DRC Law and Practice Contributed by: Aimery de Schoutheete, Serge Badibanga, Chloé Stassart and Trésor Badibake, Liedekerke
Liedekerke has a labour and employment depart - ment that is one of the largest employment teams within a full-service law firm in Belgium, and which is recognised as a leading practice. With a team of nine lawyers – including three partners – it advises and as - sists clients in all matters touching on labour and em - ployment law. With offices in Brussels, London, Kin - shasa and Kigali, the firm can offer seamless services wherever its clients choose to do business. Clients in - clude Belgian, foreign and multinational corporations
that are active in numerous industry sectors, such as energy, IT, automotive, retail, hotel, food and logis - tics. The labour and employment department advises public administrations and has particular experience in (international) transfers of undertaking, collective dismissal and reorganisations, closures, trade union negotiations, compensation and benefits, discrimina - tion law, social crimes and employment fraud, and more.
Authors
Aimery de Schoutheete is a partner at Liedekerke and advises mainly corporate clients on Congolese (DRC), Rwandan and Burundian labour and employment law. His practice encompasses issues such as
Chloé Stassart is a senior associate in Liedekerke’s labour and employment department and serves as the firm’s chief operating officer for Africa, leading the strategic development of its African practice.
employment termination, freelance contracts, employment litigation, collective lay-offs, international law in relation to employment contracts and Congolese social security law. He is the founder and head of the Liedekerke Africa department and the chair of Liedekerke’s subsidiaries in the DRC (Liedekerke DRC) and Rwanda (Liedekerke Great Lakes covering Rwanda and Burundi). He is the author/co-author of several publications on employment law. Aimery also has an extensive practice in commercial arbitration both as counsel and arbitrator.
She has extensive experience advising national and international clients, including large multinationals, public sector entities, and non-profit organisations, on all aspects of Belgian employment and social security law. She also represents clients in complex litigation before Belgian labour courts. In parallel with her Belgian practice, Chloé has developed in-depth expertise in Congolese, Rwandan, and Burundian labour law, which has fuelled her strong focus on the dynamic Central African market. From 2022 to 2024 she was in Kigali, managing Liedekerke’s subsidiary in Rwanda.
Serge Badibanga is deputy general manager of Liedekerke’s DRC office and a member of the Kinshasa/ Matete Bar. With more than 20 years of experience, Serge has developed solid expertise, both as an in-house
Trésor Badibake is a member of the Kinshasa/Matete Bar and is part of Liedekerke’s DRC office. He specialises in labour law and social security law and assists foreign and local companies in their operations.
lawyer and as external counsel. He has extensive experience in corporate, commercial and contract law. He has a proven track record in providing strategic advice, and in advising the firm’s national and international clients in relation to multi- jurisdictional, cross-border transactions as well as in litigation. Serge holds a Master’s in Business Law, a D.E.S. in Management and a Master’s in International Relations.
His clients include public and private actors, as well as regulators. Trésor has experience in banking law, telecommunications law, securities law, mining law and land law. He holds a Master’s in OHADA Business Law and Litigation. He is also a legal associate of Bewa & Associates in Kinshasa (DRC) on business law issues. Trésor is fluent in French and Lingala.
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