Business law
Corporate life, commercial contracts, governance and companies' day-to-day operations.
Lawyers — Advisory & Litigation
The law,
thought differently.
Since 1999, the firm founded by Michel Janvier Voukeng has defended companies, groups and individuals in Douala — including in landmark cases that have shaped Cameroon's judicial landscape. One demand in every matter: to find the angle others have missed.
Thinking out of the box
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"The best strategy isn't always in the textbook.
It's in the case file."
Voukeng Law Firm
25+
years of experience
Cameroon Bar
since 1999
Le Monde · RFI · Jeune Afrique
high-profile cases
Expertise
Areas of practice
Full-service support, from day-to-day advice to the most sensitive litigation.
Litigation & arbitration
Defending your interests before the courts and in arbitration proceedings.
Industrial disaster law
Transport, environment, chemicals and industry: defending victims and establishing liability after major incidents.
Class actions & minority rights
Financial class actions, protection of minority shareholders, regulatory disputes and compliance practice.
Employment law
Individual and collective relations, restructuring, labour disputes.
Real estate
Acquisitions, leases, construction and property disputes.
Mergers & acquisitions
Disposals, acquisitions and business combinations, from letter of intent to closing.
Tax law
Structuring, securing transactions and assistance during audits.
Our approach
Outside the box, within the rules
- Listen first. Understand the real stake — human, economic, strategic — before turning to the law.
- Find the angle. Every case has a reading no one has tried. Our job is to find it.
- Speak plainly. Advice without jargon, fees set out upfront, deadlines met.
- See it through. From the first meeting to enforcement of the decision, a single point of contact.
Legal creativity is no fantasy: it is what remains when the obvious path is closed. Thinking out of the box
The firm
Maître Michel Janvier Voukeng
Founding lawyer — Cameroon Bar
A member of the Cameroon Bar since he was sworn in in November 1999, Mr Voukeng founded his firm that same year in Douala. More than twenty-five years of practice have given him a simple conviction: every case deserves a fresh look, not an off-the-shelf answer.
The firm advises companies, executives and individuals, from day-to-day counsel to litigation, with a constant commitment to availability and clarity — on strategy as much as on fees.
Meet the firmPress & media
Cases that made headlines
The firm's work on major cases has been covered by local and international media.
The Nachtigal disappearance — EDF
Representing the family of Victor Rollin Mpako, an engineer who disappeared on 30 August 2023 at the Nachtigal hydroelectric dam site, in proceedings brought in Cameroon and France involving EDF and its subsidiaries.
Chad-Cameroon pipeline — COTCO
Acting in the dispute over the ownership and governance of the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company (COTCO), which operates the Cameroonian section of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline, against UK company Savannah Energy.
Union Bank — Unimarché case
Commercial dispute between the parties before the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA) of OHADA, the supranational court with jurisdiction across the entire community area.
BICEC disposal
Challenging, on behalf of a group of Cameroonian investors, the terms of the disposal of BICEC's assets by France's BPCE to Morocco's BCP.
Jeune Afrique · 2018
Cameroun : une plainte va être déposée contre BPCE au sujet de la cession des actifs de la BICEC
Read the article → Financial Afrik · 2018Cameroun : vers une assignation formelle de la BPCE et de la BCP en justice
Read the article → ActuCameroun · 2020Guerre des banques : la BICEC attaquée en France
Read the article → Investir au CamerounBICEC : des avocats camerounais continuent de contester le rachat des parts du français BPCE par le marocain BCP
Read the article →Eséka rail disaster
Representing the victims of the 21 October 2016 train crash, in proceedings brought against Camrail and the Bolloré group, in both Cameroon and France.
Le Monde · 2017
Camrail : pour les avocats des victimes, le verrou qui bloquait l'action judiciaire contre Bolloré a sauté
Read the article → RFI · 2018Cameroun : Camrail condamné après l'accident de train d'Eséka
Read the article → Jeune Afrique · 2017Catastrophe ferroviaire au Cameroun : un collectif de victimes demande l'ouverture d'une enquête judiciaire en France
Read the article →Mbanga Pongo air crash
Representing the families of victims of the 2007 Kenya Airways Boeing crash at Mbanga Pongo, in the compensation and liability proceedings brought in the aftermath of the disaster.
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Contact
Book a consultation
An initial consultation lets us assess your situation and define the right strategy together.
Address
152 Hôtel le Ndé, Akwa
PO Box 4256 — Douala, Cameroon
Phone
+237 6 99 93 13 21
E-mail
contact@voukenglawfirm.com
Hours
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 6 pm, by appointment.