MohammedZameen Nazarali
Senior Associate | Dar es Salaam
Contact
T: +255 768 988 670
Overview
Mohammed provides strategic legal counsel across a wide range of sectors, guiding clients through complex legal and regulatory landscapes. While his work is sector-agnostic, he has extensive experience in high-value litigation, arbitration, shipping, intellectual property, employment, and project development. He delivers practical, commercially sound solutions tailored to each client’s needs, ensuring comprehensive legal support that aligns with their business objectives.
Experience
Debt Recovery
- Represented NMB Bank and Stanbic Bank Tanzania in multiple debt recovery proceedings, cumulatively involving claims totalling approximately USD 30 million.
Shipping
- Successfully obtained an arrest order for the vessel MV Occitan Pessac as security for claims related to damaged cargo.
- Represented Cosco Shipping Specialised Carriers in a claim for damages to goods arising from an incident aboard the carrier vessel. This includes an application for judicial review against the decision of the regulator.
- Provided advisory services on the legal framework governing cargo claims in Zanzibar.
Intellectual Property
- Represented Godrej Consumer Products Limited in several intellectual property disputes, including, a claim for passing off
- against a competitor, and judicial review against the decision of the Registrar of Trade and Service Marks.
- Advised on plant breeders’ rights and strategies for the protection of seed varieties.
- Managed the registration of various trademarks, both locally and internationally.
Arbitration
- Contributed to the Chambers Global Practice Guides for International Arbitration for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024.
- Acted in enforcement of and challenge to arbitral awards, most notably, for SBC Tanzania and Softpawa.
- Represented parties in arbitration proceedings as local counsel.
Projects
- Advised multiple clients on the regulatory framework governing electricity generation and supply in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.
- Advised on the legal and procedural aspects of Public-Private Partnerships and public procurement laws in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.
Mining and Oil & Gas
- Represented North Mara Gold Mine and Nyati Resources in disputes over the resettlement of Project Affected Persons, with a focus on securing and protecting surface rights.
- Acted for Ophir Energy in a significant claim valued at USD 322 million arising from the sale of gas fields.
Employment
- Conducted independent investigations for multiple multinationals to substantiate claims of misconduct.
- Represented Ericsson in proceedings instituted by former employees.
- Advised various multinationals on the labour laws of Tanzania.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law School of Tanzania.
- LLB (Hons) from Middlesex University.
INSIGHTS
Tanzania: Managing risk in East Africa – Practical considerations for owners and operators calling in the country
Tanzania: The end of probationary employees?
East Africa: Restructuring Quarterly Bulletin – November 2025
Tanzania: Opposition vs rectification – Court of Appeal clarifies the effect of registration on trademark proceedings
Tanzania: Court of Appeal clarifies land inheritance by non-citizens
Tanzania: Order prohibiting non-citizens from engaging in certain business activities published
Tanzania: Rewriting the rules? Mediation, jurisdiction and consequential orders in Tanzanian arbitration law
East Africa: Restructuring Quarterly Bulletin – March 2025
Tanzania: Key amendments to labour laws
East Africa: Restructuring Quarterly Bulletin – December 2024
Tanzania: Court of Appeal rules on the competing rights arising between company names and trademarks
Chambers Global Practice Guide: International Arbitration for 2024 – Tanzanian chapter
Tanzania: Finance Act 2024 – Highlights
Tanzania: Budget Brief 2024/2025 – an overview of the salient measures
Tanzania: The Investment Act and its regulations
East Africa: Restructuring Quarterly Bulletin – April 2024
Tanzania: New beneficial ownership regulations – What partnerships need to know
Tanzania: Amendment to the Foreign Exchange Regulations
Chambers and Partners: International Arbitration 2023 Guide – Tanzania chapter
Tanzania: Finance Act 2023 – Highlights
Tanzania: Noteworthy learnings from recent arbitral awards
Tanzania: 2023/24 National Budget Highlights
Tanzania: Finance Act 2022 – Highlights
Tanzania: 2022/23 National Budget Highlights
Tanzania: Finance Act 2021- Highlights
Tanzania: Arbitration cannot be bypassed through liquidation (winding up)
Overview
Mohammed provides strategic legal counsel across a wide range of sectors, guiding clients through complex legal and regulatory landscapes. While his work is sector-agnostic, he has extensive experience in high-value litigation, arbitration, shipping, intellectual property, employment, and project development. He delivers practical, commercially sound solutions tailored to each client’s needs, ensuring comprehensive legal support that aligns with their business objectives.
Experience
Debt Recovery
- Represented NMB Bank and Stanbic Bank Tanzania in multiple debt recovery proceedings, cumulatively involving claims totalling approximately USD 30 million.
Shipping
- Successfully obtained an arrest order for the vessel MV Occitan Pessac as security for claims related to damaged cargo.
- Represented Cosco Shipping Specialised Carriers in a claim for damages to goods arising from an incident aboard the carrier vessel. This includes an application for judicial review against the decision of the regulator.
- Provided advisory services on the legal framework governing cargo claims in Zanzibar.
Intellectual Property
- Represented Godrej Consumer Products Limited in several intellectual property disputes, including, a claim for passing off
- against a competitor, and judicial review against the decision of the Registrar of Trade and Service Marks.
- Advised on plant breeders’ rights and strategies for the protection of seed varieties.
- Managed the registration of various trademarks, both locally and internationally.
Arbitration
- Contributed to the Chambers Global Practice Guides for International Arbitration for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024.
- Acted in enforcement of and challenge to arbitral awards, most notably, for SBC Tanzania and Softpawa.
- Represented parties in arbitration proceedings as local counsel.
Projects
- Advised multiple clients on the regulatory framework governing electricity generation and supply in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.
- Advised on the legal and procedural aspects of Public-Private Partnerships and public procurement laws in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.
Mining and Oil & Gas
- Represented North Mara Gold Mine and Nyati Resources in disputes over the resettlement of Project Affected Persons, with a focus on securing and protecting surface rights.
- Acted for Ophir Energy in a significant claim valued at USD 322 million arising from the sale of gas fields.
Employment
- Conducted independent investigations for multiple multinationals to substantiate claims of misconduct.
- Represented Ericsson in proceedings instituted by former employees.
- Advised various multinationals on the labour laws of Tanzania.
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