

Rohn Proctor is an independent business law firm established in Bujumbura under Burundian Laws. The firm is built upon almost a decade of practice in Corporate and Commercial, Banking and Finance, Employment and Company Policies, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Construction, and Dispute Settlement through diverse alternative resolutions.
The firm assists its invaluable clients from scratch and advises on how best to establish, secure and grow their investments, both tangible and intangible. We believe there is a legal solution to every problem, through dedication and extra-mile mentality. We are confident enough to challenge the status quo and comfortable to think outside the box.
With its recent membership in the Association of European Attorneys, the firm has expanded its practice with a network of 1,027 offices in 150 countries with a total of around 12,000 Lawyers.
Our motto is personal growth, with a clear and bold intention to contribute and embrace change. Therefore, we don’t believe in expertise but in passion of constant learning; that’s our blueprint.
Practice areas
Business
The firm provides assistance to emerging companies and business enterprises through all the stages from formation to registration before the diverse national services. It can also be a matter of restructuring through mergers and acquisitions, agreements of asset sale and share purchase, joint venture, and licensing when legally required.
The firm also advises on all aspect of corporate governance and legal issues relating to company management.
The firm has large knowledge on commercial rules and provides excellent advises on drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, risk management through mortgages, legally dealing with bankrupt and insolvency, debt collection, competition and guidance through all the stages of their transactions for consistent deals outcomes.
Employment & Labor
Advising on proactive execution of employment contracts, their continuity, transfer and risk management when termination is necessary, internal regulation setting and, when occurring, litigation or alternative dispute settlement.
The firm provides also HR formation and advise foreign and domestic companies on every legal requirement related to their staff and the best way to protect their businesses, while reaping the most of their employment relationship.
Intellectual Property
The firm firmly believes in creativity and brand protection from unauthorized reproduction and abusive use. The assistance goes from trademark filings, renewals and assignments according to the International Classification of Goods and Services (Nice Classification) and other international, regional and national instruments as you can see below.
Real Estate
The firm assists interested buyers and sellers on the best options national laws provide and the legal requirements when it comes to land transactions. It can be about residential, business, industrial scopes; drafting lease and commercial contracts; lease or property transfer registration, mostly before notaries.
The firm also advises construction companies on drafting and negotiating construction contracts, legal derogatory measures like taxes advantages for some public projects, risk management through warranties and insurance, to ensure their endeavors go as planned.
Lawsuits & Disputes
The firm assists its clients from the beginning of their operations and ensure every step is secured to avoid dispute or law violation. When dispute does although rise, the firm advises on mediation and other related out-of-court settlement. And when litigation is still unavoidable, the firm has a strong knowledge of legal court procedures to ensure the preservation of its clients’ interests.
The most time and money saving mode for resolution of conflicts and over which the parties retain full control is quite simply arbitration. Rohn Proctor provides arbitration services in accordance with the law governing the legal profession and civil procedure, and above all with the integrity on which the law firm builds its business relationships.
Rohn Proctor is also committed to giving back by setting up a Pro Bono Annual Campaign for the benefit of the public good, during which the law firm will counsel and assist in a court case meeting certain conditions to be set at the beginning of each judicial year, which starts with the month of September and ends with July.
Our Partners and Associates

Leduc Ingabire is a member of the Bujumbura Bar Association and the East Africa Law Society, since 2016. He spent his first years of practice learning from one of the best business lawyers in Africa, Augustin Mabushi. Through this association, Leduc Ingabire gained a strong mentorship working on companies restructuring, banking, employment, tax, civil and commercial contracts.
Leduc Ingabire is also accustomed to legal procedures before courts and advises on the best way to handle and settle a dispute.
Leduc Ingabire provides ad hoc arbitration services, either by agreement or by stipulation for clients who choose to compromise on the rights of which they have full and free disposal, such as in commercial contracts where long legal proceedings are even more damaging

A lawyer by training and a graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Impôts in Clermont Ferrand, France, Joseph Niyonkuru is a chartered accountant and tax expert with over 30 years' experience. He teaches taxation at the Institut Supérieur de Commerce of the University of Burundi, and works with several accounting, legal and tax consultancy firms.
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