Ishabakaki is a vibrant and strategically calculating lawyer, carrying with him an aura of aggressiveness and tactical solutions to complex issues. He has consulted Large Multinational Corporations in the energy, mining, tourism and the ICT and Telecoms sectors on enormous capital investment ventures. He is renowned for providing solutions to salvage corporations from their legal ordeals.
Ishabakaki has broad experience on contemporary corporate and commercial issues revolving around Mergers & Acquisitions&Acquisitions, Tax compliance and Transfer Pricing, Corporate Management and Restructuring, Project Facilitation & Business Planning, Corporate Real Estate, Insolvency Management and Dissolution of Companies.
Ishabakaki has successfully litigated and appeared for arbitration on behalf of companies and individuals, on several commercial, economic and general criminal cases in the ICT & Telecoms, Tourism and Extractives sectors amongst others. He has also facilitated major plea-bargaining deals on behalf of clients facing criminal charges on financial and economic crimes, the major being money laundering.
Having an impeccable ability to pay meticulous attention to detail, capability to decipher issues beyond the horizon and promptness in responding to clients’ needs, has gained him several recommendations and major clients. Ishabakaki is often praised by clients for being practical, sharp, innovative and responsive.
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Acted as the lead counsel on several land acquisition matters; on monetary compensation agreement for a land acquisition and compensation undertaking to Project-Affected Persons (PAPs) in several villages.
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Acted as the lead counsel on tax, competition and land-related matters in assisting Viettel Tanzania PLC (Halotel) and its international affiliate Viettel Global JSC on the telecom towers acquisition arrangement of telecoms infrastructure (network towers) with a market-dominant telecom tower infrastructure company in Tanzania.
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Acting as the lead counsel in acting for the interests of the government of Libya through its national investment company LAICO in reinstating its real estate property and investments in Tanzania, particularly in the corporate and financial restructuring of Bahari Beach Hotel Limited.
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Advised and assisted major real estate developers significantly Nuran Developers Limited and Windermere Limited in the acquisition of land, property management and development, processing and of unit titles and unit sale arrangements in Tanzania.
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Assisted over 20 foreign corporations in the surrender of Granted Right of Occupancies in exchange for Derivative Titles in Tanzania and land acquisition process.
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Assisted and advised several local and international corporations on the acquisition of fiscal and non-fiscal incentives with the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) and the Exports Processing Zones Authority (EPZA).
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Advised International tourism company on tax-related implications on the merger and acquisition arrangements with Arumeru River Lodge (ARL) worth 20 billion TZS.
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Advised an extensive-invested Tanzanian tourism companies on tax proceedings involving over TZS 100 billion, stemming from an international share sale agreement concluded in another jurisdiction.
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Advised and represented several tourism companies on Transfer Pricing audits by the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA).
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Represented multiple clients before the Tanzania Revue Authority on issues of tax investigations, tax audit, tax tribunals (TRAB &TRAT) and Court of Appeal.
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Acted as a lead counsel in advising a local beverage supply company and an international beverage production company from South Africa on an international merger and acquisition pursuant to the legal and regulatory requirements by the Fair Competition Commission (FCC).
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Assisted and advised Viettel Tanzania Plc on legal and compliance matters on their Initial Public Offering of shares at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE). Acted as the lead counsel on tax, competition and land-related matters in assisting Viettel Tanzania PLC (Halotel) and its international affiliate Viettel Global JSC on the telecom towers acquisition arrangement of telecoms infrastructure (network towers) with a market-dominant telecom tower infrastructure company in Tanzania.
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Acted as lead counsel is several corporate transaction and company legal audits.
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Assisted and advised Viettel Tanzania Plc on the conclusion of Service Level Agreements on vast network interconnection arrangements involving Mobile Network Operators registered in three different countries.
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Advised Viettel Tanzania Plc on the conclusion on network management agreement with and overseas consultant on network optimization, sizing and identification of errors in the functioning of the network in Tanzania
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Assisted Vodacom PLC and its subsidiaries, HUAWEI INC and other companies in conducting Data Protection and Privacy gap analysis.
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Acted as a lead legal committee member in drafting proposals for legal amendment of laws governing Non-For-Profits in order to create more viable legal and regulatory frameworks from 2019 to 2021.
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Acted as a lead counsel in the creation of Model Law of Data Protection and Privacy.
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Provided opinions and commentaries on more than 40 Bills tabled in the parliament of Tanzania; including provisional of alternatives Bills.
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Participated in several strategic litigation and public interest litigation such as Constitution petition for the Cybercrime Act 2015 and the Online regulations, Constitution petition challenge the Media services Act.
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Acted as co researched in multiple human rights consultancies in area of freedom of expression, privacy right, minority rights and access to justice.