AMW & Co Legal Practitioners

Commercial Transactions, Energy and Environment, Corporate Advisory, Conveyancing, Arbitration, Mining & Energy

Of Counsel

Victoria Dean, Of-Counsel of the firm, has over 20 years of experience advising clients across a broad range of sectors including banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, environmental law, corporate advisory, mining and energy, land rights and employment matters. Victoria is an advocate of the Superior Courts of Zambia, a Notary Public and received her Master of Laws in environmental and economic law as well as her LLB from the University of London.

Victoria is a seasoned transaction lawyer representing both local and international clients in M&A transactions; she also has considerable experience in negotiating power purchase agreements in the energy sector and advising clients in the telecommunications sectors. Other areas of expertise include the hotel and hospitality industry and advising investors in the retail sector on development of large-scale retail and residential projects. In 2018 she was appointed by the Minister of Lands to serve as the Deputy Chairperson of the Lands Tribunal, which operates as a circuit court and adjudicates over land disputes in Zambia.

Victoria is a Fellow of the London Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as well as a qualified and experienced mediator. In 2007, she was appointed and continues to act as the Honorary Legal Adviser to the British High Commissioner in Zambia. Victoria has and continues to be a member of various boards including financial institutions, hotels/lodges, retails centres and not-for-profit organisations.

Areas of Expertise: Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial Transactions, Energy and Environment, Corporate Advisory, Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring, Banking and Finance, Conveyancing, Arbitration, Mining and Energy.

English

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

University of London–LLB University of London-LLM

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