Alternate Corporate Forms: Benefits, Ideal Clients, and Effective Legal Guidance

Chipo C. Nyambuya | CZL P.C

Chipo C. Nyambuya, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CZL P.C., leads Legal Services. She is a highly respected corporate council, legal consultant, and a leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR) development. She brings twenty-six years of cross-sector experience as a lawyer and policy advisor for corporations, social entrepreneurs/social enterprises, start-ups, international development agencies, and governments. Chipo is a certified Mediator, has supported healthcare agencies to comply with regulatory audits necessary to operate.

Prior to founding CZL P.C., Chipo was the Director of Experiential Learning and Professional Development at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Chipo has served as faculty at Northwestern University in International and Area Studies teaching CSR and International Development, and at Loyola University School of Law. She worked in Liberia with UNDP and supported the Ministry of Justice and Judiciary in post conflict Rule of Law and Governance. She is on the Board of Survivors’ Truths Liberia and both her legal and NGO work is focused on peacebuilding and economic liberation.

She is the daughter of a Liberian mother and Zimbabwean father has contributed to her strong interests in anti-racism, decolonization, diversity, equity, and inclusion in Liberian, other African, and other international communities. Having studied, traveled, lived, and worked in six continents in her lifetime, Chipo has learned about harmonizing cultures and that balancing profitability and productivity with sustainable operations and social responsibility greatly benefits both national and international clients and the communities they serve. While serving as Chief Compliance Counsel, Allen also managed legal matters for the company’s political activities, its risk management function, and handled litigation, traditional labor and employment, and intellectual property matters. Allen currently teaches an upper level course on in-house practice at Duke University School of Law as a senior lecturing fellow. Topics include ethics and compliance, public company matters, litigation, international law, employment law, and a wide variety of other corporate law topics.

I. Key alternate corporate forms | 1:00pm – 1:15pm

II. The benefits of alternate corporate forms | 1:15pm – 1:30pm

III. The ideal clients for alternate corporate forms | 1:30pm – 1:45pm

IV. Advising clients with alternate corporate structures | 1:45pm – 2:00pm