Désiré Kamanzi

Désiré Kamanzi is Head of ENS in Rwanda. He is an advocate in business law, with a focus on commercial, contract, banking and finance, energy and infrastructure, labour and employment, mining, telecommunications and alternative dispute resolution. Désiré’s experience includes assisting leading local and international investors in establishing their businesses in Rwanda, and he has acted for a number of major listed and unlisted clients in the mining, telecommunications, transport and financial services sectors. Désiré serves as the secretary general for the Rwandan Law Society and has advised the Rwandan government through its Investment and Export Promotion Agency (currently the Rwanda Development Board) as its chief legal counsel and director for trade and investment promotion. He has lectured at the law faculty of the National University of Rwanda and has been intricately involved in the drafting of key priority areas of Rwandan law. Désiré is a member of the Kigali Bar Association. · ENSafrica

RwandaCorporate / M&A, Commercial Contracts

About

Head of ENS in Rwanda and an advocate in business law with a focus on commercial contracts, banking & finance, energy and infrastructure, labour and employment, mining, telecommunications and alternative dispute resolution. He advises local and international investors, has acted for major clients in mining, telecommunications, transport and financial services, serves as secretary general of the Rwandan Law Society and has advised the Rwandan government through the Investment and Export Promotion Agency (now the Rwanda Development Board).

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ACommercial ContractsBanking & FinanceEnergy & InfrastructureLabour & EmploymentMiningTelecommunicationsDispute Resolution

Office

Rwanda

ENSafrica · Désiré Kamanzi is Head of ENS in Rwanda. He is an advocate in business law, with a focus on commercial, contract, banking and finance, energy and infrastructure, labour and employment, mining, telecommunications and alternative dispute resolution. Désiré’s experience includes assisting leading local and international investors in establishing their businesses in Rwanda, and he has acted for a number of major listed and unlisted clients in the mining, telecommunications, transport and financial services sectors. Désiré serves as the secretary general for the Rwandan Law Society and has advised the Rwandan government through its Investment and Export Promotion Agency (currently the Rwanda Development Board) as its chief legal counsel and director for trade and investment promotion. He has lectured at the law faculty of the National University of Rwanda and has been intricately involved in the drafting of key priority areas of Rwandan law. Désiré is a member of the Kigali Bar Association.

Rwanda

Expertise

Foreign and local investor market entryMining sectorTelecommunications sectorTransport sectorFinancial servicesGovernment advisory and investment promotion

Education

Bachelor of Law (with Honours), National University of Rwanda
LLL, National University of Rwanda
LLM in International Business Law, University of Ottawa

Admissions

Advocate of the High Court of Rwanda
Member of the Kigali Bar Association