Full Profile

Maria is a qualified practising Advocate, advising clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters with a focus on intellectual property, company formation, company secretarial services, and Government liaison amongst others. She has worked with Clyde & Co Tanzania since 2014. She has an LL.B from Tumaini University and a Post- Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law School of Tanzania. She is a member of the Tanganyika Law Society and the East Africa Law Society.

Experience

• Advising various clients on Intellectual Property matters as well as preparing the relevant documents for registration of Trade & Service Mark(s) in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar;
• Liaising  and being the main point of contact of the Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) and all other Government agencies and institutions;
• Advising and assisting various local and international companies to establish business in Tanzania.
• Advising Amec Foster Wheeler Inc, Environmental & Infrastructure on establishing a business in Tanzania
• Advising and assisting Halliburton International  GmbH with organising its statutory filings at  the Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA);
• Assisting Syngenta Tanzania Limited with organising its statutory filings at Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA)
• Advising and assisting Songas Limited with company secretarial work and organising its statutory filings at the Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA);
• Advising PRNG Minerals Limited with company secretarial work and organising its statutory filings at Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) and Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA);
• Advising Bechtel Limited on various aspects of Tanzanian contract and engineering law;
• Advising EMH&T on various aspects of company formation, post formation and engineering law;
• Advising on various company secretarial services in Tanzania;
• Advising and assisting in winding up of companies and restructuring of companies in Tanzania