Steven De Backer

Mkono & Co is a leading corporate practice based in the City of Dar es Salaam. On 1st May 2000 Mkono & Co set up an alliance with Denton Wilde Sapte, an international law firm. The association stops short of a merger but the expectation is that in due course the relations would come even closer. The move will build on the two law firms' existing strengths in corporate and trade finance. Mkono & Co provides a range of legal services to major commercial clients from within and outside Tanzania. The firm has grown steadily over the past decade and developed considerable experience in the corporate field, particularly in privatization, telecommunications and banking. Its global partnership with leading law firms has enabled Mkono & Co to handle wide-ranging matters for governmental public and private companies. Recently these have included advising the government on the privatization of the National Bank of Commerce, Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited, Tanzania Portland Cement Company Limited and the Southern Paper Mill Limited. The firm's corporate clients operate in many different areas including banking, capital markets, corporate finance, construction, insurance, mining, management, international trade, telecommunications, property development and construction.