “Protector Plus” and “CARE “Contraceptives).

Advised and acted for Astra Industries on its delisting from ZSE;

Advised and acted for AB InBev acquisition of SAB Miller Delta Corporation (acted for Ab InBev on all aspects of the transaction in Zimbabwe, including corporate commercial matters, Zimbabwe Stock Exchange matters and the Competition filing).

Acted for Kansai Plascon in acquisition of a controlling stake in Astra Industries; obtained exemption in respect of compulsory offer to minorities.

Advising the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange on its Self-Listing Project.

Contact: Mr. Addington B.C. Chinake

Tel: +263712601412

Email: [email protected]

Employment Law:

Kantor & Immerman has recognised expertise in all aspects of employment law. The nature of this practice is such that it is able to provide transaction-related employment law advice. Representative matters include:

■ Acted for the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) in a matter against over 500 of its employees. The matter deals with the issue of whether or not payment of an annual bonus is mandatory as well as the issue of alleged unilateral variation of contracts of employment.

■ Advised and conducted a Retrenchment process for Standard Chartered Bank involving close to 200 of its Managerial and non-Managerial employees.

■Provided legal advice as correspondent attorney for Bowmans South Africa on employment law related matters for various international entities.

■ Acted and advised BancABC on the disciplinary processes of its staff following Management process failures exposed by an Audit report.

■Provided employment law advice as correspondents for Kirton McConkie, United States of America.

■Acted and advised CBZ Holdings on restructuring and consequent retrenchment of redundant staff.

Contact: Mr. Agmos Moyo

Tel: +263-242-793626

Email: [email protected]

Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution:

Kantor and Immerman’s broad experience in the area of litigation allows it to efficiently and effectively handle disputes from the period before a law suit is filed until final disposition on appeal in all courts including Magistrates Court, Labour Court, Administrative Court, High Court, Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court.

Contact: Dr. Bernard Chidziva

Tel: +263-242-793626

Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property:

The firm provides services relating to the registration and protection of intellectual property, particularly trademarks. The firm has experience in the drafting intellectual property licensing and protection agreement and filings in both the Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) whose headquarters are in Harare.

Contact: Mr. Unity Sakhe

Tel: +263-242-793626

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate & Securitisation:

The firm attends to all types of real estate conveyancing work including land transfers, subdivisions and share block schemes. The firm also provides services for transaction-related securitisation including mortgage bonds, notarial cession of book debts and trade receivables, notarial special and general covering bonds over moveable assets including plant and equipment and motor vehicles. The firm represents lenders, landlords, tenants, land developers, pension funds, trusts, investors, purchasers, sellers, real estate agents, homeowner’s associations, non-profit community development corporations and construction contractors in a wide variety of real estate transactional and litigation matters.

Contact: Ms. Precious Chakasikwa

Tel: +263-242-793626

Email: [email protected]

Family Law & Estate Planning:

The firm has a thriving family law practice which provides solutions to a wide range of legal problems common in this area of the law, particularly dissolution of marriages, custody and guardianship issues, maintenance as well as legal problems in the sphere of inheritance and succession laws and provision of estate planning services.

Contact: Ms. Precious Chakasikwa

Tel: +263-242-793626

Email: [email protected]

Taxation:

The firm offers tax advice in respect of any tax matters drawing from its vast experience of and knowledge of local tax law. We are the legal practitioners of record for the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), the tax collection body in Zimbabwe. Kantor & Immerman represented ZIMRA in several tax matters in the superior Courts of Zimbabwe with much success. It also offers tax law advice to its clients in respect of non-contentious matters where it does not have any conflict of interest.

Contact: Mr. Simplicio Bhebhe

Tel: +263-242-793626

Email: [email protected]

Criminal Law & Public Law:

The firm undertakes criminal law practice to a limited extent, particularly in areas such as exchange control and media law violations.

Contact: Mr. Tawanda Tandi

Tel: +263-242-793626

Email: [email protected]