SETTING STANDARDS. DELIVERING RESULTS
My firm specialises in commercial, corporate, and taxation matters, offering precise, results-driven legal representation. I provide consultancy services and technical trainings, having worked with governments, the United Nations, journalists, and civil society organisations to craft legal frameworks and fiscal policies that drive equitable progress.
Lai'Latif & Co Advocates operates through a globally outsourced model, with team members spanning the African continent, Argentina, Bangladesh, and Cambodia. This diverse and inclusive approach allows the firm to stay attuned to global trends while offering locally informed solutions.
Nairobi, Kenya
Contracted to study the fiscal impacts of Investor State Dispute Settlement focusing on Kenya, Mauritius, Egypt and Libya
Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Investigated how digital fiscal systems in Djibouti, Ghana and Kenya fund the sustainable development of children
Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Working with the UNODC team to develop e-learning modules to support the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Kenya on diversion...
Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Contracted to conduct mixed methods research on the extent of implementation of the AU Convention on Prevention and Combating of Corruption ...
Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Contracted to develop a course on Taxing the Digital Space for African policymakers, parliamentarians, civil servants, tax administrator and...
Nairobi, Kenya

Lyla Latif is the author of two books on public finance: Governing Public Money (2026), the first comprehensive treatment of public finance management law for African contexts, and Islamic Wealth Taxation and Financing Public Health (2023), exploring how faith-based wealth obligations might finance the right to heal.
Nairobi, Kenya
As a member of the Sectoral Working Group on Emerging Technologies of the Taskforce, I was given the responsibiity to review existing legisl...
Nairobi, Kenya
UNDP HQ
As the UNDP technical specialist on tax and SDGs, I reviewed Iraq's income tax bill and proposed key amendments to align tax provisions with...
UNDP HQ
UNDP HQ
As the UNDP technical specialist on tax and SDGs, I reviewed Somalia's income tax bill and proposed key amendments to align tax provis...
UNDP HQ
UNDP HQ
As the UNDP technical specialist on tax and SDGs, I reviewed the national tax policy and proposed key areas of focus for purposes of ensurin...
UNDP HQ
Windhoek, Namibia
I developed the Anti Illicit Finanicial Flows Policy Tracker for Tax Justice Network Africa and the African Union to support African countri...
Windhoek, Namibia










This is the first book in global scholarship to bridge the disciplinary gap between Islamic fiscal jurisprudence and public health financing within a constitutional and human rights architecture,