International Arbitration 2026

ZIMBABWE Law and Practice Contributed by: Prince Kanokanga and Davison Kanokanga, Kanokanga & Partners

Kanokanga & Partners is a multi-award-winning law firm established in 1991. It is one of the oldest post- independence indigenous law firms in Zimbabwe. Based in Harare, it is widely regarded as a leading corporate, commercial and family law practice. The firm has been connected across the continent and internationally as a member of the Nextlaw Referral Network of Dentons since 11 September 2016, ena - bling it to connect clients to high-quality lawyers and

law firms around the world. The Nextlaw Referral Net - work is the largest legal referral network in the world, with more than 300 member firms and 18,600 law - yers covering 160 countries. This enhances the firm’s ability to provide efficient and cost-effective servic - es to its clients. The firm’s lawyers are certified and trained arbitrators, tribunal secretaries and counsel with experience in both domestic and international commercial arbitration.

Authors

Prince Kanokanga is an associate in the dispute resolution department at Kanokanga & Partners. He has a wealth of experience in aviation, corporate and commercial law, family law and social enterprises. Prince is

Davison Kanokanga is the founder and managing partner of Kanokanga & Partners. He also heads the firm’s dispute resolution department. He has over 37 years of professional and legal experience and was listed as

an alumnus of the prestigious China-Africa Legal Professionals Exchange Programme 2024. He is also a budding scholar and an HKIAC-accredited Tribunal Secretary. Prince is considered one of the rising figures in dispute resolution in Zimbabwe. He is also a panel member of the Alternative Dispute Solutions Centre and the Commercial Arbitration Centre, and is listed on the Law Society of Zimbabwe President’s list of arbitrators and mediators.

one of the top arbitrators in Africa in 2021 by a leading legal directory. Davison sits on Zimbabwe’s Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal with one other senior lawyer and two High Court judges. He is the pre-eminent authority on arbitration in Zimbabwe and author of the leading academic texts on the subject in the country. He is also a chartered arbitrator and a certified mediator.

Kanokanga & Partners Suite 1 1st Floor Mizrahi House 33 Robson Manyika Avenue Harare Zimbabwe Tel: +263 242 756 681 Fax: +263 242 752 918 Email: davison@kanokangalawfirm.co.zw Web: www.kanokangalawfirm.net

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