Banking and Finance

Our banking and finance team have many years’ experience advising both banks and borrowers on a wide range of loan and security arrangements frequently involving a cross-border element. We provide efficient project management of a transaction and deliver commercial practical solutions to any issues that arise. Our team of experienced lawyers provide an integrated service working closely with other groups within the firm where necessary.

Our clients include Commercial and Community Banks and, on the borrower side, business and high-net worth individuals. We are also experienced in advising investee companies on private equity clients on acquisition finance and re-financing transactions in addition to their continuing banking arrangements.

Our expertise in this area includes:
♦Acquisition finance
♦Property finance
♦Finance for the not-for-profit sector
♦Asset finance/asset backed lending
♦Project finance
♦Drafting and advising on standard form documents
♦Debt restructuring
♦Enforcement and insolvency

Corporate

We provide legal advice across all manner of corporate matters to help businesses of all sizes develop and grow, whether organically or through mergers and acquisitions. We are able to facilitate such transactions from beginning to end. At the same time we also advise and facilitate overseas Companies in opening offices or acquiring businesses or assets in The United Republic of Tanzania.

We are experienced in corporate transactions of all types, from constitutional issues to shareholder agreements, and advising management teams and financiers on financial and investment structures and agreements. We are also experienced in Private Equity deals in various sectors, and act for investors seeking out new opportunities in emerging markets and the East African Region.

Our Corporate Department offer commercial services ranging from dealing with standard terms and conditions of sale, to negotiating and advising on an extensive range of commercial contracts, franchise agreements and agency/distribution agreements.

Construction and Projects

Troy Corporate Attorney’s construction team offers a full range of construction legal services to both domestic and international construction projects and we work closely with our property and litigation departments to provide a full service to our clients.

Our non-contentious construction work often involves working with a firm’s property lawyers and we always ensure that our advice is delivered in the context of the whole transaction and the commercial drivers behind it. We are also able to call upon specialists elsewhere within the firm when necessary to advise on matters such as project finance and banking, tax, health & safety, and The Tanzanian Procurement rules compliance and competition.

We understand that most clients would prefer to resolve their construction dispute without resorting to formal dispute resolution and we are well versed in the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques including negotiation, mediation, conciliation, joint expert determination and dispute review boards. When full scale litigation or arbitration is unavoidable, we will staff the matter with an experienced partner-led team who will deal with the matter in the most cost-effective manner and will strive to achieve the most commercially advantageous solutions for our client.

We advise both employers and contractors on all types of construction disputes whether adjudication, expert determination, litigation and national or international arbitration .

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Troy Corporate Attorneys is one of the leading law firm in litigation practice, providing clients with a sure-footed approach in relation to all types of disputes.

We understand that most clients, whether commercial or private, would prefer to resolve a dispute without resorting to litigation, and at minimum expense. With this in mind, and with an in-depth knowledge of litigation practice and the increasingly complex area of alternative dispute resolution, we are able to put clients in the best position to make informed decisions to bring about resolution of even the most complex situations.

Our litigation practice is built on a framework of specialists who combine solid general contentious skills with expertise in specific areas.