FB Attorneys

Firm Overview:
FB Attorneys is a full service law firm based out of Dar es Salaam and brings with it a cumulative experience of over seventy years and a thorough knowledge of colloquial practices within the East African region. The firm covers all aspects of the law and specialise in corporate and commercial matters including Mining, Oil and Gas, Tax, Litigation, Banking, Competition, Real Estate, Intellectual Property Law and Land Law, amongst others.

It is held in high esteem throughout the region and internationally. The firm's stellar reputation has been built on successfully handling complex business transactions that consistently require a high level of sophistication. Frequently relied upon by clients as the preferred law firm for demanding legal cases, FB Attorneys offers unprecedented legal advice on a variety of corporate and commercial matters.

The lawyers at FB Attorneys have established long-standing relationships with some of the leading financial institutions, government entities, not-for-profit organisations, and other prominent public and private sectors in East Africa and beyond. Additionally, they are also known for their skilful work in highly complex matters, offering breadth and excellence that is unrivalled across all practice areas. This multi-faceted approach enables the deliverance of effective and practical results to the firm’s clients.

In response to increasing client demands, FB Attorneys has expanded its operations. To ensure efficient and reliable delivery of services, the firm has a dedicated Corporate Relations department that is responsible for managing all client matters and enforcing quality assurance. The firm comprises a staff of well-established attorneys who possess a solid reputation known both locally and internationally, advising on corporate, commercial and litigation matters for clients in the following locations: Africa, North, Central and South America, Europe, Australia, Middle and Far East, and Asia.

With a strong team that understands the intricacies facing commercial practices, the strategy of focusing on the corporate blueprint has yielded excellent results. FB Attorneys has a proven track record of working on highly technical and advanced assignments for clients who are leaders in their respective industries and successfully delivering favourable results.

The firm’s merits are reflected in its inclusion in the top tiers in both the IFLR and Chamber rankings. A suite of sought-after clients have benefited from FB’s hard-won achievements.

For more details on our experience on different matters, please visit our website: www.fbattorneys.co.tz

Practice Areas:

Arbitration:
FB Attorneys is at the forefront of responding to commercial and international legal disputes. Lawyers at FB Attorneys are involved in a wide range of arbitration proceedings before various tribunals in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. The arbitrations involve a variety of legal issues including complex contractual disputes involving land, construction, mining and oil and gas.

Aviation:
FB Attorneys has extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of all aspects of aircraft financing and leasing including operating leases, export credit financings, commercial debt financings and refinancing.

Banking, Finance and Capital Markets:
The firm’s collective years of experience has provided FB Attorneys with invaluable knowledge and insight of the global market place. FB Attorneys works with some of the industry’s leading banks. The firm's team of attorneys has been engaged in complex recoveries involving billions of dollars.

Competition Law:
FB Attorneys has extensive experience dealing with anti-trust laws. It often represents clients in hearings before the Fair Competition Commission (FCC), the pre-eminent anti-trust authority.

Corporate Law:
The firm is home to some of the best corporate law practitioners in the region who cover a wide spectrum of corporate business matters.

Employment Law:
The firm's team is committed to providing clients with advice that is constructive, practical and timely. It has advised companies on a range of contentious, non-contentious and advisory matters relating to their employees.

Litigation:
The firm’s primary goal is to assist clients in avoiding litigation whenever possible. The firm uses alternate dispute resolution services, mediation, and arbitration as a means of solving clients’ legal challenges. It handles high profile litigation cases for major corporations and high net worth individuals. Its attorneys have successfully represented clients in a variety of courts around the country.

Insurance:
At FB Attorneys, the legal team is aligned with your unique goals and insurance concerns. Due to the firm's lawyers’ deep understanding of the insurance/reinsurance markets and their respective applicable regulatory frameworks, it continually provides an innovative service that is geared towards commercial markets.

Intellectual Property:
 The firm's Intellectual Property department has worked with some of the largest companies from around the world in various IP matters. FB Attorneys offers innovative and comprehensive legal advice that enables clients to protect themselves against the risks of unfair competition, infringement, counterfeiting and loss of value.

Mining:
The firm's team has been consulted for mining financing, mergers and acquisitions, structuring and negotiating joint ventures, and arrangements for goodwill. Its task is to distinguish between ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ mining.

Oil & Gas:
From major oil refiners to small oil and natural gas producers to pipeline companies, matters are as large as drilling contracts and production sharing negotiations and as small as obtaining individual import permits.

Project Finance & International Trade:
The firm's thorough understanding of issues surrounding project financing enables it to convert ideas into realities. It has also helped clients negotiate with government agencies including helping them obtain necessary approvals from regulatory agencies.

Real Estate:
FB Attorneys handle the entire property development process from the initial due diligence to acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, financing (up to and including permits), construction, sales and sub-titling.

Tax Law:
Offering unprecedented legal advice both regionally and internationally, FB Attorneys’ experience combined with its global reach enables the delivery of both effective and timely services. Specialising in strategic legal, tax, and regulatory matters, our team has a wealth of experience working in highly complex innovative tax structuring transactions. The firm also handles tax investigations and disputes from initial queries to litigation or settlement.

Telecommunications:
The firm's telecommunications practice provides regulatory, litigation, and transactional legal services, not only to traditional voice and data service providers, but also to clients who face keeping up with today’s changing telecommunications industry.