20 January 2020

New member in Congo – Brazzaville

It gives us great pleasure to advise that our existing member in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will now represent the Congo – Brazzaville region.

Located in the heart of downtown Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, Emery Mukendi Wafwana & Associates, SARLU, is a law firm that provides investors and financiers, informed opinion and legal assistance related to their projects in the Republic of Congo and in other countries of the Central Africa sub-region members of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), and French-speaking countries of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA).

Chairperson of LEX Africa, Pieter Steyn says “We have a long standing relationship with Emery Mukendi Wafwana & Associates and have no doubt that they will continue to add great value in the Central Africa region.”

This brings the total LEX Africa member count to 26 countries and 7 in Francophone Africa. We remain the first and largest African Legal Alliance with an established track record of advising and assisting clients in Africa since 1993.

English, French

243, BVD Charles de Gaulle, Mayombe Tower – Entrance A, 8th floor, Pointe-Noire, Congo

English, French, Lingala, Swahili, Tshiluba

2380, Avenue Goma, Bldg 14 Perles, 7th Floor, Apt 702, Gombe, Kinshasa, DRC

Pathy Liongo & Associates (PLA)

The Central, 96 Rivonia Road, Sandton, 2196, Johannesburg, South Africa

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