Linda Kasonde
Linda Kasonde is a legal practitioner based in Lusaka, Zambia. Ms. Kasonde was admitted to the Zambian Bar in 2001. Linda obtained an LLB Law Degree from the University of Leicester in England in 2000 and an LLM Law Degree from the University of Cape Town. She was previously a named partner at the firm Mulenga Mundashi Kasonde Legal practitioners where she had worked for fifteen years. Previously, she worked as an Advocate at the National Legal Aid Clinic for Women for three years. Ms. Kasonde is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) in England and Zambia. She is a former member of the inaugural Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in Zambia.
Ms. Kasonde’s practice involves provision of legal advice on issues ranging from Company Law, Human Rights Law, Labour Law, Employment Law, contract law, commercial law, and other areas of the Law. Ms. Kasonde also drafts and negotiates contracts on behalf of clients and prepares legal opinions on various aspects of the law. Ms. Kasonde also competently conducts litigation on behalf of corporate and individual clients on matters including commercial disputes, debt recovery, insurance and employment disputes.
In April 2019 Linda was elected Vice-President for Africa of the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, the first Zambian woman to hold that position. She is also the Co-Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Africa Regional Forum. In 2016 she was elected the first ever female President of the Law Association of Zambia in April 2016, a position that she held until April 2018. Ms. Kasonde is a 2017 recipient of the IE University’s Extraordinary People Inspiring the IE Community (EPIC) Award in the ‘Women Inspiring Women’ category. In December 2016, the prestigious The Africa Report named her as one of the people to watch out for in 2017 in Southern Africa. Also, in December 2016, she was awarded the Zambia Society for Public Administration’s Justice Irene Chirwa Mambilima Distinguished Award in recognition of my contribution to the advancement of public service excellence in Zambia. She is the founder of the firm LCK Chambers and the Executive Director of a Zambian NGO called Chapter One Foundation Limited.