Full-Service and Business Law Firm in Lubumbashi, Kinshasa, Kolwezi in D.R. Congo (DRC)

Yav & Associates

7759 Avenues Sénégalais c/ Nioki, 1st floor, Appartement # 7
Gare Centrale, Commune de Gombe
Kinshasa
DR Congo

+243 997021758

+1 501 638 4935

www.yavassociates.com

Contact Dr. Jur. Joseph Yav

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Yav & Associates was a law firm established in 2000, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our law firm professional service lines span is a broad range of legal, corporate and fiduciary services.

The firm emphasize transparency, independence, and responsiveness.

We are well positioned to service clients ranging from high net worth individuals and families, owner-managed companies to larger corporations.

Our law firm render specific legal and tax services globally to individuals, corporates and professional firms all around the world. We gauge the effectiveness of our teamwork by the degree of success achieved in our clients’ projects so that our clients’ success becomes our own success.

Year this Office was Established: 2007

Languages: French, English, African Languages.

Areas of Law

Areas of Law Description

-Adoption

Our Congo expert adoption lawyers are specializing in international and domestic adoptions. For over a decade, it has been our privilege to represent adopting families, agencies, and adopted children. We have represented adopting families worldwide.

-Intellectual Property

Our law firm are engaged in the practice of domestic and international intellectual property law, including copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, unfair competition, advertising, internet and computer law.

-Accounting and Tax Services

With decades of experiences, our law firm are able to provide investors with full services for tax planning and transactional work. And we have the added advantage that we are an independent firm and collaborate with “MKM Consulting” an Accountant and Tax specialist in the DRC.

- Commercial and Corporate Law

We understand that contractual relationships are part and parcel of our clients’ business. We strive to ensure that our clients’ commercial and non commercial activities are adequately protected. We have the resources to take on full range of our clients’ commercial and corporate activities and provide practical and professional advice on all contractual issues. The legal services under this branch of law include:

. Drafting joint venture, assignment and debenture agreements;
. Agency, Distribution and dealership agreements;
. Drafting share sale agreements;
. Machinery manufacture, maintenance and supply agreements;
. Advertising, Promotion and Marketing agreements;
. Supply of Services contracts;
. Hire purchase agreements and Purchase of assets contracts;
. Drafting arbitration agreements;
. Mediating and negotiating commercial transactions;
. Advising on business legal risks;
. Litigation on commercial transactions.

- Banking, Securities & Insurance law

We are equipped with the necessary technical skills to represent lenders and borrowers in connection with commercial lending transactions, mortgage and business financing. Both lenders and borrowers take risks when they decide to lend or borrow. Depending on which side you are in, our services are tailored to provide you with adequate protection when taking such risks. Under this, our law firm offers the following range of legal services:

. Drafting and negotiating loan agreements;
. Drafting and negotiating guarantee agreements;
. Drafting and registering mortgages;
. Reviewing all manner of loan and guarantee agreements;
. Preparing and registering debentures;
. Corporate and individual finance services;
. Corporate due diligence audits;
. Debt recovery on behalf of our clients;
. Processing insurance claims;
. Litigating on default on loan agreements.

- Intellectual Property Law

We understand that our clients’ intellectual property is one of their greatest assets and its infringement can cost them great loses within and outside their country of origin. Our law firm helps clients in registering their intellectual property rights, mediating and litigating in the event of infringement by third parties. Under this branch if law, our law firm provides the following additional legal services:

Trademarks
. Conduct searches to verify the existence and ownership of trademarks;
. Register trademarks on client’s behalf;
. Oppose registration of offensive trademarks;
. Renewing and removing trademarks;
. Litigating on trademark disputes;
. Preparing trademark assignments;
. Preparing trademark license agreements.

Patents
. Registration of patents;
. Preparing patent license agreements;
. Preparing patent assignment agreements;
. Mediating and litigating on patent infringements.

Copy rights
. Advise clients on copy rights infringements;
. Mediate on copy rights disputes;
. Preparing copy right assignment agreements;
. Preparing license agreements;
. Litigating on copyrights infringements.

