Mulenga Chiteba

Mulenga has more than 15 years progressive experience as a lawyer and has been a partner at MMLP since 2014. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an accredited Insolvency Practitioner. In 2012, he attended the Euromoney Summer School on International Financial law and has also undergone capital markets and investment advisory training with the Lusaka Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Zambia Insurance Business College Trust.

He has expertise in both transactional work and disputes with a principal client focus on commercial dispute resolution and corporate and tax advisory. He also heads the firm’s tax and regulatory compliance practice group which also encompasses all areas of regulatory compliance including competition, data protection and ESG.

Mulenga has been at the front end of advising clients on transfer pricing audits arising out of the 2018 Transfer Pricing Regulations and in successfully objecting to several high value assessments issued by the Zambia Revenue Authority against large taxpayers. He has considerable experience before the Tax Appeals Tribunal, arbitral tribunals and the superior Courts in Zambia.

• Kalumbila Minerals Limited, a subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals in relation to a USD7.6 billion tax assessments by the Zambia Revenue Authority and challenging the same.
• First Quantum Minerals Limited, Lead Partner; US$ 636,000,000; advising on tax implications in the restructuring of shareholding in Kansanshi Mining Plc.
• First Quantum Mining and Operations Limited; Lead Partner; provided opinion on transfer pricing implications of the Master Services Agreement between the FQM Trident Limited and Kansanshi Mining Plc.
• Liebherr Zambia Limited, subsidiary of Liebherr international Limited, in relation to a transfer pricing audit assessment by the Zambia Revenue Authority.
• Nampak Zambia Limited, subsidiary of Nampak international Limited, in relation to a transfer pricing audit assessment by the Zambia Revenue Authority.
• Parmalat Africa Limited, the principal shareholder in Parmalat Zambia Limited on the tax implications of shifting its corporate seat from Mauritius to Italy.
• Wave Digital; Lead Partner; providing legal advice and assisting the client to comply with the Transfer Pricing Rules.

Dispute resolution:

• Dispute resolution
• Litigation
• Pre-litigation
• Arbitration
• Audit support
• Audit defence
• Controversy management

Indirect tax:

• VAT
• Customs
• Supply chains

Corporate tax matters:

• Restructuring
• Cross-border project management
• Corporate taxes
• Transactions
• Technology
• Environmental
• Financial services
• M&A

Tax advisory:

• Tax consulting

Compliance management:

• Economic modelling

Transfer Pricing:

• Business Restructuring
• Cross-Border Project Management
• Dispute Resolution
• International Tax Planning
• Litigation

• Mining
• Energy
• Logistics
• Banking
• Accounting

• Zambia

• Law Association of Zambia
• International Bar Association
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

• LLB , University of Zambia

• Advocates Practicing Certificate, Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education