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Tezzeta N'gungwa Mbuya

Postgraduate Research Student
Essex Law School
 Tezzeta N'gungwa Mbuya

Profile

Ask me about
  • Dispute resolution - International investment Law- Public international Law- Regional integration in Africa

Biography

I am an international lawyer who began her career in law at the Kinshasa Bar Association in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I have a strong interest in the wider area of public interest litigation in the area of international trade law with interests in international investment law, international commercial law, Corporate Governance, dispute resolution law in general, interstate dispute resolution, Constitutional law, Comparative legal systems, African legal systems , dispute resolution and TWAIL. In the past , I have worked with several organisations at all levels of government including law firms and international organisations on Tortious Environmental, Social and Governance litigation as well as Transactional law. I am conversant in English, French , Swahili, Lingala and basic Spanish.

Qualifications

  • LLB University of Lubumbashi (2010)

  • LLM in Environmental and Natural Resource Law University of Oregon (2016)

  • LLM in Oil, Gas and Mining Law Nottingham Trent University (2017)

Research and professional activities

Thesis

The Africanization of the International dispute settlement mechanism in light of the adoption of the AfCFTA Investment Protocol

Supervisor: Jessica Lawrence , Fikayo Taiwo

Research interests

International investment Law

Public International Law

International dispute resolution

Contact

tm23846@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus