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KG 17 Ave Nartazalus House Building Kigali Rwanda
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John Bosco BUGINGO is a founding partner and currently, the Managing Partner of Fountain Advocates which he founded with others in 2008.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) from the National University of Rwanda (NUR) in 2004, and a Master of Laws Degree in Business Law from the University of Rwanda (UR) 2014. He obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (DLP) from the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD)-Rwanda;
He is an accredited Associate Member, of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators– London (ACIArb) since 2013. He serves on several boards as advisor and Director on local, regional and internationally owned companies.
He is a member of the Rwanda bar association (RBA), and the East African Law Society (EALS). A lecturer at the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD) since 2014 teaching special module on court Advocacy and Practice Management.
He has handled major mergers and acquisitions, cross border transactions, negotiations and litigations and participated as a legal expert and or witness in high net worth cases in London-UK and USA. He has represented cases before commercial and administrative tribunals/courts of Law in Rwanda throughout his practice as Lead Counsel in all Business, Tax, Labor and Administrative matters for private entities, Government of Rwanda, government agencies, corporates and associations and charities.
He is a trainer and Fellow of the International Bridges to Justice a non-profit organization based in Switzerland; Director of a local charity organization Rwanda Bridges to Justice (RBJ) working and assisting vulnerable women, men and children in the Rwanda’s criminal Justice sector.
His a native speaker of Kinyarwanda, has excellent command of English and a working knowledge of French and Swahili.
MTN Centre Nyarutarama 1st floor Kigali Rwanda
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Butare is the Managing Partner and one of the founding Partners of MRB Attorneys. He holds an LLB (Hons) of the National University of Rwanda (NUR), LLM Ottawa University, a Postgraduate Diploma in legal Practice of the Institute of Legal Practice & Development, and a Certificate in Global Arbitration from Hamline University School of Law, Minnesota, USA in conjunction with International School of Business Studies, Queen Mary University, London.
He has worked as a Principal State Attorney at the Rwandan Ministry of Justice. Butare has handled big cases through litigation, mediation and or Arbitration. He also served as a Secretary to the Commission on out-of-court settlement of disputes against the government of Rwanda. He was part of the team that negotiated the Declaration for the launch of the Tripartite Free Trade Area negotiations between the EAC, COMESA and SADC.
Butare has been involved in different high profile advisory work including insolvency as receiver for SOPROTEL Ltd. Emmanuel has got vast experience in research, training management and academia having worked as a Lecturer and consultant with the National University of Rwanda; and as a trainer for the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD). He is a member of the Rwanda Bar Association, the East Africa Law Society where he serves as a council member and Vice President – Strategic Litigation. He is also a member of the Pan African Lawyers Union.
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