Personal bio
Dr. Pie Habimana is a distinguished Rwandan academic, arbitrator, and corporate lawyer with over 15 years of experience. Known for his pragmatic, independence, and critical thinking approach, he is a senior corporate lawyer specializing in tax law, arbitration, commercial transactions, corporate governance and compliance. Regularly engaged as an expert in international commercial dispute resolution, Dr. Pie has established a strong reputation that blended him standing as an influential figure in Rwanda’s business law landscape. Pie was called to the Bar in 2011 and has established himself as a leading legal professional. He is the founding Partner of Amilex Chambers, a boutique business law firm he established in 2017.
Underpinned by a deep understanding of strategic leadership, abilities to guide teams with inspiration and drive organizational success through effective leadership and strategic decision making, Pie leverages his corporate leadership roles as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Bank of Kigali Plc, Multisector Investment Group Plc, and the Rwanda Bar Association. His past directorships include serving as Vice-President of the East Africa Law Society and Independent Non-Executive Director at Cogebanque Plc, where he chaired the Board Nomination and Compensation Committee. He is a Fellow and Faculty member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and holds memberships in numerous professional organizations such as RBA, EALS, IBA, AfAA, ABIN, SADRC, LCIA, and is on the panel of arbitrators and adjudicators of KIAC.
In academia, Dr. Pie is a respected authority in business law education, with over 15 years of teaching experience at multiple universities. He is a Senior Lecturer and Vice-Dean of the School of Law, University of Rwanda. He is a published author of numerous books and peer-reviewed research papers, with his PhD dissertation published by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, marking a historic achievement as the first sub-Saharan African to be featured in the IBFD’s doctoral series.
Pie holds a PhD in International Tax Law from the prestigious Leiden Law School in the Netherlands, an LLM (cum laude) in Business Law, and an LLB (cum laude) from the University of Rwanda, alongside a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice and multiple postgraduate certifications. Dr. Pie speaks English, French, and Kinyarwanda (native) and has mastery of civil law and common law legal traditions.