The third cornerstone of our practice, Corporate and Commercial, provides a wide range of corporate and commercial services aimed at ensuring that our Clients’ businesses operate within the regulatory framework.

“At Gill & Seph, time is of essence.”

Competition law is central to an increasingly global market place. Authorities are increasingly employing a wide range of powers to investigate mergers, markets, cartels, contractual arrangements between competitors, suppliers and distributors and alleged abuses of dominant market positions. Its impact goes to the very heart of the way industries are structured and operate.
As the competition regime becomes more established and investigative powers and penalties become more severe, the risk of falling foul of these complex laws has never been more acute.
At Gill & Seph we help you navigate through this legal complexity with ease. We provide complete services ranging from:
  • Advice on compliance, regulation and trade-related issues.
  • Advice on merger control and joint ventures.
  • Advice on market dominance and cartels, commercial agreements and public procurement.
  • Representation in respect of competition litigation arising from competition related disputes.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been and will always be an important part of business for obvious commercial reasons. At Gill & Seph, we advise clients at all stages of the process from due diligence activities all the way through to completion. At Gill & Seph, we advise clients at all stages of the process from due diligence activities all the way through to completion. We work closely with our clients to understand their objectives and then carefully plan an effective implementation strategy.

We are minded to deal with complexity in order to provide our clients with clear and concise advice. Commercially minded, our service provision transcends the traditional role of lawyering. We help our clients drive the transactions forward so as to meet their business objectives timeously.

Under the Insurance Practice, our team advises insurers and reinsurers on their most significant corporate, regulatory and transactional matters as well as complex claims and disputes. Our full range of services include but are not limited to:

  • Advising insurance companies on the law and regulations as they relate to insurance activities in Zambia.
  • Obtaining the necessary license and regulatory approvals from Pensions and Insurance Authority.
  • Drafting and reviewing insurance policies.
  • Insurance litigation
     

We understand that not all distressed companies are beyond redemption to warrant drastic measures such as receivership or liquidation. At Gill & Seph we believe that every distressed business is in a unique situation. We therefore focus on understanding the reason for the distress so as to provide innovative, constructive and commercial solutions that are tailored to the specific situation and the objectives of our clients within the confines of the law. We offer advice to businesses impacted by effects of low commodity prices and uncertainties in global markets.