Thierry NGOGA GAKUBA
Partner at Legal Line Partners
Ngoga Thierry is a Partner at Legal Line Partners & specializes in arbitration, commercial litigation, risk & compliances with focus being Construction & Engineering, Finance and Banking, Shareholdings, Investment, Manufacturing & Joint Venture for the past 20 years
He is a Court member of ICC International Court of Arbitration (Mandate 2021-2027) and Chair of the ICC Africa Commission. He seats in Advisory Council of School of International Arbitration- QUEEN MARY University of London. A Board member of AFAA and member of IBA-ARF’s advisory Board. He regularly consults internationally for a variety of arbitral institutions across the globe.
He served earlier as first Registrar for the setup of Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC), CEO of Rwanda Bar Association and in-house counsel.
Thierry acted as counsel in complex Litigation & have been appointed as Expert, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator and chairman in CIMAC-Casablanca, Kigali International Arbitrational Centre (KIAC) ICC International Court of Arbitration and Ad hoc arbitration under Rwandan, English, Nigeria, Morocco, Zambia and Swiss Law with seat in Kigali, Casablanca, Nigeria, London and Paris.
He is visiting lecturer at ILPD-Rwanda and trainer for IBA-BIC Globalization training series to lawyers in Africa, Latino America, Asia and Pacific (focus on policy reform in Arbitration and trade in legal services).
Thierry was identified as a “Future Leader” of arbitration by Who’s Who Legal (2017,2019 and 2021); Recently, Thierry was recognized in Africa’s 20 Arbitration Powerlist 2022 by Africa Arbitration Academy.
He speaks Kinyarwanda, English, French and Swahili