NGAMKAN Law Firm

The NGAMKAN law Firm is a Law Firm established in Douala in Cameroon since 1998. It was created and is directed by Barrister Gaston NGAMKAN, former Lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence and Doctor in Law (University of Aix-Marseille), and enjoys a solid reputation in the field of maritime law and transport, due to the strong specialization of its aforementioned founder in this sector of activity.

In fact, Barrister Gaston NGAMKAN, happily supported, in July 1993 at the University of Aix-Marseille, a doctoral thesis entitled: "The legal framework of international multimodal freight transport: the example of Cameroon - contribution to the establishment of legislation applicable to Cameroon ".

Similarly, Barrister Gaston NGAMKAN is the author of several studies published in specialized journals, both in Europe (The French Maritime Law, Review of commercial, maritime and air law - Scapel Review, Journal of the Merchant Marine, Gazette des transports , Jurisprudence of the Port of Antwerp) than in Africa (Juridis Periodique).

In addition, the expertise and specialization of the above-mentioned Counsel has enabled him to be selected as an expert in transport legislation, first at UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), and then to CEMAC (Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa). As well, is it one of the main architects of the revised Community Code of Merchant Shipping, a text that, since August 3, 2001, governs the maritime law in CEMAC zone (composed of six (6) states: Cameroon, Central African Republic , Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad).

Barrister NGAMKAN was also consulted in March 2000, by the CEMAC Transport and Communications Directorate, regarding the draft of the Community Code of Civil Aviation.

The NGAMKAN firm mainly works for a clientele of P & I Clubs, shipowners, charterers, forwarding agents, handling companies, insurance and reinsurance companies, and even shippers and receivers.