Southern Africa
Law firms in Malawi
4 law firms in Malawi, listed A to Z with their offices, practice areas and contacts – plus who admits lawyers in Malawi and how to check one.
The list
Law firms in Malawi, A to Z
Practice areas are shown as each firm describes them on its own website. Before you instruct a firm, check that the lawyer handling your matter is admitted in Malawi – how to check.
Your firm, Malawi
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Likongwe & Company
Plot Number 12/30, Off Dunduzu Street, Area 12, Lilongwe, Malawi
Languages: English
Lawyers named on its website: Pempho Likongwe, SC, Chikumbutso Sitima
M and L Partners
Office Block No. 1, Next to Media Solutions Group, Catholic Institute (C.I.), Along Blantyre-Chikwawa Road, Blantyre, Malawi
Languages: English
Lawyers named on its website: Lusungu Mtonga, Martin Chagoma, Alexander Chibayo
Sacranie, Gow and Company
2nd Floor, Livingstone Towers, Glyn Jones Road, Blantyre, Malawi
Also in Lilongwe · Languages: English · Founded 1949
Lawyers named on its website: Shabir Latif S.C., Hamza Latif
Sauti & Company Law Consultants
5th Floor, Delamere House, Victoria Avenue, Blantyre, Malawi
Also in Lilongwe · Languages: English · Founded 2015
Lawyers named on its website: Ralph Sauti Jr., Yanjanani Harawa
Checked October 2026 on each firm’s own website. Free listings are shown alphabetically. How we list · Update or remove a listing
Doing business in Malawi
Currency: Malawian kwacha (MWK)
New York Convention: Party – in force since 2021
Apostille: Party – in force since 2 Dec 1967
Company registry, tax, investment agency, permits and central bank – with links to official websites.
Before you instruct a firm
Lawyers and the law in Malawi
Checking a lawyer in Malawi
Who admits lawyers: Malawi Law Society (licensing under the Legal Education and Legal Practitioners Act, 2017); admission by the High Court of Malawi
Professional title: Legal Practitioner
Official roll: members.malawilawsociety.net
Search the Malawi Law Society's online member directory of licensed legal practitioners (members.malawilawsociety.net) and check its disciplined-members register.
Sources: malawilawsociety.net, members.malawilawsociety.net. Checked October 2026. Not legal advice.
The law in Malawi
Legal system: Common law (with customary law)
Official languages: English, Chichewa (national language)
General description, not legal advice. Legal systems of Africa
Questions
Lawyers in Malawi: questions
How many law firms are listed in Malawi?
4 firms, each checked on its own website in October 2026 – with offices in Blantyre, Lilongwe.
Which international firms and networks have offices in Malawi?
Firms listed here name these international firms or networks on their own websites: LEX Africa, Primerus.
Who admits lawyers in Malawi?
Malawi Law Society (licensing under the Legal Education and Legal Practitioners Act, 2017); admission by the High Court of Malawi. Search the Malawi Law Society's online member directory of licensed legal practitioners (members.malawilawsociety.net) and check its disciplined-members register.
What legal system does Malawi have?
Common law (with customary law).
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