Tafadzwa Pasipanodya is a partner in Foley Hoag LLP’s international litigation and arbitration department and chair of its Africa practice. She has represented sovereign states and state entities from across the globe in almost 40 disputes before international courts and arbitral tribunals. These matters have addressed a broad spectrum of issues, including mining, oil and gas, the environment, human rights, infrastructure, the law of the sea, territorial boundaries, and taxation.
Tafadzwa helped lead a team that successfully defended Nepal in its first investment arbitration, a US$422 million tax claim. Other victories on behalf of her clients include helping Mauritius defeat an ICSID arbitration claim brought by UK investors concerning the Le Morne UNESCO World Heritage Site commemorating resistance against slavery, as well as helping Uruguay defeat a $4 billion claim concerning the denial of an iron mining permit. She is also a member of the team that helped The Gambia secure a historic provisional measures order from the ICJ instructing Myanmar to stop the genocide of the Rohingya people.
Tafadzwa’s other current or past clients include: Armenia, Bangladesh, Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Georgia, Ghana, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Kenya, Malawi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Petrobangla, the Philippines, Slovakia,...
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"Tafadzwa has impressed me with her strategic insights and analysis of apparently minor details"
"She can make the expert of the other party say exactly what the tribunal needs to hear"
"Tafadzwa offers her clients in-depth knowledge and attention to details paired with professionalism"