Nyashadzashe Chidembo

Partner

OVERVIEW

Nyasha is a member of the Firm’s dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration), corporate and commercial, tax and technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) departments. He has been involved in the advising of several local and international entities on various aspects of employment, banking, tax, and data protection laws in Zimbabwe. He has also successfully appeared in Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court, High Court, and Labour Court on behalf of banks, statutory bodies, and leading players in the FMCG sector.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of the Witwatersrand
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in International Commercial and Business Law, University of East Anglia, UK (with distinction)

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Shona

EXPERIENCE

  • Acted in the successful defence of a Zimbabwean statutory body against two contractual claims valued at $5 million and $8 million respectively.
  • Acted in the successful defence of a Zimbabwean bank against a US$1 million damages claim.
  • Acted successfully on behalf of a local airline in one of Zimbabwe’s leading cases on currency conversion.
  • Acted for a listed insurer in a housing dispute valued at $18 million.
  • Acted for a Zimbabwean bank in the successful eviction of a construction contractor claiming a builders’ lien.