Reagan started his career in practice at Mainza & Company where he had interned while pursuing a bar qualification at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) in 2008. Upon being called to the bar, Reagan had a stint in the securities Department of ABSA (then Barclays, Zambia). He returned to private practice in 2011 at Mainza & Co, then Corpus Legal Practitioners, worked as a Research Advocate for the Judiciary of Zambia from 2013 – 2016. He returned to private practice working at 3 Firms in Lusaka before setting up the practice that bears his names in 2018.
Managing Partner at Reagan Blankfein Gates Legal Practitioners
Reagan’s practice focuses on the full spectrum of energy, mining and infrastructure, and includes corporate advisory, banking and finance, dispute resolution, transactional matters: mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, private equity, foreign collaborations, due diligence, regulatory approvals including joint ventures and licensing transactions. He has extensive experience in working in the Zambia region, having acted for mining concerns, multinationals, bidders, various corporates, and private individuals.
Reagan is an author of note having authored five different titles on Zambian company law and corporate Insolvency. His expertise is also called for in board led internal investigations, corporate governance issues, general corporate advisory and strategic advice as trusted counsel.
“Experienced Attorneys Aggressive Representation.”
A versatile indefatigable attorney with over 10 years post bar experience both in private and public practice, Reagan has been noted by clients as a lawyer who “exhibits sharp acumen”, for “great communication skills”, for “keen eye not to miss trouble spots” and for “resolving commercial matters and disputes ably and quickly.”
PUBLICATIONS:
- Gates Company Law and Practice in Zambia
- Gates on Understanding Company Law: A Conceptual and Functional Approach
- Gates on Understanding Corporate Insolvency Law
- Gates’ Concise Company Law
- Gates’ Concise Corporate Insolvency Law
MEMBERSHIPS & ACCREDITATIONS
- Law Association of Zambia
- Accredited Insolvency Practitioner
- Securities Investment Advisor Representative
WLA Zambia co-practice.
Every WLA co-practice matter involving Zambia law is handled by a named member of the team — jointly holding the matter alongside WLA partner firms in other jurisdictions.
Reagan Blankfein Gates Legal Practitioners co-practices alongside WLA partner firms in any other jurisdiction — jointly holding the matter under one Institutional framework.