Wilbert Kapinga > Bowmans > Dar es Salaam, Tanzania > Lawyer Profile

Bowmans
2ND FLOOR, THE LUMINARY
CNR HAILE SELASSIE AND CHLOE ROADS, MASAKI
DAR ES SALAAM
Tanzania

Position

Senior Partner, Tanzania

Career

Wilbert Kapinga is the senior partner of Bowmans’ Tanzanian practice.

He specialises in corporate law, finance law, banking, privatisations, telecommunications and competition law.

Wilbert is a member of the Tanganyika Law Society, Law Association of Tanzania, East Africa Law Society, International Third World Legal Studies Association and African Society of International and Comparative Law.

He has LLM degrees from both the University of Dar es Salaam and Columbia University in New York, USA, as well as a Doctorate from Northeastern University in Boston, USA.

Lawyer Rankings

Tanzania > Leading firms

(Leading individuals)

Wilbert KapingaBowmans

Bowmans is a full-service law firm with expertise in corporate, projects and finance and dispute resolution, and the ‘reliable and thorough‘ team frequently advises on cross-border matters, particularly in the mining, telecoms and consumer goods sectors. Practice head Wilbert Kapinga is a corporate and banking specialist who mainly assists financial institutions and corporations with corporate, regulatory and transactional matters. The group also includes commercial litigation lawyer Audax Kameja, who specialises in intellectual property law and arbitration; public and private M&A expert Ryan Kitcat; and the ‘very capable and methodicalCharles Mmasi, who assists with finance, corporate and M&A and regulatory matters. Michael Strain, who is a corporate and commercial specialist, joined the partnership from Clyde & Co LLP in March 2023. James Pius  and Bertha Mwarija are also key contacts.