Areas of Expertise

We specialise in many fields of law.

Anti-trust & Competition

We offer a great understanding of competition law and anti-trust cases

Capital Markets

Helping you with all of your investments and capital. Legal assistance for your wealth.

Insurance Law

Making sure you're always protected with the law on your side.

Corporate & Commercial Law

Taking care of all your commercial litigation needs.

Trial Experience

When it comes to court appearances you need someone with experience.

Employment & Labor

Making sure you and your employees are in step with all current laws and procedures.

Mergers and Acquisitions

We have overseen many mergers and acquisitions. We can help ease the process.

Banking and Finance

For all your banking and finance needs you can rest assured, you are in the right hands.

Energy & Natural resources

Covering all the regulatory needs in the energy industry.

Alternative Dispute Settlement

We will take care of your arbitration agreements and disputes.

Restructuring & RecoverIES

Restructuring your business? We can show you the best way.

Land & Real Estate

We will help you take care of your legal property needs.

Intellectual Property

To protect your intellectual property you need a lawyer with experience.

Tax Law

Covering all your taxation needs. Keeping you in line with the law

Telecommunication, Technology and Media

Telecommunications is evolving fast. We stay up to date with the industries' laws.

Trusts & NGO's

Offering a wealth of knowledge in law regarding trusts and Non-Governmental Orginizations.

Construction Law

Making sure that when you build, you are within all the law's guidelines and regulations.

Regulatory Compliance

Making sure that you are within all the law's guidelines and regulations.

Legal Secretarial and Advisory

We will be with you to make sure you're always within the law.

Anti-trust and Competition

As businesses face continuous challenges in antitrust and competition matters around the world, we have developed our practice to provide effective guidance in addressing the challenges, and offering solutions that allow our Clients to capitalizing on a strategic opportunity while avoiding the risk of incurring liability.

The most recurrent issues which include: Joint ventures, Mergers and acquisitions, Private damage actions, Intellectual property licensing and enforcement, Distribution restrictions and related issues have shaped our team’s experience and expertise.

Capital Markets

We advise not only institutions with public-nature structure but also private companies on several aspects of their businesses/transactions at every stage of their development and growth. From high net worth corporates to driven start-ups, we apply our extensive our extensive knowledge in dealing with securities and markets.

Insurance Law

Hallmark Attorneys aims to provide our Clients full realization of the terms of your insurance terms. We evaluate and advise on litigating claims to a successful conclusion and in providing innovative, non-litigation solutions.

We represent industry leaders in the jurisdiction in complex insurance market and advice on the settlement, defense and mitigating factors.

Corporate & Commercial Law

In our over 20 years practice the firm has acquired and provides unrivalled services in consultation for a wide range of commercial transactions including negotiations, structuring, drafting, execution and registration where applicable. Our multiskilled team provides ready expertise on any ensuing or related matters that may arise in the course of a transaction. 

Trial Experience

We pride ourselves in dealing with complex arbitration and litigation matters both within and outside Tanzania. From complex to not-so-complex matters, we serve the best interest of our Clients by maintaining focus on the need be professional, result oriented and timely. Where possible and require we resolve cases promptly and successfully through creative use of alternative dispute resolution procedures, mainly Mediation and Arbitration.

Some cases demand special skills and subject matter knowledge. The firm’s trial experience is both deep and wide. In addition to focusing on complex commercial disputes we have concentrated our court room practice on substantive areas including product liability, anti-trust, competition, commerce, IP, M&A, personal injury and tax disputes.

Employment & Litigation

Hallmark Attorneys represents clients in important and complex employment issues.

We act as employment counsel to local and international institutions operating in Tanzania, in various industries including emerging new businesses. We preempt disputes by advising on the requirements of the law and practice. With our experience on employment and labour relations issues in Tanzania, we are able to give our clients a single point of solution for all labour and employment matters.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Hallmark Attorneys has a long history and vast experience in mergers and acquisitions, financing, re-organisation and taxation.

With experience and capabilities in corporate, project finance, securities, tax, antitrust, intellectual property and environmental law, our guidance allows seamless dealings in complex corporate transactions.

