Lubinda Linyama

Practice Areas

1. Employment

2. Criminal Law

3. Energy Law

4. ESG

5. Corporate Law

6. TMT

7. Litigation and Dispute Resolution

8. Real Estate

9. Mergers and Acquisitions

10. Insurance

Career

Position- Trainee

Organization- eric Silwamba and Company

Year: (2003-2005)

Position – Associate Advocate

Organization- Eric Silwamba and Company

Year- (2005-2012)

Position- Managing Partner

Organization- Eric Silwamba and Company

Year- (2012 to date)

Professional Memberships

Member of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ)

Publications

1. Global Legal Insights: Energy Laws and Regulations (https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/energy-laws-and-regulations/zambia/)

2. International Comparative Legal Guide: Litigation and Dispute Resolution (https://iclg.com/practice-areas/litigation-and-dispute-resolution-laws-and-regulations/zambia)

3. International Comparative Legal Guide: Employment and Labour Laws and Regulations (https://iclg.com/practice-areas/employment-and-labour-laws-and-regulations/zambia)

Personal

Lubinda Linyama is the Managing Partner at Dentons Zambia, bringing extensive expertise in litigation, commercial law, mining law, and corporate advisory services. With a distinguished career representing both local and multinational clients, he has built a reputation for delivering strategic, results-driven legal solutions in complex and high-stakes matters.

His practice spans dispute resolution, regulatory advisory, mining sector transactions, and corporate governance, where he provides practical guidance aligned with clients’ business objectives. Lubinda is known for his analytical precision, strong advocacy, and deep understanding of Zambia’s legal and commercial landscape.

As Managing Partner, he provides visionary leadership to the firm, fostering excellence, integrity, and client-centered service. Under his stewardship, Dentons Zambia continues to strengthen its position as a trusted legal partner for businesses operating locally and across borders.

Clients

Standard Chartered Bank

Spectra Oil Corporation

Public Service Pension Fund

Tony Blair Institute

Meharry Medical

Titan Drilling

First Quantum Minerals

SanHe Logistics

Work Highlights

• Western Power: The firm is representing the Barotse Royal Establishment, which is the traditional authority in the western part of Zambia in a transaction involving the development of a 170MW hydro power project. The project is designed to produce power that will feed into the national grid within a framework of a power purchase agreement with the state. It is premised on a joint venture.

• Titan Drilling : The firm was instructed to defend a class action wherein employees sued the client for unpaid salary arrears and other allowances. This matter involved provisions of the employment code and the new High Court rules that have not been sufficiently litigated upon.

• Standard Chartered Bank: The firm represented the Bank in the High Court of Zambia, where it had been sued by its former employees for claiming for inter alia, redundancy recalculations to include and deductions made by the bank on the auto loan facility at the time of the redundancy, recalculation of redundancy package in line with the Group Redundancy Standard.

• Tony Blair Institute – The firm assisted the client with respect to the acquisition of business visas and temporal employment permits for its expatriate employees.

• Confidential Client (Access Bank): Advised the bank on redundancy process.

• Kansanshi Mining Plc: Advising the client in an employment dispute by its former employees claiming underpayment and unfair dismissal.

• Starkey: The firm advised on the NGO company status and corporate restructuring advice on ownership in a registered trust.

• Tony Blair Institute: The firm assisted in the registration of a foreign company, review of an employment contract and rendering legal opinion by guarantee at the Patents and Companies Registry Agency (PACRA) and Non- Governmental Organization at the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services.