SETTING STANDARDS. DELIVERING RESULTS
ABOUT THE LAW FIRM
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, private sector, 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.
Leading Pioneering Research
2026
Luminate/Omidyar
Nairobi, Kenya
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2026
Luminate/Omidyar
Contracted by Luminate/Omidyar Network to undertake research examining the fiscal treatment of data centres through tax incentive regimes, a...
Nairobi, Kenya
2025
Public Services International
Nairobi, Kenya
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2025
Public Services International
Contracted to study the fiscal impacts of Investor State Dispute Settlement focusing on Kenya, Mauritius, Egypt and Libya
Nairobi, Kenya
2025
UNICEF
Nairobi, Kenya
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2025
UNICEF
Investigated how digital fiscal systems in Djibouti, Ghana and Kenya fund the sustainable development of children
Nairobi, Kenya
2025
UNODC
Nairobi, Kenya
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2025
UNODC
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
2025
Transparency International - Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
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2025
Transparency International - Kenya
Contracted to conduct mixed methods research on the extent of implementation of the AU Convention on Prevention and Combating of Corruption ...
Nairobi, Kenya
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Contribution to Knowledge
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.
INFLUENCING POLICY AND LAWS
2025-2026
Part of Negotiating the Historic Global Tax Treaty
New York, USA
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2025-2026
Part of Negotiating the Historic Global Tax Treaty
Placed the Committee on Fiscal Studies — the tax research group based at the University of Nairobi, on the global map by securing its accred...
New York, USA
2023 - 2024
Appointment with the Kenyan Ministry of ICT and Digital Economy's Taskforce on AI
Nairobi, Kenya
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2023 - 2024
Appointment with the Kenyan Ministry of ICT and Digital Economy's Taskforce on AI
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
2024
Reviewed Iraq's Income Tax Bill
UNDP HQ
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2024
Reviewed Iraq's Income Tax Bill
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
2024
Reviewed Somalia's Income Tax Bill
UNDP HQ
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2024
Reviewed Somalia's Income Tax Bill
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
2024
Reviewed Egypt's National Tax Policy
UNDP HQ
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2024
Reviewed Egypt's National Tax Policy
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
2024
Piloting the Anti Illicit Financial Flows Policy Tracker
Windhoek, Namibia
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2024
Piloting the Anti Illicit Financial Flows Policy Tracker
I developed the Anti Illicit Finanicial Flows Policy Tracker for Tax Justice Network Africa and the African Union to support African countri...
Windhoek, Namibia
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Partners
"أهلاً وسهلاً"
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,