Phéline Lizanga Lingele is a member of the bar in Kinshasa/Matete, Democratic Republic of Congo (2014). He is an associate in the Kinshasa office. He is active in litigation and OHADA law.
Trained in OHADA debt collection techniques in a bailiffs’ and auctioneers’ office in Brazzaville, Phéline is mainly involved in general litigation, pleading before several jurisdictions in the country. He is also active in the various fields of business law, due to his expertise in the OHADA Uniform Acts.
MAIN AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- OHADA law (commercial and company law, debt collection and enforcement, collective proceedings, security law)
- Contract law
- Labour law
- General criminal and business law
- Private judicial law
ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
- Member of the Kinshasa/Matete Bar
- President of the ASBL “Dynamique des Juristes et Professionnels du Droit de l’Espace OHADA” (DJPOHADA)
- President of the ASBL “Dynamique des Jeunes pour l’Entrepreneuriat et le Leadership” (DJEL)
- Member of the Union of Young Lawyers of the Kinshasa/Matete Bar (UJA/BKM)
- TRAINING
- Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession, Bar of Kinshasa/Matete, Kinshasa, DRC (2013)
- Law Degree, Private and Judicial Law option, Université Protestante au Congo (UPC), Kinshasa, DRC (2012)
RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS
Books
- « Essais sur le droit des entreprises en difficulté et les difficultés d’entreprise : De l’ancien droit congolais sur les faillites et les concordats à l’acte uniforme sur les procédures collectives d’apurement du passif », Editions Universitaires Européennes, Dictus Publishing, Maurice, 2018, (52 p.). Also published on the website of UNIDA (www.ohada.com) in the OHADA doctrines section, Ohadata D-17-19, June 2017
Conferences and seminars
- Nov. 2018 : forum on decent work and the employment of youth in DRC, organised by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), « Savoir créer juridiquement son entreprise à l’aune du droit OHADA : conseils pratiques et outils à prendre en compte », Kinshasa, RD Congo
- March 2018 : seminar AJPC ASBL (Association des Jeunes Progressistes du Congo), « Aspects droit, les élémentaires du droit du travail dans une relation de travail pour le compte d’un hôtelier », Kinshasa, DR Congo
