Mr Jean Pierre MUYAYA KASANZU is a Lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Haut-Katanga since 1998. He is registered with the Bar Association of the Democratic Republic of Congo under the number ONA 994. He has 24 years of experience in the practice of Law in DRC;

Jean-Pierre MUYAYA KASANZU joined Emery MUKENDI WAFWANA & Associates, SCP in February 2006. He intervenes in matters relating to Mining Law, General Commercial Law, Commercial Companies and Economic Interest Groups, Securities Law, Simplified Collection Procedures and Enforcement, Insurance Law, Labour Law, Land and Real Estate Law, as well as in judicial litigation.

Jean-Pierre MUYAYA KASANZU is also interested in alternative dispute resolution procedures and in the implementation of projects, in particular for the incorporation of companies, the enforcement of court decisions and the realisation of securities. He holds a degree in Private Judicial Law from the University of Lubumbashi.

From April 2019 to April 2021, Jean-Pierre MUYAYA KASANZU advised, assisted and represented clients seconded from within the Ivanhoe Group with mining activities in the provinces of Haut-Katanga and Lualaba in the DRC, in the context of daily assistance with the companies of the Ivanhoe Group.

He has acquired expertise in the practice of several other areas of Business Law, including Corporate Law, Mining and Hydrocarbons Law, Environmental Law, Labour and Social Security Law, Securities Law, Insurance and Contract Law, Tax Law, etc.;

He has issued numerous legal opinions for the benefit of his clients which have resolved many legal issues.

Mr Jean-Pierre MUYAYA KASANZUI is currently a lawyer at ELITE LAW FIRM, a professional civil company, a Law firm of lawyers and Mining and Quarrying Agents under Congolese Law, with its main office in Kinshasa and two secondary offices, in Lubumbashi and Kolwezi.