Attorneys | Notaries | Conveyancers
Estate Planners | Investment Advisers
Patent & Trademark Agents
About Us
Roseline Zigomo and Tendayi Musarira bring a combined 50 years of professional experience in the legal field to their clients - both local and international. Established as the result of a merger between Zigomo Legal Practitioners and Musarira Law Chambers, the firm offers a full suite of legal services.
The firm also has a local and international track record in advice on the registration of and the defence of or opposition to intellectual property rights; setting up of investment vehicles and businesses; registration and securitization of land and property investment transactions; advice on judicial management, insolvency and estate planning matters, as well as all aspects of family law, including matrimonial actions, applications for custody and maintenance.
Our Mission
To expediently deliver expert and well researched legal services to the firm's clients.
Our Values
Knowledge | Expediency | Successful Outcomes
Key Service Areas
COMMERCIAL & TRANSACTIONAL LAW PRACTICE
- Advise and Preparation of all types of commercial agreements including employment contracts
- Legal advice on corporate governance and Companies Act compliance
- Corporate investment and transactional due diligence
- Employment Law advisory
LAND & PROPERTY LAW
- Land and property transactions advice
- Land and property investment law advice
- Property transfers
ESTATE PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION
- Estate planning advice
- Management and administration of estates
- Advice on tax implications in respect of estates
- Insolvency and judicial management advice
FAMILY LAW
- Right of spouses in matrimonial law advice
- Divorce Law
- Custody matters
- Guardianship matters
- Rights of children advice
We Value Our Clients
The firm holds the belief that good client management amounts to sustainable business practice. Therefore:
- We seek to continually upskill through actively participating in professional development through many fora and the Law Society of Zimbabwe's learning and development curriculum.
- We prioritize good communication practice, good facilitation skills and strong written and verbal communication skills in the English language.
- We believe that as officers of the Court we must conduct our work in a manner that preserves the noble profession of the law for the good of the client and the firm.
- We have established virtual communication strategies.
- We work to maintain good relationships with Government support services, such as the staff in the Court registries, the Sheriff's office, Companies and Intellectual Property Registries, the Registrar of Deeds, Master's Office and the Local Authorities.
- The majority of our case load is through referrals and we aim to provide personalized service with the due standard of care.
Legal Services
The firm provides counsel in all aspects of law affecting the family as a unit of societal fabric. We proffer advice in the following legal fields, which amongst others include :
- Law of minors and rights to maintenance, guardianship, custody, and adoption.
- Spousal matrimonial rights.
- Matrimonial dissolution and consequences.
The registration of real and personal rights in land is at the bedrock of any modern civilisation and economy that gives comfort and confidence to all men. The cruciality of the oversight, and protection in the interplay of stakeholders can never be overemphasised, and Zigomo & Musarira Law concerns itself with this.
We confidently advise on many legal aspects of land and property law and we have always captured the essence of the interests of or clients - be it home or investment.
We provide services in the following:-
- Consulting on the drafting of Agreements of Sale for industrial, commercial and residential property.
- Title Deed registrations.
- Advising and drafting Certificates of Registered Title.
- Registrations of servitudes and other forms real rights over land.
- Advising on land development and land acquisition, generally.
With our judicious foresight, legal knowledge, and experience, we are adept at delivering counsel in estate planning law and administration.
In each individual case, we are instant to study the salient features and patterns of the matter which enable us to map out which way the winds are blowing in order to prescribe solutions that are peculiar to the individual client.
We also act as dependable property and business stewards for external clients by exercising diligent supervision, accounting and reporting.
We offer the following services:
- Trust establishment and registrations.
- Drafting and interpretation and registration of wills.
- All Deceased Estate Administration through the Master Of the High Court of Zimbabwe.
- Custodial Services.
Understanding the practices and customs of the market place has empowered Zigomo & Musarira Law to intuitively advise clients in complex commercial law and transactions.
We have protected client interests in borderline and problematic commercial cases. We have also attained favourable results in overseeing well-heeled and intricate commercial transactions that transcend borders and nationalities.
We render the following services:
- Advice in and the drafting of commercial contracts generally.
- Advice on company formations and registrations with the Office for the Registration Companies and other Business Entities.
- We advice on shareholder rights and transactions.
- Advice on Judicial Management and Sequestrations.
- Advice on Corporate Finance, Banking and Compliance Regulation.
The knowledge base at firm has delved into the core of understanding the mineral resources law of the land as regulated by national legislation, policy and jurisprudence.
We assist a wide array of stakeholders of the mining industry to become well fulfilled and eminent consultants in this field of law.
We offer the following services:
- Due diligence on mineral proprietary rights.
- Advice on regulation and policy, including environmental, health and occupational policies and waste management.
- Drafting and review of agreements.
- Advice on Foreign Investment uptakes in the mining industry.
Most financial transactions, such as bank loans for instance, requires the issuance of securities. We negotiate and structure agreements with lenders, borrowers and insurers and then register securities over these agreements encumbering moveable or immovable property.
We offer the following services:
- Advising on Notarial and mortgage bond registrations and cancellations.
- Advice and registrations on encumbrances affecting moveable and immovable property.
The pursuit of justice may sometimes be very costly and formal causing many litigants to abandon their claims. However, there are a wide range of dispute resolution processes and techniques that parties can use to settle disputes, with the help of a third party called an Arbitrator or a Mediator. The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is increasingly being used as a tool to help litigants settle their disputes alongside the formal court system. ADR is a cheaper, faster way of resolving disputes.
We assist clients with:
- Advice in drafting agreement clauses containing ADR mechanisms
- Representation of litigants during the ADR process
- Advice on the review and appeal procedure and representation
Litigation is a core capability of members of our legal team in the firm. Litigation involves presenting pursuasive facts to the presiding Judicial officer buttressed by evidence. Be it in a civil matter or in a criminal court, we pay particular attention to detail on the matter at hand, and engage in extensive research and consultations with client even on the most elemental legal cases so to maintain a record of successful outcomes which is ethic at the firm.
We provide the following services:
- Legal opinions.
- Trial advocacy.
- Injury and damages claim representation.
- Provision of defence counsel in criminal matters.
- Debt management and recoveries.
Perspectives
The Team
ROSELINE ZIGOMO
SENIOR PARTNER
ROSELINE ZIGOMO - SENIOR PARTNER
Hubert Humphrey Fellow 2003 - 2004 (USA) LLM in International Legal Studies, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington D. C. LLB (Hons) from University of Zimbabwe Member of Law Society of Zimbabwe. Member of the Commercial Arbitration Centre where she serves as an Arbitrator in commercial disputes. Roseline Zigomo has valuable work experience in the areas of law, government policy and program management. She has worked in Civil Society, private practice (partner for 7 years at Atherstone & Cook), and has over 28 years of professional experience.
FREDERICK MUSAKANA
CONSULTANT
FREDERICK MUSAKANA - CONSULTANT
BL (Hons) LLB (Hons) from University of Zimbabwe. MBA (U.S.A.) Spear headed the transformation and formation of AGRIBANK OF ZIMBABWE from AFC OF ZIMBABWE. Frederick Musakana has key expertise in labour practice and commercial practice with 37 years of professional experience.
USEFUL QUOTES
"Justice consists in doing no injury to men: decency in
giving them no offence."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Contact Us
Jasper Chambers
86 Pendennis Road
Mt Pleasant, Harare
+263 715 459 752
+263 719 434 294
+263 77 2 382117
+263 242 301208
+263 242 301299
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