Richard Nsofu Mandona
Richard Nsofu Mandona is the firm’s Senior Partner who runs the firms Kitwe office. He is a founding partner of the firm with vast experience spanning over 40 years in Legal Drafting, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Company Law, Conveyancing, Corporate and Commercial Law.
Where he started
Since entering private practice and establishing Permanent Chambers with Mr. Willie Mubanga, Mr Mandona has been involved in numerous cases of liquidations and winding-up of various companies during Zambia’s privatization era including the Zambia National Oil Company.
In the field of litigation, Mr Mandona has had the opportunity of attending to some of the most complex cases with respect to commercial, Administrative and Constitutional Law; high profile criminal matters; Employment Law, contractual disputes and general corporate cases and has contributed widely to the country’s jurisprudence
At the dawn of private practice mr mandona participated as among the Defence Lawyers in the 1981 and 1982 landmark treason case of The People Vs Edward Jack Shamwana & 7 Others.
Mr Mandona participated as among the defense Counsel in the celebrated treason trial of The People Vs Edward Jack Shamwana & 7 Others 1981-1982.
His Qualifications
He is detail-oriented and extensively skilled and experienced in negotiation. He is a trained Arbitrator having obtained membership from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in Lusaka Zambia in September 2004.
He holds a Diploma in Dispute Resolution obtained from the University of Pretoria in which he covered ADR; Conflict and Negotiation; Conflict and Mediation; and Arbitration.
He has a Certificate in International Trade Law from the University of Cape Town. He studied law at the Metropolitan College of Law in London, United Kingdom from 1972 to 1975.
He served Articles of Clerkship under Andrew Green and William Myles Forrest of Messrs Ellis & Company from 1973 to 1978 and was admitted to the Bar in April 1978. He is a senior member of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ).
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