Abayo & Co. Advocates

Two or more businesses may decide to merge, or one acquires the other for improving their business performance. During the course of merger and acquisition of two companies, basing on the status of the merging companies, we advise on the relationship of shareholders, employees, managers /directors of companies, management of contracts with stakeholders and all other legal issues pertaining to merger of companies or acquisition of one company by another.

We are experienced in all recovery procedures and we represent different parties in procedures of insolvency. Some of our Lawyers are certified insolvency administrators and that enables them to raise experience in all procedural requirements for cases relating to insolvency administration. We have administered many insolvency procedures for different companies and helped to solve disputes between all parties involved in the process.

We have well trained and experienced Family Lawyers helping litigants to solve family-related disputes like marriage related litigations, matrimonial regimes, divorce, adoption, civil status documents, donations, successions, etc. We have a team specialized in family mediation helping different family members to have an understanding before cases go out for courts. We focus to reunite families and have their disputes solved in a winwin situation to keep the family relationships.

As opposed to criminal litigations where repression is the main purpose of the procedures, civil litigations are aimed at recovering monetary benefits offended during transactions between different people. We have expertise in dealing with contractual and quasicontractual litigations. We represent/assist litigants before courts in proceedings relating to contractual obligations, tort liability and extra-contractual obligations like management of other person’s affairs by which the Court’s determination of an obligation of one party to another is requested where no actual contract exists between them.

The Law Firm handles employment cases for different business entities or individual employees claiming their rights during or after employment. The Law Firm has specialized Lawyers who master well the social security system of Rwanda which enables us to successfully handle cases relating to pensions and occupational hazards claims.

The Law Firm represents land and property owners in cases brought before courts or other organs aimed at protecting their rights over land or other immovable properties. We assist parties for any disputes relating to various forms of ownership and tenancy in real property.

With our Attorneys specialized in insurance law, we handle all cases relating to responsibilities resulting from insurance contracts and injuries caused by insured parties. We also represent clients during negotiation and conclusion of insurance policies. This covers many segments including but not limited to Life Insurance,Traffic Accidents, Cargo and Services Insurance, Travel Insurance, etc.

We assist / represent our clients during settlement of disputes relating to violation of their IP rights before all organs of dispute settlement or claims against alleged violation of others’ intellectual property and technological rights. We help to handle cases before administrative organs on different notices relating to IT rights, and all cases before courts of law and related damages. We warranty integral representation of clients’interests.

With our advocates specialized in criminal law and experienced in criminal procedures, we follow up all criminal cases from the first early step, before the judicial police (Rwanda Investigation Bureau/RIB), the prosecution and assist clients before first instance courts to the last competent jurisdiction. This involves also visiting regularly our detained clients in different detention centres/prisons to make them aware of how far their cases have reached and requesting for them dates of trial in the different jurisdictions. We also make sure that our clients legal rights are respected by all judicial organs.

We have experience in arbitration and other out of court mechanisms of dispute settlement and that experience empowers the law firm to effectively represent our clients in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings. Some of our Attorneys can be appointed as arbitrators as they are certified by qualified institutions. These mechanisms are safeguarded during contract negotiation for our clients who are not comfortable with court procedures, as a better arbitration procedure is designed during contract negotiation not when the dispute has arisen.