Prince is an associate at Kanokanga & Partners with experience in aviation, arbitration, corporate and commercial law, family law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, social enterprises and tourism. He has advised local and international clients on regulatory and compliance issues, civil litigation, international arbitration matters and trust matters.
Prince has incredible knowledge of various legal systems having studied in Zambia and worked in Mauritius prior to joining Kanokanga & Partners and brings a wealth of experience covering both onshore and offshore transactions. Part of his day-to-day responsibilities include providing legal assistance to local and international clients on day-to-day operations from a regulatory and corporate point of view, as well as in project communication strategies and implementation. He advises clients on industry related mergers and acquisitions, general due diligence, project structuring and documentation, public and private sector transactions.
Prince sits on the board of several companies and other non – governmental organisations in Zimbabwe. He has experience in advising companies and non – governmental organisations of various local, regional and international matters. He participated in the prestigious China – Africa Legal Professionals Exchange Programme 2024.
Prince and his father, Davison Kanokanga are the Guest Editors of the Midlands State University Law Review Special Issue (2022) who special focus was on nature and scope of consumer arbitration, investor-state arbitration, evidentiary jurisdiction of the courts and selected case law
on arbitral awards.
Prince is one of the budding scholars and arbitrators in Zimbabwe. He is the author of The Law of Costs in Zimbabwe: Text, Cases & Materials (Burble, Durban, 2021) and the co-author of UNCITRAL Model Law on International Arbitration: A Commentary on the Zimbabwe Arbitration Act [Chapter 7:15] (Juta & Co, Cape Town, 2022). He regularly acts as an arbitrator in Zimbabwe and is a panel member of the Alternative Dispute Solutions Centre (‘ADSC’), the African Institute of Mediation and Arbitration (‘AIMA’) and the Commercial Arbitration Centre (‘CAC’). He is also a member of the Association of Young Arbitrators (‘AYA’), the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) – 40, the Italian Under 40 Arbitration Group, Young ICCA and Young AFSA.
Kanokanga & Partners is a multi-award-winning law firm which was established in 1991. This without a shadow of doubt, makes it one of the oldest post-independence ‘indigenous’ law firms established by then (26) year old Davison Kanokanga after gaining considerable knowledge working under the supervision of (i) Mr. Patrick A Chinamasa (former Attorney General, Minister of Justice, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs) and (ii) Mrs. Justice V. Ziyambi (former Judge of the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court).
Our lawyers are committed, experienced lawyers who take our responsibilities seriously, knowing that the results we achieve for our client will have lasting impact on their lives. We pride ourselves in providing quality legal services to our valued clients. Because we value longterm partnerships, we encourage and comply with the highest ethical, moral and professional standards.
Our Senior Partner, Davison as he is affectionately known sits on the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal with one other senior Lawyer and two High Court Judges. He has travelled extensively and gained valuable connections regionally, continentally and internationally.
Davison was the first Zimbabwe fellow on the International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA) program during which time he was placed at one of London’s and the world’s leading law firms, Lovells LLP before it merged to become Hogan Lovells LLP on a Skills Exchange Programme funded by amongst other law firms SJ Berwin, Linklaters, Clifford Chance and Eversheds. He was also the first Zimbabwean representative on Advocates Africa and Advocates International.
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