HomeOfficesFind UsAfrica

Our Correspondent Offices in Africa

BUJUMBURA (Burundi)

De Wolf & Partners' permanent corresponding office in Bujumbura is NZEMBA OFFICE comprising three Burundese lawyers.
The office is headed by Déogratias Nzemba.
Déogratias has been the president of the commercial court in Bujumbura.
He joined the bar in 1993. He was elected as the bar president in 2000 and was re-elected in 2002.
He specialized in commercial law, international arbitration and transport.
He is the president of the club Ohada Burundi.

He is a member of the Union Internationale des Avocats and of the East African Law Society.

Déogratias Nzemba

13, Avenue de la Révolution
B.P: 6010 Bujumbura-Burundi
Tel: +257 22 212902
Fax: +257 22 217632
Mob: +257 77 742000

E-mail : dnzemba@yahoo.fr

KIGALI (Rwanda)

De Wolf & Partners’ permanent corresponding office in Kigali, K-SOLUTIONS & PARTNERS, comprises four Rwandese partners working together as one professional team.
K-SOLUTIONS & PARTNERS is headed by Mr. Julien Kavaruganda.
Julien has been working with Brussels’ partners Patrick De Wolf and Gérald Stevens for several years.
The office in Kigali is specialized in matters such as corporate, labour, finance, non-profit organizations and different commercial issues.
From 2008 to date, Julien Kavaruganda has been recommended by CHAMBERS & PARTNERS, a leading directory in the legal field.

K-SOLUTIONS & PARTNERS
RUE MASAKA 1
RUGUNGA – KIYOVU
KIGALI – RWANDA

Julien Kavaruganda

Tel: + 250 788 300 926

KINSHASA (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Lubala & Associés

Immeuble BCDC (12ème étage)
Boulevard  du 30 juin
Kinshasa-Gombe
République Démocratique du Congo

Emmanuel Lubala Mugisho

Tel : + 243 998 62 63 69

De Wolf & Partners’ permanent corresponding office in Kinshasa, Lubala & Associés comprises four Congolese lawyers working together as one sole team with the Belgian lawyers of our African Desk.

Lubala & Associés is headed by Mr. Emmanuel Lubala.

Emmanuel has been working with Brussels partners Francis Goffin and Herman Lemaire for several years. He is a graduate in corporate law from the University of Kinshasa, DRC, and holds a Master’s degree in political and social sciences from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He has been a researcher in the same university for many years. Emmanuel is a member of the Kinshasa Bar and the Group of Congolese Experts of Belgium. He is fluent in French, Swahili and Lingala and has a good knowledge of English.

Emmanuel has practiced corporate law in DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, as well as in Belgium.

For the past 20 years, he has specialized in matters of corporate, mining and tax law, assisting and acting as counsel to several national and international clients in setting up, liquidating and winding up companies. In addition, he has negotiating special regimes with the government. Emmanuel has specific legal expertise in mining fields, taxation of mining enterprises, acquisition and commercialization of mining products, the drawing up of investment projects in mining and other sectors, and has taken part in numerous discussions with the Congolese government regarding the privatization of public sector enterprises, notably those in the mining sector.

Emmanuel also has a broad expertise in the telecom and banking sectors. He acts as liquidator of Congolese banking companies.

From 2006 to date, he was recommended (band 2) by Chambers & Partners, a leading directory in the legal field.