Edmond CIBAMBA DIATA is lawyer at the Bar of the Court of Appeal of Kinshasa/Matete since 2001, after having worked as an advocate at the judicial court of Kinshasa since 1994, Edmond CIBAMBA Maria DIATA is a registered mines and quarries agent approved by the Ministry of Mines since 2003. He also works as the head of department at the Free University of Kinshasa, in charge of tax law and mining law courses.

With valued experience and expertise of more than 20 years of professional practice, he advises and represents clients in the areas of law dealing with natural resources, banks, insurance, investments as well as trade and industry. He conducts diligently due diligence for the acquisition and financing of investments and development projects.

He is active in litigation and arbitration proceedings. In this respect, he represents and assists clients before the courts and tribunals of the Democratic Republic of Congo and before the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA), of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA). He has also represented and assisted clients before the Paris International Trade Centre (ITC).

Besides, he has led several studies on the assessment of tax, customs and Exchange regimes in the areas of natural resources and infrastructure. He has had the privilege to advise and assist clients in tax and customs disputes and those relating to the Exchange regulation.

CIBAMBA has a bachelor’s degree in economic and social law from the Free University of Kinshasa. He also graduated in development economics from the same university and has a special diploma as a technician of insurance. He holds several certificates and various titles for training courses in the OHADA law. He is the author of several scientific studies. He speaks and works in French and English.