OUR PEOPLE
WHO WE ARE
The lawyers at TLA bring experience from Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews, Safaricom PLC, and Visa East Africa to every instruction. That means commercial intelligence built inside boardrooms, regulatory bodies, and deal tables across 15 African markets, applied directly to your matter.
MEET THE TEAM
Commercial Law Experts
Founding Partner
18 years across Dentons HH&M, Safaricom PLC and
Visa CEMEA. Structured Fuliza — the world's first
mobile overdraft — and negotiated Kenya's
multi-billion dollar roads PPP with the National
Treasury, PwC and the World Bank. Legal Director
across 15 Sub-Saharan markets.
Partner, Regulatory & Policy
Over 14 years navigating regulators, governments
and policy across East Africa's largest blue-chip
institutions. Director of Government Engagement
at Visa across 15 markets. Head of Government
Business across 34. Expert in payments regulation,
AML and digital financial services compliance.
Trainee Advocate
LL.B, Strathmore University Law School. Executive
Director at the Virtual Assets Chamber of Commerce.
Pioneer Scholar at Ethereum Foundation's Devcon
Legal Scholar Programme and member of the UN
Innovation Network's Blockchain Working Group.
Focused on virtual assets and emerging financial technologies.
Trainee Advocate
LL.B, University of Nairobi. Certified data privacy
expert (CIPIT, Strathmore University) and Vice
President of the Virtual Asset Association of Kenya.
Focused on the intersection of technology, finance
and law — with particular depth in blockchain
and data-as-an-asset frameworks.
Trainee Lawyer
Undergraduate candidate, Riara University Law School.
Certified software engineer (Moringa School) and
Certified Blockchain Developer. Focused on fintech
regulation, AI governance and digital asset
compliance — with specific expertise in VASP
frameworks and Kenya's evolving virtual asset landscape.