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Trusted legal counsel across Tanzania Mainland

Premium legal representation for businesses, institutions, and high-stakes matters.

Machibya Professional Attorneys is a Dodoma-based law firm delivering litigation, corporate advisory, land, labour, banking, tax, conveyancing, and dispute-resolution services with professionalism, integrity, and measurable client commitment.

2011

Established in Dodoma and serving clients nationwide since July 2011.

80+

Clients supported across business, education, hospitality, and private legal matters.

5

Regions actively served, including Dodoma, Singida, Tabora, Morogoro, and Dar es Salaam.

Why the firm stands out

A modern legal partner with proven operating discipline.

Registered & compliant

Registered under Tanzanian law with active tax and business compliance.

High-trust practice

Built on quality service, ethical responsibility, and reliable legal judgment.

Broad sector exposure

Experience across education, hospitality, medicine, trade, and private matters.

About the firm

Legal excellence built on service, integrity, and enduring client relationships.

Founded by Advocate Elias Michael Machibya after years of sector experience, Machibya Professional Attorneys was established to provide serious, dependable, and professionally grounded legal service to the Tanzanian market.

The firm serves both individuals and corporate clients, combining strategic advisory support with courtroom representation, legal drafting, dispute management, and education-oriented legal outreach.

Vision

To be the most professional, committed, and client-serving law firm in its market space.

Mission

To render legal services with keen adherence to professionalism and principled commitment in serving clients.

Core values

  • • Serving people is a divine obligation.
  • • Quality service and impeccable integrity have no alternative.
  • • Every client is treated as a business companion.
  • • Enduring relationships matter more than transactions.
  • • Responsible citizenship is reflected in accountability and tax compliance.

General objectives

Provide legal services to individuals and corporate clients.

Render legal aid to assessed needy people in society.

Promote legal education, democracy, and human rights awareness.

Mentor law students and strengthen practical legal training.

Develop new lawyers through intensive legal practice exposure.

Practice strengths

Depth where clients need certainty most.

The firm’s expertise reflects both wide practice coverage and focused strength in matters involving property, finance, labour, commercial risk, and dispute resolution.

Experience signal

72% of matters handled are land and mortgage related.

This experience pattern reflects practical strength in property disputes, security interests, financing issues, documentation, and land-linked commercial matters.

Land Law

Disputes, ownership issues, occupation questions, and land-related strategy.

Mortgage Financing

Financing structures, securities, defaults, and lender-borrower disputes.

Conveyancing

Transaction support, transfer documents, and title-related legal processing.

Banking & Finance

Corporate finance, transactional risk, and financial legal advisory services.

Corporate & Commercial

Business law, governance, contracts, and commercial structuring.

Labour & Employment

Employment disputes, workplace compliance, and labour-related advisory support.

Tax & Contract

Legal review for obligations, exposures, and enforceability considerations.

Arbitration & Mediation

Alternative dispute resolution for efficient and commercially sensible outcomes.

Why clients engage the firm

A disciplined approach from first consultation to final resolution.

1. Understand the matter deeply

The firm begins with facts, legal position, commercial implications, and outcome priorities before recommending the route forward.

2. Structure the right legal path

Whether advisory, negotiation, filing, defense, drafting, or mediation, each matter is shaped around practical legal strategy.

3. Execute with consistency

Clients benefit from responsive communication, professional preparation, and a standards-driven service culture.

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Leadership & team

A team structured to support advocacy, operations, and dependable client service.

The firm combines legal expertise, operational support, administration, and systems assistance to keep matters moving with consistency.

Elias M. Machibya

Founder & Managing Advocate

Elias M. Machibya

Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania since 2010, founder of the firm, accredited arbitrator and mediator, and an experienced practitioner in litigation, land, labour, banking, mortgage financing, contract, matrimonial, probate, and procurement matters. He has also served on various boards and as company secretary for several organizations.

Lucy Fidelis Lusenge

Advocate

Lucy Fidelis Lusenge

Experienced in labour, land, banking, insurance, human rights, and business law, supported by legal practice training and active advocacy work.

Frank David Mihambo

Legal Officer

Frank David Mihambo

Contributes to work across probate, land, civil, labour, juvenile, and matrimonial practice areas with growing professional depth.

Boniface Atanas Augustine

Legal Officer

Boniface Atanas Augustine

Supports legal work through court attachment experience, legal research, law firm exposure, and practice development.

Systems Support

Frank Odson Nkone

Provides systems and technical support backed by computer application knowledge and operational assistance for the firm.

Linah Gaspar Shayo

Administration

Linah Gaspar Shayo

Supports client coordination, office organization, and day-to-day administrative execution for the firm.

Godfrey Mwankanye

Operations

Godfrey Mwankanye

Supports firm mobility and logistics as part of the operational service backbone that keeps matters moving efficiently.

Frequently asked questions

Clear answers for prospective clients.

A few essential questions clients often consider before engaging the firm.

Does the firm serve only Dodoma-based clients?

No. While the office is based in Dodoma, the firm renders services throughout Tanzania Mainland and has already served clients across multiple regions.

Can the firm assist both businesses and individuals?

Yes. The profile shows service delivery to corporate clients, institutions, and individual clients in both advisory and litigation matters.

What are the strongest practice areas?

The firm practices broadly, with particularly strong experience in land, mortgage financing, conveyancing, litigation, banking, labour, contract, and commercial matters.

Does the firm provide community-oriented legal support?

Yes. The firm profile includes legal aid, legal education, seminars, workshops, and community outreach as part of its stated objectives and activities.

Contact

Position your matter for the right legal outcome.

Whether you need representation, strategic advisory support, legal drafting, or a second opinion on a complex issue, the firm is ready to respond with professionalism and care.

Office: 1st Floor, Atiman Inn Building, Plot No. 6 Block F, Mpwapwa Road/Jamhuri Street, Dodoma

Phone: +255 784 700 984 · +255 759 840 867 · +255 712 505 141

Email: info@machibyaattorneys.co.tz

Website: www.machibyaattorneys.co.tz

Corporate law support

Responsive legal counsel for growing companies, directors, managers, and institutions.

Dispute resolution

Trusted representation for contentious, urgent, and high-sensitivity legal matters.

Land & finance matters

Strong handling of property, conveyancing, mortgage financing, and banking-linked disputes.

Legal education & aid

The firm continues to support community learning, legal awareness, and access-oriented service.

Best fit for clients who need

Professional legal judgment, practical business awareness, strong land and litigation capability, and a relationship-focused service model with Tanzanian operating context.