Doxa Mbapila

Practice Areas

Doxa Mbapila is a Partner at Endoxa Law and is recognised for her work on large and complex banking and finance transactions, debt and equity capital markets, Shariah-compliant financings, investment advisory, fintech regulatory and fundraising matters, and commercial regulatory work across all sectors. She advises on high-value and structured transactions across the full spectrum of debt financings, bonds and sukuk (public and private placements), IPOs, rights issues and other equity raisings, and Shariah-compliant lending structures. Her practice also encompasses advising fintechs, sponsors and investors on regulatory strategy, licensing and transactional fundraising, including venture, private equity and structured investment rounds. She acts for multinational companies, private equity and venture capital firms, financial institutions, impact investors and leading Tanzanian corporates on sophisticated, often cross-border matters.

Career

Doxa Mbapila has over 10 years’ senior in-house experience, having served as Head of Legal and Company Secretary at leading financial institutions, including Citibank Tanzania and Stanbic Bank Tanzania. In these roles, she advised on high-value financings, capital markets transactions, regulatory compliance and board-level corporate governance. She served as counsel for BG Tanzania (now Shell), advising on corporate, regulatory and commercial matters in the energy sector. Prior to moving in-house, she worked in a leading law firm in Tanzania. She returned to private practice at Endoxa Law, where she is Partner and Head of the Corporate, Commercial and Banking Practice.

Professional Memberships

Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania

Notary Public

Member, Tanganyika Law Society

Member, East African Law Society

Member, Regulatory Committee of the Tanganyika Law Society

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Tanzania

East Africa wide

Clients

Doxa acts for a broad range of clients, including Tanzanian corporates, financial institutions and fintechs, regional investment funds and international investors. Her clients include Stanbic Bank Tanzania Limited, CRDB Bank Plc, iTrust Finance Limited, Balim Investments AG, Nordic Impact Funds, iGravity, Dawa Mkononi, and the Tanzania Fintech Association (TAFINA), among others.

Work Highlights

Advising CRDB Bank Plc on a Shariah-compliant sukuk bond issuance in Tanzania.

Advising Afriprise Investments Limited on a rights issue, including transaction structuring, regulatory approvals and offering documentation.

Advising DCB Commercial Bank Plc on a rights issue, including capital markets regulatory engagement and transaction documentation.

Advising an international impact investment manager on the structuring and documentation of a secured financing to a Tanzanian operating company.

Advising a fintech company on regulatory licensing, engagement with regulators and a multi-stage fundraising round involving local and international investors.

Education

Awards