Shemane Amin
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : General Business Law
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Shemane Amin is the Country Partner at ALN Tanzania and a member of the Corporate Department. She also manages the firm’s client experience and is responsible for overseeing operations.
Shemane is a market entry and expansion specialist, exceling in guiding foreign investors entering or expanding in the Tanzanian market. She advises international and local acquiring firms and targets in various commercial transactions, including structuring joint ventures, asset purchase acquisitions, disposals of businesses, and share purchase acquisitions. Particularly in highly regulated Tanzanian sectors such as natural resources, hospitality, financial services, and telecommunications, Shemane guides clients through comprehensive due diligence investigations, pre-transaction structuring, drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation, and regulatory clearances. Shemane offers expertise in establishing business structures, leveraging strategic fiscal and non-fiscal investment incentives, navigating access to land, addressing employment considerations, and understanding the relevant legal and tax frameworks. Her deep knowledge and hands-on approach, together with her practical experience, ensure that investors are well-equipped to successfully launch and grow their operations in Tanzania.
The experience of having filled various legal and non-legal management roles in domestic and large-scale multinational companies, as well as establishing her own business ventures in Tanzania, brings a practical and commercially sensitive approach to her legal practice.
Some of Shemane’s clients include BHP Group, DP World, Afriac50, Actis, IFC, Google, Meta and SanlamAllianz.
Shemane is one of Tanzania’s few US-Tanzanian dual-qualified lawyers, having been admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and Tanzania. She is a graduate of the Boston University School of Law where she graduated with a Juris Doctor and she holds a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University where she received a full scholarship under the Robertson Scholars Program.
Professional Memberships
Massachusetts Bar
Tanganyika Law Society
East Africa Law Society
CEO Roundtable (CEOrt) Tanzania
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by A&K Tanzania
Tanzania has diverse energy sources including biomass, natural gas, hydro, coal, geothermal, solar and wind power and uranium, much of which is untapped. Hydropower is a significant electricity source, providing around 35% of total generation.
Investing in Tanzania: Land Acquisition for Foreign Investment Purposes
Tanzania presents abundant investment opportunities, including in sectors where land is an important resource, such as agriculture, projects and infrastructure, real estate and construction, manufacturing, and other capex-heavy industries.
Tanzania has diverse energy sources including biomass, natural gas, hydro, coal, geothermal, solar and wind power and uranium, much of which is untapped. Hydropower is a significant electricity source, providing around 35% of total generation.
Investing in Tanzania: Land Acquisition for Foreign Investment Purposes
Tanzania presents abundant investment opportunities, including in sectors where land is an important resource, such as agriculture, projects and infrastructure, real estate and construction, manufacturing, and other capex-heavy industries.