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Dr. Luhende

Head of Tax and Natural Resource Law Departmen

Dr. Luhende is the immediate former Solicitor General of the United Republic of Tanzania from October 2022-2024, before that he served as the Deputy Solicitor General from July, 2020. He also worked as a Tax Consultant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers Tanzania and a Lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, School of Law. He specializes in tax law, mining & petroleum law, corporate law, arbitration, civil and commercial litigation, with both academic and practical experiences. Dr. Luhende has represented the government of Tanzania and state-owned enterprises in arbitral disputes before distinguished tribunals such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), ICC International Court of Arbitration, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) as well as domestic arbitration under National Construction Council (NCC), Tanzania Institute of Arbitrators (Tiarb) and many other ad hoc arbitrations. Dr. Luhende has also represented the government in the High Court of Tanzania and the Court of Appeal as well as the quasi-judicial tribunals including the Tax Revenue Appeals Tribunal, the Fair Competition Tribunal and Public Procurement Appeal Authority. Additionally, he has successfully negotiated several large transactions in the energy, telecommunication, agriculture, manufacturing, aviation, shipping, mining, tourism, banking, real estate, construction and other sectors. Dr. Luhende is an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania and subordinate courts, registered Tax Consultant with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) as well as an accredited Arbitrator and Mediator. Dr. Luhende holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Upstream Oil and Gas Taxation (Cape Town), Master of Laws (LL.M) in Mining Taxation (Dar es Salaam), Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law School of Tanzania (2013) and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) with Honours (Dar es Salaam). Dr. Luhende has taught and continues to teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in tax law, arbitration, commercial law, mining & petroleum law and civil commercial litigation at the University of Dar es Salaam, Institute of Tax Administration, University of Dodoma and Eastern, Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) and University of Cape Town, (South Afric