Banking & Finance

Our Banking & Finance practice is highly rated as it remains focused on representing investment and commercial banks, investment funds and other credit providers in financial transactions relating to financing, securities, restructuring, recoveries, compliance and other corporate finance transactions. We routinely deal and advise on syndicated credit facilities and related transactions.

Energy & Natural Resources

Hallmark Attorneys advices on energy related mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure projects and, supply and distribution transactions. The firm is registered as a specialist legal services provider in EWURA’s Local Suppliers and Service Providers Register

We understand the energy industry—from a litigation, enforcement, commercial, development and regulatory perspective—means that we benefit from dealing with client issues that we have either dealt with or have knowledge on how it has been dealt with before. We leverage the talent and experience of our team to resolve our clients legal matters in the area.

Alternative Dispute Settlement

Hallmark Attorneys has a track record in arbitration matters. Using our experience as counsels and experts in dispute resolution mechanisms, such as mediation and arbitration, we enable our clients to achieve cost/time efficient arbitration/mediation based dispute resolution.

We structure, prepare and advise our clients on arbitration clauses for various commercial contracts. We deal with regular issues such as the choice of law, choice of forum and effect/application of arbitration clauses for various transactions/projects.

We have served as lead counsel in arbitrations proceedings relating to commercial and investment disputes.

Restructuring & Recoveries

Hallmark Attorneys provide a range of services to clients on business restructuring/reorganisation.

We deal across a broad spectrum of industries, including manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, banking, construction, retail, media, telecommunications, aviation, gaming, hotels, information systems, insurance, real estate, securities, steel etc. We reap our experience and deliver efficient custom-made advice which is always required in complex reorganisation/restructuring transactions.

Land & Real Estate

Hallmark Attorneys leads in land sector dealings. We have dealt with virtually every type of land use, real property conveyancing, leasing and development issue.

We have dealt with land issues relating to zoned, non-zoned land, joint ventures and property development projects and project finance, titling process, land demarcations, conveyancing, land related litigation and all similar or related matters. We handle a variety of sophisticated matters for clients ranging from privately-held entrepreneurial developers to the owners, developers and financiers of the large real estate projects.

Intellectual Property

We provide a complete range of intellectual property services for our clients, including:

    • Patent Protection, Counselling and Portfolio Management
    • Patent Litigation
    • Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition

We counsel clients on matters involving the development, prosecution, management, and of intellectual property assets, including patents and patent portfolios, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. We provide guidance on related business issues, such as licensing and transactions, restrictive covenants and antitrust compliance.

Taxation Law

Through the gamut of tax related transactions, including purchases, sales, spin-offs, partnership investments, securities offerings both public and private, restructurings, mining rights and real estate transactions, we provide clients with counsel and effective solutions to tax and business problems. We assist our Clients to execute business transactions and to advise on day-to-day operations in ways that minimize tax costs and maximize tax benefits.

We have a broad range of experience in local levies and national tax matters, including cross-border transactions and disputes. We provide transactional and controversy representation to multinational businesses, tax-exempt organizations and individuals. The Firm is finalizing preparations to launch its tax consultancy division before year end

Telecommunication, Technology and Media

The communications and information industry is an important focus of our practice. We are proficient in the technology, experienced in the regulatory and business environment, and prepared to handle a wide variety of matters in which our clients become involved.

We counsel clients of the various compliance matters and legal processes, and also monitor legislation processes in the areas, which are of interest to our telecommunications clients.

Trusts & NGO

We advise our clients on formation, management and operation of various organisations at local to national level as per their respective needs.

We have vast experience working with both international and national Non-governmental organizations to determine their legal needs in their specific sector.

Construction Law

We advise our clients on various matters relating to projects, financing, building construction, engineering, public and private development agreements, drafting and review of various framework service agreements and regulatory compliance checks among other things.

Regulatory Compliance

We will make sure that no matter what industry you operate within, we will keep you and your business within the regulatory guidelines. We conduct legal health checks and updates for our various clients

LEGAL SECRETARIAL AND ADVISORY

Hallmark Attorneys will be here when you need us most. Providing world-class legal secretarial and advisory services.

We handle incorporation of companies; facilitating annual reporting and filings; facilitating company due diligence as required; facilitating review and update of Company’s structures and MEMARTS as required.