Our Team

Home  /  Our Team

Our Team

Meet the partners and associates who make ECM Advocates.

Our people

One standard: your best outcome

Our team brings together experience across constitutional, corporate, banking, mining, property and dispute resolution work — united by a commitment to getting the best result for you.

Managing & Senior Partner

Ernest Chitumwa Mwansa

Constitutional · Corporate · Litigation

An Advocate of the High Court for Zambia with over 38 years of experience in law, governance and public service. He holds an LLB (1986) and an LLM in Constitutional Law (2014) from the University of Zambia, with postgraduate diplomas in Public Health and International Health from the Nordic School of Public Health, Sweden, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. His practice spans litigation, constitutional, corporate and commercial law, conveyancing, labour and pension law, and international trade. He has served on the Mwanakatwe Constitution Review Commission, as Spokesperson for the Technical Committee on Drafting the Zambian Constitution, as a Deputy Minister and as a Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament.

Partner

Major Hanzala Jack Mwaaba (Rtd)

Property · Family · Criminal Law

Holds an LLB from Zambia Open University (2013) and was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court for Zambia in 2018. He practises with a focus on property law, commercial law, family law, wills and estates, and criminal law litigation.

Partner

Annette Mulimbika Chilongoshi

Banking · Project Finance · Mining

A dedicated attorney with over 12 years of experience in commercial and corporate law, banking, project finance, and environmental and mining rights. Her work spans high-profile transactions including USD 190 million financing for the Kafue Gorge Lower Hydropower Project, USD 30 million for River View Park, a USD 19 million tourism-sector merger, and the recapitalisation of ZCCM Investment Holdings PLC. She holds an LLB from the University of Zambia and a CIPS (UK) certificate, and has served at Stanbic Bank Zambia, NAPSA and Corpus Legal Practitioners.

Associate

Kutemwa Zombe

Corporate · Litigation · Conveyancing

Holds an LLB in Commercial Law from the University of Zambia and was admitted to the Zambian Bar in 2024. A member of the Law Association of Zambia, he focuses on the preparation, negotiation and review of commercial agreements and legal documents across corporate and commercial law, litigation, conveyancing, family law and employment law.

Join us

Build your career at ECM Advocates

We are always interested in hearing from talented advocates and support staff who share our standards.