HILDA RITA MUGASIA

Rita works at the intersection of technology, finance and law, with a particular interest in blockchain’s impact on financial systems and emerging frameworks around data as an asset. She is a certified data privacy expert from Strathmore University’s CIPIT and serves as Vice President of the Virtual Asset Association of Kenya.


Practice Areas

Data Protection & Privacy
Virtual Assets & Digital Assets Regulation
Fintech & Digital Financial Services
Technology Regulation


Hilda Rita Mugasia, known within the firm as Rita, is a Trainee Advocate at Thomas Louis Advocates focused on the intersection of technology, finance and law.

Rita attained her LL.B from the University of Nairobi and is a certified data privacy expert from Strathmore University’s Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT). Her particular interest lies in blockchain’s impact on financial systems, the resilience of traditional finance and emerging frameworks around data as an asset and compute as currency.

She currently serves as Vice President of the Virtual Asset Association of Kenya, and at Thomas Louis Advocates she supports the firm’s data protection, virtual assets and emerging technology advisory work.


Education

LL.B — Bachelor of Laws

University of Nairobi

Certified Data Privacy Expert

CIPIT, Strathmore University

Trainee Advocate

Kenya School of Law


Recognition

Vice President

Virtual Asset Association of Kenya

Certified Data Privacy Expert

CIPIT, Strathmore University


Work with Rita

info@tladvocates.com

+254 115 702 315

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