Our Team

Attorneys

Shakwa

Shakwa Nyambe

Managing Partner

Shafimana

Shafimana Shimakeleni

Senior Associate

Esther

Esther Kiangi

ASSOCIATE DESIGNATE

Loide

Loide Hamutumwa

Candidate Attorney

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Mercy Nasilele

ASSOCIATE DESIGNATE

Advisors and Consultants

Simba

Simba Nduna

Commercial & Corporate Consultant

Stanley

Stanley Kambonde

Specialist Minerals Advisor

ADMIN

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Shiwomeho Kalla

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

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Claassens Chombo

OFFICE ASSISTANT

Shakwa Nyambe

MANAGING PARTNER

B. Juris & LLB (Namibia),
LLM (Oil & Gas Law with Professional Skills) (United Kingdom)
PGDip (Drafting & Interpretation of Contracts) (South Africa)

Shafimana Shimakeleni

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

LLB (Honours) (Namibia)
LLM (Oil & Gas with Professional Skills) (United Kingdom)

Esther Kiangi

ASSOCIATE DESIGNATE

LLB (Honours) (UK)
LLM (Oil Gas and Mining Law) (United Kingdom)

Loide Hamutumwa

CANDIDATE ATTORNEY

B. JURIS& LLB Hon, LLM (Namibia)
LLM (Petroleum Taxation and Finance) (United Kingdom)
Dipl. Commerce (Namibia)
BTech in Administration (Namibia)

Loide Hamutumwa has broad experience in Energy Finance and Taxation. With very impressive credentials, Loide holds a Diploma in Commerce, BTech: Administration (Namibia University of Science and Technology); B Juris, LLB (Honours), LLM (University of Namibia); LLM: Petroleum Taxation and Finance – distinction (University of Dundee).

For her in-depth knowledge in mineral & petroleum taxation and governance, she was appointed as a member to the government Petroleum and Mining Contracts Negotiating Team.

Loide’s other notable appointments include serving as a Convener of the Tax Tribunal. She is the present Secretary to the Namibia Double Taxation Agreements Negotiation Tax Team and a member to various SADC Working Groups on tax matters. Her career in Energy Finance started at the Solar Revolving Fund at Kongalend Financial Services (Pty) Ltd, prior to joining the UNDP-funded project Namibia Renewable Energy Programme (NAMREP), and later, joining the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

She enjoys writing tax journals and uses the knowledge and experience developed over years of working at the Legal Unit, Inland Revenue Department to educate taxpayers on tax compliance and tax justice.

Mercy Nasilele

ASSOCIATE DESIGNATE

Dipl. (Arbitration and Dispute Resolution), LLB (Honours) (Namibia)

Mercy Nasilele joined SNC Incorporated as a legal intern in 2021. She holds a Diploma in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, and a Bachelor of Laws Honours Degree (LLB) (Honours) from the University of Namibia.

She is presently enrolled with the Justice Training Centre of Namibia, in pursuit to become an Admitted legal practitioner of the High Court of Namibia.

Her favourite verse is Hebrews 11:1

”Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

Simba Nduna

COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE CONSULTANT

BL(Honours), LLB (Zimbabwe)

Simba Nduna is the holder of a Bachelor of Law (BL)(Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Zimbabwe. He practised as a Legal Practitioner in Zimbabwe for sixteen (16) years. Over that period, he dealt with corporate as well as commercial matters like providing legal advice to corporate, state-owned entities as well as institutions of higher learning. He also attended to related litigation.

In 2006, Simba joined the Office of the Prosecutor-General in Namibia as a State Advocate until 2020. In that capacity, he prosecuted criminal cases in the Lower Courts and High Courts of Namibia. Simba is also specialised in the handling of Money Laundering, Bribery, Compliance, Anti-Corruption as well as Extradition matters.

Stanley Kambonde

SPECIALIST MINERALS ADVISOR

B. Juris, LLB (Honours), LLM (United Kingdom)

Stanley has significant experience in Mining (both large and small scale), Environmental Law, Marine Regulation, Minerals Investment Leveraging and Commodities Brokering. He has been vividly involved in the mining industry, both as a legal mind and mining entrepreneur, for more than Seven (7) years.

Stanley not only understands the Namibian mining sector through the lens of legal and policy framework but has also grasped the technical operating components of a mining system along the value chain. Through such an in-depth technical, theoretical and investment-leveraging understanding, Stanley provides clients with expert advice and solutions (both legal and business) to complex aspects of the minerals sector.

He has provided advisory services to various national and international corporations in the mining industry, including on contractual, legislative and regulatory frameworks. Further, Stanley has brokered and negotiated numerous transactions ranging from sale of mineral commodities, sale/transfer of mineral licenses and the successful setting up of mining operations.

He holds a B. Juris, LLB (Honours) from the University of Namibia and LLM in Oil, Gas and Mining from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom.

Shiwomeho Kalla

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

B. OMT (Namibia)

Shiwomeho is an experienced administrative professional, with top-notch organizational skills and a solid background in the management function. Her professional career spans over a decade of providing high-level, confidential, executive secretarial support to senior management teams in private sector Namibia. She started her career at the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2011 before joining the executive office of United Africa Group.

Prior to joining SNC Incorporated, she served as an Office Manager for an international development agency. She has an excellent reputation for driving operational improvements and inspiring organisational excellence. 

Shiwomeho holds a Certificate in Management and Marketing from the Saarland University of Applied Sciences and a Bachelor of Office Management and Technology qualification from the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)

Claassens Chombo

OFFICE ASSISTANT

BBA (Honours) (Namibia)

Claassens Chombo is a Bachelor of Business Administration Honours Degree graduate from the University of Namibia and is presently employed as an Office Assistant. He describes himself as highly motivated and lives by a quote by Marie Forleo which states:

“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently”