Barbara Mawalla

Full Profile

Barbara works in the employment, real estate, and immigration departments in our Dar es Salaam office. She also assists with insurance, regulatory, corporate, banking and finance, telecommunication, mining, and oil & gas matters. 

Barbara holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law School of Tanzania. Barbara is an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania and a member of both the Tanganyika Law Society and the East Africa Law Society.
 

Experience

Employment

• Advising Black Rock Mining Limited on various employment matters, including drafting template employment contracts compliant with Tanzanian laws and representing the company before the Commission for Mediation and Arbitration in an employment law dispute.
• Advising Stanbic Bank Tanzania Limited, including reviewing the Bank’s disciplinary procedures, recommending amendments to ensure legal compliance, and guiding the employment committee on mitigating employment-related risks.
• Advising an international oil and gas company on the legal requirements, steps, and procedures for conducting employment-related digital investigations on company-owned devices used by an employee and a consultant, ensuring compliance with employment and personal data protection laws.
• Advising Educate Tanzania, an international non-governmental organisation, on employment matters, including reviewing and amending HR policies and employment contracts to ensure compliance with Tanzanian law.
• Advising SMEC International Pty Limited on employment matters, including the legal process for retrenchment of employees, and representing the company before the Commission for Mediation and Arbitration.

Real Estate 

• Advising China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Limited on various land-related matters in connection with the upgrade and operation of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway project, including the review and amendment of the concession agreement, lease agreement and the Host Government Agreement.
• Advising Eagle Agrotech Tanzania Limited in relation to the acquisition of land for the development of the sugarcane plantation in Tanzania, including the review and amendment of the lease agreement with the Tanzania Investment Centre.
• Advising ZF Devco B.V. on various land matters, including the revision of the concession agreement with the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) for operation of the port terminal and the lease agreement with the TPA for the development of hotels at the waterfront area. 
• Advising Faru Graphite Corporation Limited on various land-related matters, including drafting various documents for the payment of compensation and resettlement in relation to the acquisition of land for the development of the graphite project in Tanzania.
• Advising Raxio Group on the acquisition of land for building a data centre in Tanzania.

Immigration

• Conducting immigration and employment training for the Indian Business Group in Tanzania.
• Advising Raxio Data Centre Tanzania Limited on immigration matters.
• Advising Indigo Transit Services Limited on immigration matters and assisting with work and residence permit applications.
• Advising Faru Graphite Corporation Limited on immigration matters and assisting with work and residence permit applications.
• Advising International Facilities Services on immigration matters.

Public Private Partnerships

• Advising the World Bank on PPP guidelines.