MAY and Company is a full-service firm active in a wide range of areas, including M&A, and banking and finance, and real estate. In 2023, the following four partners joined the firms from Musa Dudhia & CompanyHarriet Mdala, Yosa Yosa, Mulopa Ndalameta, and Chanda Musonda-Chiluba. Mdala is an expert in M&A and corporate governance, in addition, Yosa and Ndalameta are both known for their disputes work. Currently, Mdala, Yosa, and Musonda-Chiluba head the practice together.

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  • ‘MAY and Company have a very experienced partners and associates. The staff are really friendly and very knowledgeable. They are also very responsive.’

  • ‘The Team is diverse and very experienced in different areas of the law. They are usually a call, email or message away. ’

  • ‘Yosa Yosa is a trusted legal advisor. He is versed in different areas of the law and is able to provide litigation services in relation to employment litigation and commercial dispute resolution generally.’

  • ‘Mulopa Ndalameta is one of their stand-out partners and the contact for my organization. I value his insight, his experience and ability to articulate complex legal principles into an easily understandable format’.

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Key clients

  • Multichoice Zambia Limited
  • Vivo Energy Zambia Limited
  • BL & D Plant Hire and Sales Limited
  • Africa Opportunity Fund
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Inchcape Kenya Limited
  • Fraser Alexander Zambia Limited
  • Appasamy Associates
  • Freddy Hirsch Group Limited
  • BDO Zambia Limited
  • White Orchid Investment Limited
  • Bolabet Sports Betting Zambia
  • Kafue Fisheries Limited
  • Pick N Pay Zambia Limited
  • Makuku Farms Limited
  • Engineering Institute of Zambia
  • Cardinal Distributors Limited
  • Continental Investment Limited Trading as Corporate IT Solutions

Work highlights

  • Advising Sibanye Stillwater Limited on a $600m to $800m transaction involving the acquisition of shares in Mopani Copper Mines, one of Zambia’s copper mines.
  • Advising Cardinal Distributors Limited in a High Court action in a dispute challenging the sale of property by a financial institution to Cardinal Distributors Limited worth approximately $1m.
  • Advising Ng’andu Consulting Limited in a High Court action commenced by way of judicial review in which Ng’andu Consulting Limited is requesting the court to review the decision of the Ministry of Transport and Logistics to not perform its obligations under a settlement agreement pursuant to which the Ministry of Transport and Logistics took the benefit of a debt of approximately $13m.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mulopa Ndalameta, Harriet Mdala, Yosa Yosa