Apollo Mugisha Nkunda

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Apollo Mugisha is the Managing Partner of Trust Law Chambers. He specializes in Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial Law and Labor Law.

He is cited by Chambers and Partners as a band 1 Attorney who is “widely respected for his technical excellence on commercial mandates, as well his positive, straightforward approach” . He is also ranked as a “Highly regarded" lawyer by IFLR1000.

Apollo joined Trust Law Chambers as a Partner in 2004. Prior to joining Trust Law Chambers, he was head of Legal affairs at the Rwanda National Tender Board (now RPPA). He also served as a State Attorney representing the Government of Rwanda before the Courts of Law in Commercial Litigation for over five years.

He is a member of the Rwanda Bar Association, the East African Law Society, and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK. He is the former Chairman of the National Procurement Appeals Commission of Rwanda (2006-2009) and a former member of the Rwanda Business Law Reform Commission (2004-2005)

He is a native speaker of Kinyarwanda, has excellent command of English and a working knowledge of French and Swahili.

Apollo M. Nkunda obtained his Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) from the National University of Rwanda in 1998 and holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Business and Trade Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam.