Team

Our teams intervene in five international legal offices specialized in business law and established in KinshasaLubumbashi and Matadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Emery Mukendi Wafwana & Associés), in Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa (Cabemery & Partners (PTY) Ltd), and in New York in the United States of America (Emery Mukendi Wafwana & Associates, P.C.).

Our lawyers and legal consultants are members of, and participate in, the activities of international professional associations such as the International Association of Lawyers (UIA), the International Bar Association (IBA), the New York City Bar Association (NYCBA), the International Law Firm (ILF), the New York County Lawyers’ Association (NYCLA), the International Association of Young Advocates (AIJA), the American Bar Association (ABA), and the International Conference of Common Tradition Bars (CIB).

To learn more about our international teams of lawyers, click on the appropriate links below.


Democratic Republic of the Congo


Kinshasa Bureau Team | See Team List


  • Edmond CIBAMBA DIATA, Partner - See bio.
  • Eugénie ELANGA MONKANGO, Partner - See bio.
  • José ILUNGA KAPANDA, Partner - See bio.
  • Emery MUKENDI WAFWANA, Founding Partner - See bio.
  • Patrick BONDONGA LESAMBO, Associate – See bio.
  • Emmanuel KABUPWE KABUPWE, Associate - See Bio.
  • Upio KAKURA WAPOL, Associate - See Bio.
  • Alain Serge KASENDE M’BAY, Associate - See bio.
  • Esther-Rose LUFUTA BIDUAYA, Associate –  See bio.
  • Thos MATOLA YUNGU, Associate – See bio.
  • Patrick Augustin MBANGAMA KABUNDI, Associate and Parliament Member - See bio.
  • Rigobert NZUNDU MAWUNGA, Associate - See bio.
  • Emmanuel OTSHUDIEMA BENGU, Associate - See bio.
  • Eric TSHIMANGA MUKENDI, Associate – See bio

Lubumbashi Bureau Team | See Team List


  • Gabriel KAZADI MUTEBA, Associate - See bio.
  • Eric MUMWENA KASONGA, Associate - See bio.
  • Jean Pierre MUYAYA KASANZU, Associate - See bio.
  • Edouard Laddy TSHISHIMBI MPAMBA, AssociateSee bio.

Matadi Bureau Team | See Team List


  • Jean-Luc BEKAMA B’ISAKA, AssociateSee bio.
  • Patrick Pathou LUFUMA LUVUEZO, Associate - See bio.
  • Antoine LUNTADILA KIBANGA, Associate - See bio.
  • Papy NGOY KIBENZE, Associate - See bio.
  • Lucien TSASA NGOMA, Associate -See bio.
  • Jacques ZAKAYI MBUMBA,  Associate (President of the Bar) See bio.
  • Etienne TSHISHIMBI Wa MUJINGA, Associate - See bio.
  • Eric VUVU NGOMA, Associate - See bio.
  • Arly KHUTY DIKIESE, Associate - See bio.
  • Junior MBEMBA MULOPO, Associate - See Bio.
  • Niclette FATUMA TONA, Associate - See Bio

United States of America


New York Bureau Team | See Team List


  • Emery MUKENDI WAFWANA, Founding Partner - See bio.
  • Paul Fortin, Mining Consultant - See bio.
  • Nady MAYIFUILA DINA, Associate - See bio.
  • Jonathan VAN KEMPEN, Associate - See  bio.
  • Allan J. BERLOWITZ, of Counsel - See bio.
  • Dai SHANG, Of Counsel - See bio.
  • Dr. Sancy Lenoble MATSCHINGA, Juriste International - See bio.

Republic of South Africa


Johannesburg Bureau Team See Team List


  • Edmond CIBAMBA DIATA, Partner - See bio.
  • Emery MUKENDI WAFWANA, Founding Partner - See bio.
  • Fulgence KALEMA BWATUNDA, Associate – See bio.
  • Elogran NAICKER, Avocat Of Counsel – See bio.
  • Willy BASHIYA MBAYI, Financial ConsultantSee bio.

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