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Lex Chambers

 

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Organisation
Lex Chambers
I practise/work in
  • International Arbitration
Profile Photo (Headshot or Logo)
Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr)
Mr.
How you'd like your name to appear in the directory
Isaac Bizumuremyi
Gender
Male
Country
Rwanda
Country of Birth
Uganda
Nationalities
Rwandan
Languages
English
Individual Member Profession (see note below)
  • Arbitrator
  • Counsel
  • Mediator/Conciliator
  • Arbitration/ADR Expert Witness
Number of Cases as Counsel in international arbitration/ADR
6-20
Number of Cases as Sole Arbitrator in international arbitration
1-5
Number of Cases as Co-Arbitrator in international arbitration
6-20
Number of Cases as International Tribunal Chair
1-5
Areas of Speciality
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Corporate Law / M&A
  • Employment
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Finance & Banking
  • Intellectual Property
  • International Commercial Disputes
  • International Investment Disputes
  • Investment law
  • Joint Venture
  • Professional Services
  • Real Estate
  • Sales & Purchases
Degrees/Qualifications, Institutions and Dates Obtained
LLM, International Dispute Resolution, Queen Mary University of London
LLM. International trade and Commercial law, University of Essex, UK
MA Human Rights, University of London
LLB. National University of Rwanda
Post Graduate Certificate in international Business law, University of Cumbria (UK)
Certificate in Practical Mediation skills, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Certificate in FIDIC forms of Contracts
List Arbitration/ADR Panels you belong to
KIgali International Arbitration Center (KIAC)
Professional Experience (Job Title, Organisation and Dates)
Private lawyer for 17 years with significant experience in commercial arbitration, corporate, commercial transactions and employment
Biography
Isaac is the Managing Partner at Lex Chambers, a Law Firm in the Rwandan Capital, Kigali, and he has been practicing at the same Law Firm since 2008. At Lex Chamber, Isaac heads Arbitration, corporate, and commercial desk. He serves the Firm’s clients in a manner that can best be described as highly professional and satisfying in terms of quality and timely service. Lex Chambers is among the 5 top tier Law Firms in Rwanda and has been ranked by East Africa Law Society as such since 2013. Lex Chambers is a member of the Leading Law Firms Forum at East Africa Law Society.

In his capacity as a lawyer, Isaac is a representative of his clients, an officer of the legal system and a public citizen having special responsibility for the quality of justice. This implies that he understands the importance of a trust and confidence, which a client bestows into his/her lawyer to protect and secure his/her interest whether it is already threatened, or there is a potential threat. To this end, Isaac treats and gives maximum special attention to the legal concerns of his clients and working with them through constant communications and regular updates on the progress of resolution of their issues, be at advisory level, or at litigation, or arbitration process. Isaac has served a number of international corporate clients at advisory, and litigation, and arbitration processes of dispute resolution.

Isaac who is a certified and licenced insolvency administrator in Rwanda, holds LLM in International trade and Commercial Law from University of Essex, England, MA in Human Rights at the University of London in 2004, a Post Graduate Certificate in international Business law, University of Cumbria (UK) 2018, and LLB degree from National University of Rwanda in 1999.

In addition to the above academic qualification, Isaac holds Membership certificate and is a member at Chartered Institute of Arbitrators [CIArb-London] since 2014. Isaac holds Certificate in FIDIC construction contracts (1999). He is on panel of domestic arbitrators at Kigali International Arbitration Centre, a member of East African Law Society, a member of INSOL international, and American Bankruptcy Institute [ABI]
Legal Background
  • Civil Law
  • Common Law
Qualified in (specify jurisdiction(s))
Rwanda
Types of agreements from which disputes in your practice most frequently arise
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • Insurance
  • Loan
  • Sale of Business
  • Sale of Goods
  • Share Purchase/Joint Venture
  • Tender Processes
Website Address
www.lexchambers.attorney



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