Mabushi Chambers

Mabushi Chambers (formerly A&JN Mabushi) was founded in 1996 by Augustin Mabushi, a former independent legal consultant and lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Burundi.

Augustin Mabushi has an extensive knowledge and experience of local business law. Trained in Paris, Brussels and Washington DC, he has also an in-depth understanding of the various legal challenges encountered by foreign investors in the country and provides tailored solutions.

The firm currently employs five experienced lawyers and benefits from the professional expertise of external consultants in specialized areas such as Tax and Audit, IT, Environment, Mining, Telecommunications and Public Works.

The firm offers legal services in most business areas (such as Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy and Infrastructure Banking and Insurance, Project finance, Tax, Employment, Mining, and assists international investors in setting up and running their businesses in Burundi.

The firm boasts of a broad and diverse portfolio of local and international clients, and has grown to become one of the leading business law firms in the country.

Until 2016, the firm was part of Africa Legal Network (ALN), an alliance of top-tier law firms in Africa. It now operates as a fully independent law firm, and benefits from its extensive knowledge of the Burundian economic landscape and its rich network of international law firms (mostly based in London, Paris, Johannesburg, Nairobi and the US).

Over the last ten years, the firm has prioritized areas like M&A, privatizations, Renewable energy, Financing & Public–private partnerships (PPPs), Banking, Economic Regional Communities (ERCs), Mining and Telecommunications.
The firm is a Member of the East African Law Society Leading Law Firms’ Forum and has also played a significant role in the harmonization of the Burundian legislation to the East African Community (EAC) regulations, by assisting the Government of Burundi in setting up-to-date laws.

The firm has provided also legal assistance to the Government of Burundi in the privatization and liberalization of key state-owned industries sectors (with the support of the World Bank), like the coffee sector, and in the setting up of a modern Competition Law and a new Public Procurement Law.

In the telecommunications business, the firm currently assists major local companies such as Starlink Services Burundi, Econet Group and Huawei Technologies.

The firm has recently assisted Allianz Africa Holding GmbH for a joint-venture transaction, Citibank, Trade and Development Bank and has worked with African Development Bank’s ALSF for a strategic legal assistance project to the Government of Burundi in the Mining sector.

Other notable clients include International Finance Corporation (IFC), African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), International Monetary Fund (IMF), C-Quest Capital, International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Sucafina Switzerland.

Languages: English, French, Kirundi and Kiswahili.