• Advised Kalumbila Minerals Limited, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals (“FQM”) Limited, one of the largest mines in Zambia, in relation to the US$7.6 billion tax assessments by the Zambia Revenue Authority and challenging the same.
• Advisors to CEVA Logistics Limited in relation to the alleged forty-one (41) outstanding removals in bond (the “41 RIBs”) entries by the Zambia Revenue Authority in the sum of ZMW9,000,000.00.
• Advisors to Centre for International Private Enterprise in relation to the Customs and Excise (Customs Clearing Agents) (Management) Regulations, 2022. Currently, Zambia does not have any regulations which govern the licensing and management of clearing agents as the previous Act was repealed. Our firm has been working with the Center of International Private Enterprise to facilitate discussions with the Zambia Revenue Authority and Ministry of Finance for the purpose of including provisions in the Customs and Excise (Customs Clearing Agents) (Management) Regulations, 2022, that comply with international standards.
• Advised First Quantum Minerals Limited UK in relation to any tax implication from a Zambian law perspective regarding the re-domiciliation of Black Bark Investments Limited, a company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, via the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, to the Netherlands and ultimately Black Bark was to become a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) under the laws of the Netherlands.
• Advised Liebherr Zambia Limited, a subsidiary of Liebherr Limited, in relation to a transfer pricing audit assessment by the Zambia Revenue Authority.
• Advised Nampak Zambia Limited, a subsidiary of Nampak International Limited, in relation to a transfer pricing audit assessment by the Zambia Revenue Authority.
• Advised Emerald Bay Limited trading as Betway and BetBio Zambia Limited trading as BetPawa Zambia in the process of lobbying the Government of the Republic of Zambia on the amendment to the Income Tax Act to clarify the position on Withholding Tax on winnings, which applies to online casinos. This is one of the new amendments in the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, No. 43 of 2021.
• Advised Sinohydro Limited (“Sinohydro”), which is a China-State owned construction company that was awarded the EPC contract for the Kafue Gorge Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant. The project is expected to produce about 750 MW of power once completed. We provided Sinohydro with legal advice regarding tax aspects of the project from a Zambian law perspective. This full implementation of the project is expected to fetch a total investment of USS$2 billion.
• Advised Span International Limited on whether the scratch cards gaming business would trigger any taxes from a Zambian law perspective.
• Advised Professional Insurance Corporation (Z) Limited in respect of the VAT assessment allegedly chargeable on sale of salvage motor vehicles by it between 2008 and 2010 which was at the total sum of ZMW240,047.57 vis-à-vis Regulation 3 of the Exemption Order.