Full Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Lubumbashi in the DR. Congo.

He is the Managing Partner of YAV & ASSOCIATES, a Law Firm based in the DRC where he practices as an Attorney at Law for more than 22 years.

He is a PALU Life member and Co-Chair of the Commercial Law Committee of the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU)

He holds a doctorate of Law from the University of Lubumbashi in DRC, a Masters degree in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa  (University of Pretoria in South Africa), another Masters in Law (University of Lubumbashi in DRC), a Diploma in Transitional Justice (ICTJ-IJR/ U Cape Town).