Samuel Piyanile Lomole

1. Master of Laws (LL.M) Degree in Oil and Gas Law – University of Aberdeen (Scotland)
2. Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Degree – Moi University (Kenya)
3. Diploma in Legal Practice from the Kenya School of Law (Kenya)
4. Enrolled as an advocate to the Bar – South Sudan & Kenya
5. Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Kenya)

Samuel’s areas of practice include, but is not limited to oil and gas law, commercial transactions, contract review and drafting, company law, land law and conveyancing, taxation law, alternative dispute resolution, employment and labour laws, intellectual property law, media law, immigration law, NGO establishment and operations law, banking and insurance law and litigation.

Prior to establishing Piyanile & Co. Advocates, Samuel worked at Robson Harris & Co. Advocates (Kenya) and later at South Sudan Associated Advocates (South Sudan).

In addition to working at the Firm, Samuel lectures at the University of Juba, College of Law, he is also a consultant in Oil and Gas Law at the National Petroleum and Gas Commission, and serves in the technical committee established by the Board of Nile Petroleum Corporation (the national oil company).

Samuel is also the Chancellor in the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and in that capacity serves as the Chancellor of the Central Equatoria Internal Province and the Diocese of Liwolo.

Samuel fluently speaks and writes English and Swahili, and fluently speaks local Arabic and Bari (local language in South Sudan).