Shemane Amin is the Country Partner at ALN Tanzania | A&K Tanzania and a member of the Corporate Department. She also manages the firm’s client experience and is responsible for overseeing operations.
Shemane advises international and local acquiring firms and targets in various commercial transactions, including structuring joint ventures, asset purchase acquisitions, disposals of businesses, and share purchase acquisitions. Particularly in highly regulated Tanzanian sectors such as natural resources, insurance, financial services and telecommunications, Shemane guides clients through the relevant comprehensive due diligence investigations, pre-transaction structuring, drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation, and regulatory clearances. Shemane also specializes in guiding foreign investors entering the Tanzanian market on the establishment of their business structures, strategic fiscal and non-fiscal investment incentives, access to land, employment considerations, and the relevant legal and tax frameworks.
Shemane is one of Tanzania’s few US-Tanzanian dual-qualified lawyers, having been admitted to practice in both Massachusetts and Tanzania. Some of Shemane’s clients include BHP, Actis, SilverCorp Metals Inc., IFC, Google, Mastercard and DP World.
The experience of having filled various legal and non-legal management roles in domestic and large-scale multinational companies, as well as establishing her own business ventures in Tanzania, brings a practical and commercially sensitive approach to her legal practice.