Bupe-Kunda Kauseni

Bupe is an associate at the firm and is an expert in corporate and commercial law. She has experience in a variety of practice areas including banking and finance, energy and project development, employment law, conveyancing, data protection, as well as regulatory compliance. Bupe is also involved in commercial dispute resolution and has handled matters relating to employment, debt collection and commercial disputes.

Law Association of Zambia

University of Zambia, Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Zambia

Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education, Legal Practitioners’ Qualifying Examination Certificate (LPQE).

• Acting as local counsel to CMS Budapest on behalf of a consortium of lenders that have agreed to subscribe to a corporate bond in Hungary that will be used to finance the bond issuer’s subsidiaries’ construction of a road and bridge between Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo through a public, private partnership model.
• Acting as local counsel for White & Case South Africa on behalf of the Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division) in relation to a debt financing package for the upgrading and modernisation of a one stop border post pursuant to two concession agreements for each side of the border.
• Advising a Chinese-State owned enterprise as a contractor on an Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contract for the construction of Kafue West – Muzuma 330kV Double Circuit Transmission Lines on behalf of ZESCO limited for the total value of circa USD 89 million.
• Acting for Mpande Clean Energy Company Limited, a subsidiary of a chinse state owned enterprise, on its construction and development of a 7.5MW waste heat power station and a 36MWp PV power station in Lusaka with an intended private mine as an offtaker.
• Advised Sirius International Holding Limited on potential public-private partnership digital infrastructure projects in Zambia.
• Acted on behalf of Sakiza Spinning Limited in a landmark appeal concerning the enforceability of a duty to negotiate in good faith during pre-contractual negotiations.
• Acted on behalf of BL & D Plant Hire and Sales Limited in a corporate dispute involving a shareholder’s petition to wind up the company.
• Advised Multichoice Zambia Limited on the implications of the 2022 Draft Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes (Critical Information Infrastructure) Regulations on its operations and providing recommendations to address potential challenges.
• Acted on a Vendor due diligence involving one of Zambia’s top OMCs providing comprehensive legal and regulatory advice on the potential reorganisation of its business.