Profiles.

Meet The Team

AMW & Co's team spans commercial transactions, litigation, mining and energy, arbitration, ESG-linked advisory, finance, and strategic regulatory work across Lusaka, Kitwe, and Ndola.

Leadership

Partners and of counsel leading the firm's strategic, transactional, contentious, and sector-focused work.

Victoria Dean

Co-Managing Partner

Victoria Dean

LLB, AHCZ, ASCZ, LLM, FCIArb

Victoria brings more than 20 years of experience across banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, environmental law, corporate advisory, mining and energy, land rights, and employment matters.

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Environmental and energy law
  • Banking and finance
Kebby Wishimanga

Co-Managing Partner

Kebby Wishimanga

LLB, AHCZ, ASCZ, FCIArb

Kebby leads the Copperbelt practice and the firm's litigation portfolio, advising on disputes and transactions across mining, energy, transport, banking, employment, and property law.

  • Litigation
  • Mining and energy
  • Transport and infrastructure
James Banda

Senior Partner

James Banda

LLB, AHCZ, ASCZ, CIArb, LLM

James is a senior construction, energy, infrastructure, real estate, banking, finance, arbitration, and mediation practitioner with more than 22 years of experience in Zambia and the SADC region.

  • Construction law
  • Dispute resolution
  • Energy and infrastructure
Nakasamba Banda Chanda

Partner

Nakasamba Banda Chanda

LLB, AHCZ, ASCZ, CIArb, SEC Investment Advisor

Nakasamba is a transactional and project finance lawyer focused on renewable energy, infrastructure, banking, PPPs, cross-border financing, M&A, and complex commercial transactions.

  • Project finance
  • Renewable energy
  • Commercial transactions
Swesha Musonda

Partner

Swesha Musonda

LLB, AHCZ, ASCZ

Swesha is an experienced litigator advising banks, corporates, and high-value clients on commercial, banking, mining, employment, property, insolvency, and family-law disputes.

  • Litigation and dispute resolution
  • Banking and debt finance
  • Corporate advisory
Kate Nalondwa-Mpengula

Partner

Kate Nalondwa-Mpengula

LLB, ASCZ, MCIArb, LLM

Kate advises on litigation, corporate advisory, legal risk management, governance, compliance, commercial contracts, arbitration, and mediation.

  • Corporate advisory
  • Legal risk management
  • Arbitration and mediation
Namaala Liebenthal

Of Counsel

Namaala Liebenthal

BSc Commerce, JD, New York State Bar, AHCZ

Namaala advises on commercial and corporate matters, banking and finance, sustainable and green finance, social impact investment, securities offerings, and regulatory compliance.

  • Banking and finance
  • Green finance
  • M&A and private equity

Senior Associates

Experienced lawyers supporting arbitration, construction, litigation, employment, commercial advisory, and dispute mandates.

Kasewe Banda

Senior Associate

Kasewe Banda

LLB, AHCZ

Kasewe focuses on arbitration, construction law, litigation, commercial mediation, contract review, regulatory compliance, and legal risk management.

  • Arbitration and mediation
  • Construction law
  • Commercial litigation
Martha Kaluba-Mwansa

Senior Associate

Martha Kaluba-Mwansa

LLB, AHCZ

Martha advises and represents clients in civil and commercial litigation, employment and labour law, family law, corporate advisory, and conveyancing matters.

  • Civil and commercial litigation
  • Employment and labour law
  • Conveyancing

Associates

Associate practitioners supporting litigation, transactions, regulatory work, conveyancing, and client advisory.

Mwamba Mwenya

Associate

Mwamba Mwenya

LLB, AHCZ

Mwamba is an Associate with a practice centred on litigation and dispute resolution, advising and representing clients across employment, commercial, and property disputes, with a strong focus on alternative dispute resolution as a certified mediator.

  • Litigation and dispute resolution
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Intellectual property
Bwalya Cindy Bwembya

Associate

Bwalya Cindy Bwembya

LLB, AHCZ

Bwalya supports corporate advisory, company law, employment and labour, banking and finance, infrastructure transactions, due diligence, and regulatory compliance.

  • Corporate law
  • Employment and labour law
  • Regulatory compliance
Mubanga Lwanga

Associate

Mubanga Lwanga

LLB, AHCZ

Mubanga works across litigation, corporate advisory, regulatory practice, conveyancing, employment, administrative and constitutional law, and due diligence.

  • Civil and commercial litigation
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Conveyancing
Dalitso William Zimba

Associate

Dalitso William Zimba

LLB, AHCZ

Dalitso supports litigation, conveyancing, corporate advisory, employment law, immigration, due diligence, contract disputes, and regulatory compliance.

  • Legal research and drafting
  • Corporate advisory
  • Immigration advisory
David Munzele

Associate

David Munzele

LLB, AHCZ

David represents clients in civil and criminal litigation, trial advocacy, arbitration, mediation, debt recovery, conveyancing, employment, and corporate governance matters.

  • Civil and criminal litigation
  • Trial advocacy
  • Debt recovery
Harriet Musonda

Associate

Harriet Musonda

LLB, AHCZ

Harriet supports civil litigation, corporate governance, company incorporation, regulatory compliance, contract drafting, leases, credit agreements, and ADR.

  • Civil litigation
  • Corporate advisory
  • Alternative dispute resolution
Mando E Mwango-Chile

Associate

Mando E Mwango-Chile

LLB, AHCZ

Mando has experience in debt recovery, employment disputes, insurance, commercial contracts, insolvency, mortgage actions, land disputes, probate, and family law.

  • Debt recovery
  • Employment disputes
  • Property and family-law disputes
Andre Tinashe Abraham

Associate

Andre Tinashe Abraham

LLB, AHCZ

Andre advises on commercial transactions, corporate law, shareholders' agreements, employment and labour, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution.

  • Commercial transactions
  • Corporate law
  • Dispute resolution
Dilamonu Sakulanda

Associate

Dilamonu Sakulanda

Learner Legal Practitioners

Junior team members gaining hands-on experience in drafting, due diligence, documentation, research, and matter preparation.

Joseph Zambo

Joseph Zambo

Natasha Simpson

Natasha Simpson

Mimi Masi

Mimi Masi

Chikondi Mwale

Chikondi Mwale

Wankumbu Simpamba

Wankumbu Simpamba

Wongani Simwanza

Wongani Simwanza

Mwaba Kabwe

Mwaba Kabwe

Lengwe Bobo

Lengwe Bobo

Christopher Kapembe

Christopher Kapembe

Lukundo Nalungwe

Lukundo Nalungwe

Chanjo Chirwa

Chanjo Chirwa