Highlights:• Drafted, Negotiated, reviewed and advised the Group and its subsidiaries on venture capital and corporate finance transactions worth over US$20 million which improved revenue lines for Group. • Successfully advised, negotiated and drafted FINTECH agreements which saw improvement in service delivery to bank’s customers’ i.e introduction of WhatsApp banking.

Skills:researching, drafting, reviewing, negotiating

Goal:I am an experienced, resourceful legal attorney and business advisor with over 6 years of experience in venture capital and corporate finance. I am committed to individual and team performance and I thrive on new challenges. I am adept in reviewing, drafting legal documents and driven towards meeting and exceeding targets through delivering outstanding legal services.

Membership:Law Society of Zimbabwe. International Bar Association, Bankers Association of Zimbabwe

Certification:Bachelor of Law Honours from University of Zimbabwe

Honor:Recipient of Young Lawyers Development Programme awarded by International Bar Association

Legal Manager and Company Secretary 08/2018 - current
ZB Financial Holdings Limited, Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Industry: Financial
I am a legal manager and Company Secretary
• Provided ongoing legal support and Counsel to the Group and its Subsidiaries which saw an increase in revenue and market share of ZBFH Group. • Drafted, Negotiated, reviewed and advised the Group and its subsidiaries on venture capital and corporate finance transactions worth over US$20 million which improved revenue lines for Group. • Successfully advised, negotiated and drafted FINTECH agreements which saw improvement in service delivery to bank’s customers’ i.e introduction of WhatsApp banking. • Successfully attended to the registration of security for loan facilities. • Advised on syndicated loan facilities • Conducted due diligence on suppliers and adjudicated on procurement tenders. • Advised and implemented the setting up investment firms such as Bureaux de Change and Qupa Micro Finance Limited • Engaging external counsel and watching brief on court cases. • Development of new and review of existing policies to assist in reducing risks whilst increasing market share. • Advising senior management at a strategic level on legal operational risks that affect the business in compliance with Group and Regulators’ set standards. • Development and maintenance of healthy relationships with key stakeholders. • Managing the Group’s intellectual property portfolio • Preparation of a variety of legal documentation including transaction documentation designed to protect the interests of the Bank as lender, borrower, co-lender, service user or provider and in a wide range of other capacities; • Negotiation of legal documents with the Bank’s legal counter-parties and under the guidance of Management; • Attend and actively contribute to the relevant committees of the Bank including; Pre-Assessment Committee, Business Committee, and Credit Committee to provide timely information necessary in strengthening the Bank’s legal and credit assessment process; • Prepare timely and comprehensive Legal Updates reports on Loan Remediation reports to Senior Management and the Board on a monthly and quarterly basis respectively;--
Programmes Assistant 03/2017 - 07/2018
Law Society of Zimbabwe, Harare, Not Specified Zimbabwe
Industry: Legal
I worked as a Programmes Assistant to the Executive Secretary
• Managed of the Annual Law Society of Zimbabwe calendar across departments. • Managed the rolling out of key governance activities including Council meetings, inductions, organizational review meetings, Annual General Meetings, strategic planning. • Attended to administering and preparing board packs for Council Meetings. • Identified and coordinated the implementation of policy and statutory directives. • Attended to strategic partnerships as the LSZ contact person • Raporteured at strategic workshops. • Developed monitoring and evaluation framework and making recommendations to the relevant project staff • Attended to carrying out legal research and secretarial duties. • Coordinated the implementation of Council resolutions which saw the Law Society upholding the rule of law. • Developed monitoring and evaluation framework for all departments which saw the Law Society accomplishing its strategic goals. • Coordinated the implementation and evaluation of donor projects such as EU Access to Justice which saw the review of the current justice system in Zimbabwe.--
Legal Practitioner 10/2015 - 02/2017
Phillips Law, Harare, Not Specified Zimbabwe
Industry: Legal
I was a legal practitioner.
• Attended to legal drafting, reviewing documents, advising clients and litigating timeously and efficiently which saw the firm winning an award for the Best law firm in 2016. • Advised clients’ on labour issues which saw in most transport and logistics client’s cutting expenditure by not litigating. • Set up a conveyancing department which saw the company improving its income lines. • Advised government parastatals on labour matters and investment opportunities.--
Legal Practitioner 02/2014 - 09/2015
Gwaunza and Mapota, Harare, Not Specified Zimbabwe
Industry: Legal
I was a legal practitioner
• Attended to legal drafting, litigating and reviewing of agreements, advising clients and litigating on their behalf. • Successfully handled curatorship for a closed law firm which saw the law firm generating income from other revenue lines. • Successfully conducted investor due diligence for international banks which saw the law firm being appointed in representing Swiss Bank in liquidation proceedings of Royal Bank Limited in Zimbabwe.--

University of Zimbabwe 01/2009 - 10/2013
Harare, Not Specified, Zimbabwe
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Law
I obtained a Bachelors of Laws Honours from the University of Zimbabwe

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