Simon Kapampa

Simon Kapampa is a managing partner at Musa Dudhia & Co., the Zambian member of ALN, the pan-African alliance of leading corporate law firms. He leads a banking and finance practice serving domestic and international clients on some of the market's most significant transactions. His depth of experience in this field underpins his recognition as Banking & Finance Law Expert of the Year in Zambia at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026.

A leading Zambian firm within a pan-African alliance

Founded in 1958, Musa Dudhia & Co. is one of Zambia's longest-established legal firms and carries a strong reputation as a leading practice. As ALN Zambia, the firm is part of an integrated alliance of preeminent full-service corporate law firms across a group of African countries, supported by a regional office in Dubai serving as a gateway to the Gulf. This membership allows the firm to combine deep local knowledge of the Zambian market with the reach of a network spanning multiple African jurisdictions — a significant advantage for clients whose transactions cross borders.

Banking, finance and insolvency is one of the alliance's core service areas, covering work such as syndicated finance, project finance, asset financing, sovereign loans, and insolvency and restructuring. Within this framework, Simon Kapampa's Zambian practice operates at the centre of the country's most substantial financing activity.

Banking and finance expertise

Simon Kapampa specialises in all aspects of finance, including corporate finance, project finance, restructuring, refinancing, and bilateral and syndicated transactions. His work also extends to related areas such as energy, infrastructure, employment, insolvency and real estate — reflecting the reality that major financings are often bound up with the projects and assets they support. He has acted for a wide range of participants in the finance market, including multinational corporations, Zambian public and private companies, investment and retail banks, financial institutions, private-equity providers and international development-finance institutions.

His experience includes major financing matters, and he is recognised by the international directory IFLR1000, which has ranked him as a Notable Practitioner in its 2025 edition and recognised his expertise across corporate and commercial law, finance and project development. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Zambia and completed the Legal Practitioners' Qualifying Examination at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education, and he is a member of the Law Association of Zambia.

• Corporate finance, project finance and asset financing
• Restructuring, refinancing and insolvency
• Bilateral and syndicated transactions
• Energy, infrastructure and related project work

Recognised banking and finance expertise in Zambia

Recognition as Banking & Finance Law Expert of the Year in Zambia reflects Simon Kapampa's standing in a field that is central to economic development and investment. Complex financings demand advisers who understand both the legal mechanics of lending and security and the commercial and regulatory context in which deals are done, and who can coordinate the many parties a major transaction involves. As a managing partner in a long-established firm connected to a pan-African network, he is well placed to serve clients on their most important financing matters.

For banks, financial institutions, corporates, investors and development-finance bodies active in Zambia, Simon Kapampa and Musa Dudhia & Co. offer experienced, well-connected banking and finance counsel. His recognition as Banking & Finance Law Expert of the Year in Zambia at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026 underlines his reputation as a leading finance practitioner in the Zambian market.

As a managing partner, Simon Kapampa leads a banking and finance practice that pairs the standing of one of Zambia's oldest firms with the reach of a pan-African alliance. For the banks, corporates, investors and development-finance institutions behind Zambia's most significant financings, having counsel who commands both the legal mechanics of complex transactions and the country's commercial context is a decisive advantage, and it is this depth of finance expertise that the award recognises.