- Family and Children Law

Our law firm is prepared to listen and understand your family problems and provide you with practical solutions. We are sensitive to your emotional, child related and financial issues associated with family disputes. The primary aim of our law firm is to minimize conflict whenever an opportunity presents itself. We however don’t hesitate to take other legal action to protect the interest of our clients. Under family and children law, our law firm offers the following legal services:

. Advising on marriage contracts;
. Representing our clients in divorce petitions;
. Representing clients in petitions for separation;
. Preparing separation agreements;
. Child custody and maintenance;
. Processing child adoption petitions;
. Processing legal guardianship Applications;
. Protection of matrimonial property;
. Preparing wills and codicils;
. Processing Applications for letters of administration;
. Processing Application for letters of probate;
. Revocation of letters of probate and letters of administration.

- Land Law / Real Estate Transactions

There is a lot of stress and fraud associated with land transactions. To overcome these challenges, you need an experienced and trusted attorney to guide you through the process of buying or selling land. At Angualia & Co. Advocates, our aim is to eliminate the fraud and stress to ensure that everything goes as smoothly as possible for our clients. Under land law and real estate transactions, our firm offers the following legal services:

. Conducting due diligence on the ownership of land;
. Preparing land sale agreements;
. Processing land transfers and certificates of titles;
. Preparing mortgages;
. Processing leases and sub-leases;
. Preparing variation of leases agreements;
. Preparing memorandum of understanding;
. Processing conversion of leases to freehold land;
. Registering and removal of caveats and mortgages;
. Preparing License agreements;
. Preparing Construction and development agreements;
. Collecting rent on behalf of our clients;
. Preparing tenancy agreements;
. Preparing property maintenance agreements;
. Litigating on real estate disputes.

- Employment and Labor Law

Our law firm recognizes the fact that Uganda’s employment law is ever-changing. Our advocates are up to date with developments in employment and labor law. Our law firm thus aims to keep our clients informed with legal developments in order to avoid or minimize costly claims associated with employment and labour law disputes. Our law firm provides the following legal services in employment and labour law:

. Employee rights and benefits;
. Disciplinary procedure and employee termination;
. Workers termination and dismissal benefits;
. Workman’s Compensation;
. Preparing employment and service contracts;
. Redundancies and lay-offs;
. Termination packages;
. Drafting contracts of employment;
. Drafting restrictive and confidentiality agreements;
. Drafting and reviewing human resource manuals;
. Employer and employee representation in employment tribunals.

- Company Secretarial Services

Our law firm is aware of the need for our clients to operate within the legal requirements of company law and other regulations. Our firm also recognizes that registering a good business goes beyond filling out forms. Filling out forms without the requisite knowledge of the applicable law can lead to serious complications which may only be realized at critical moments. Our attorneys have the legal qualifications and practical experience to provide our clients with the much needed company secretarial services and advice on the most suitable business to register depending on the needs of our clients.

- Immigration Law

With the current growth in globalization trend, Our law firm realizes and understands the need for our clients to travel and explore opportunities wherever they are. Our law firm is equipped with the necessary man power and technical skills to provide our clients with timely and convenient services in immigration law matters. Our law firm provides the following services in immigration law:

Permits and work documents
. Processing entry and work permits;
. Processing dependant’s pass;
. Processing residence permits;
. Processing passports;
. Advising on immigration issues.

Immigration due diligence
. Verification of passports and other travel documents;
. Verification of academic documents;
. Verification of marriage certificates;
. Verification of birth certificates;
. Verification of death certificates;
. Verification of the place of birth of the Applicant for Visa;
. Verification of other documents in support of Application for visa.

- Dispute Resolution

Our law firm recognizes the costs and time associated with litigation. We evaluate the facts of every case with our clients and advise on our clients’ legal rights and obligations. We provide our clients with honest and practical legal advise and solutions to the disputes at hand. As much as possible, disputes are settled out of court. Where necessary, we advise our client to litigate. Our law firm is equipped with the team of litigation attorneys who frequently appear in all courts of judicature to prosecute or defend cases. In addition to commercial disputes, the following areas of law are litigated on; Defamation, Negligence, Product liability, Local government law and Breach of contract.

Affiliations

Lubumbashi Bar Association
IBA
SADC Lawyers Association
IP Lawyers & Agents Association

Associates

Maître Seraphin Umba
Co-Partner in Charge
Adoption, Banking Law, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Child Support and Custody

Lawyers

	Maître Damase Katumba Senior Attorney Banking and Finance, Business and Industry, Civil Rights, Communication, Criminal Law		Maître Jacques Herve Lukoji Co Head of Office Business and Industry, Criminal Law, Debtor and Creditor, Estate Planning, Family Law
	Maître Koko Mupopo Attorney Business and Industry, Employment, Family Law, General Practice, Immigration