RWANDA Law and Practice Contributed by: Jean Pierre Kesteloot and Penina Ngabire, Liedekerke Great Lakes
Liedekerke Great Lakes is a business law firm lo - cated in Kigali in Rwanda and is the second subsidi - ary of Liedekerke in Central Africa. It is a premium Belgian full-service business law firm with offices in Brussels, London, Kinshasa and Kigali. It has a strong advisory practice based on sector expertise and an in-depth knowledge of Belgian/European law, Rwandan law, Burundian law and Congolese/OHADA
law. Drawing on over 40 years of experience working on Africa-related matters and the expertise of more than 130 lawyers, the firm offers unparalleled experi - ence and support in Rwanda and Burundi. It advises clients on all aspects of cross-border and domestic transactions (corporate, data protection, employ - ment, finance, international dispute resolution, IP/IT, real estate, regulatory and transport).
Authors
Jean Pierre Kesteloot is a counsel at Liedekerke Great Lakes and is specialised in aviation and transport law, as well as in insurance law. He has acquired in-depth experience in these fields while working on
Penina Ngabire is part of the Liedekerke Great Lakes corporate and finance practice. She advises national and international clients on various aspects of corporate law with a focus on M&A and company set-up
numerous transactions and litigation on behalf of Belgian and foreign carriers and insurers. He has assisted multiple aircraft leasing companies in transactions involving the leasing of passenger and cargo jets to various Central African airlines. He is also the author of several publications, primarily on transport law and insurance law, including a reference book on transport law (Droit des transports [Transport Law], Larcier, 2020). He teaches transport insurance law at UCLouvain FUCaM (Mons, Belgium).
and management. She is part of the firm’s growing mining and aviation practices and assists clients in navigating the regulatory frameworks of both sectors. She is a registered member of the Rwanda Bar Association and the East African Law Society and holds a post graduate diploma in legal practice from the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD) and a Bachelor’s degree in Law from University of Kigali (Rwanda).
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