BASIL GILBERT OGOLLA
Basil focuses on blockchain, virtual assets and emerging financial technologies. He is an Executive Director at the Virtual Assets Chamber of Commerce, a Pioneer Scholar at the Ethereum Foundation’s Devcon Legal Scholar Programme, and a member of the United Nations Innovation Network’s Blockchain Working Group.
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Practice Areas
Blockchain & Emerging Financial Technologies
Fintech & Digital Financial Services
Technology Regulation & Data Protection
Basil Gilbert Ogolla is a Trainee Advocate at Thomas Louis Advocates, bringing focused expertise on blockchain, virtual assets and emerging financial technologies to the firm’s virtual assets and digital assets regulation practice.
Basil undertook his LL.B studies at Strathmore University Law School. He serves as an Executive Director at the Virtual Assets Chamber of Commerce, is a Pioneer Scholar at the Ethereum Foundation’s Devcon Legal Scholar Programme, and is a member of the United Nations Innovation Network’s Blockchain Working Group.
At Thomas Louis Advocates, Basil supports the firm’s advisory work on the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act 2025 and the emerging Rwanda Virtual Assets Law, 2026, helping clients navigate licensing, supervisory frameworks and cross-border virtual asset structuring across East Africa.
Education
LL.B — Bachelor of Laws
Strathmore University Law School
Devcon Legal Scholar Programme
Ethereum Foundation, Pioneer Scholar
Trainee Advocate
Kenya School of Law
Recognition
Executive Director
Virtual Assets Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer Scholar, Devcon Legal Scholar Programme
Ethereum Foundation
Member, Blockchain Working Group
United Nations Innovation Network
Work with Basil
info@tladvocates.com
+254 115 702 315