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Meet Me and My Team of Lawyers, Researchers and Consultants

My team is composed of experienced professionals who are dedicated to providing high-quality legal, research and consultancy services to my clients. We believe in building strong relationships with our clients and working collaboratively to achieve their goals. My team is global and comes from diverse backgrounds.

Dr. Lyla Latif, Managing Partner of Lai'Latif & Co Advocates


Advocate, Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public.

PhD (Cardiff Law), MA (UDE), LLM (UoN), LLB (UoN), Dip.Law (KSL)


Non Executive Director, Tax Justice Network (UK); Advisory Board Member, International Lawyers Project (UK); Tax Law Committee Member, East Africa Law Society; Co-Founder, Commitee on Fiscal Studies; Co-Founder, House of Fiscal Wisdom; Member, Capabuild Foundation (The Netherlands)


I am redefining what it means to be a global authority on fiscal policy, economic governance, and legal reform. As a seasoned lawyer, academic, and policy strategist, I apply my command of comparative law and public finance to some of the world’s most pressing challenge: from dismantling illicit financial flows to innovating inclusive taxation regimes for emerging digital economies.


My portfolio spans multiple continents, each engagement strengthening my belief that local realities and global frameworks can and must coalesce. Early in my career, I spearheaded a historic overhaul of Kenya’s colonial-era land laws, helping to set the tone for a career grounded in rights-based, forward-thinking policy. Later, I pioneered Africa’s first anti–illicit financial flows policy tracker, equipping governments with the tools to safeguard their tax bases and fortify their fiscal space. Through appointments with the United Nations Development Programme, I shaped protective tax legislation for Somalia, informed the rebuilding of Iraq’s fiscal architecture, and contributed to Egypt’s national tax policy. In Lebanon, I advised on taxing the digital economy, ensuring the country’s regulations keep pace with a rapidly evolving marketplace.


My influence does not stop at legal texts and government corridors. My work with Kenya’s Ministry of ICT and the Digital Economy guides national frameworks for emerging technologies and data governance: issues that increasingly define global economic competitiveness. In Uzbekistan, I supported the integration of Islamic financial instruments to bolster domestic capital markets, demonstrating my versatility in navigating complex financial ecosystems. In Kenya, I have worked with KRA's Premier Tax Office training them on spottinf wealth management stratgies used to evade/avoid tax compliance. Beyond these landmark initiatives, my dedication to strengthening institutional capacity and fostering informed discourse is evident in my extensive training engagements. I have over trained tax administrations, parliamentarians, ministries of finance, civil society organisations, trade unions, and journalists across Angola, Armenia, Liberia, Eswatini, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Djibouti, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Tunisia, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Togo, Seychelles, Namibia, Botswana, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and China—helping to build robust networks of expertise and trust across diverse jurisdictions. In recognition of my unparalleled insights, the Revenue Appeals Tribunal of Eswatini (RATE) has engaged me as their in-house expert counsel, trusting me to guide them through complex international tax disputes.


My thought leadership is both accessible and resonant. I have delivered sought-after lectures at Bhutan’s prestigious JSW Law School and authored a TED-Ed video reaching over 510,000 viewers. Sharing the stage with a Nobel laureate, I eloquently articulated how illicit financial flows weaken public institutions and deepen socio-economic hardship, underscoring that policy isn’t merely technical—it is profoundly moral. Recognised by the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria for my contributions to tax scholarship, I am part of a new vanguard of experts reshaping the global fiscal narrative.

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Snippets of My Profile

    Legal Consultants

    Mr. Robert Riitho, Kenya


    Mr. Wilfred Wamugunda, Kenya


    Ms. Farheen Kassim, Kenya


    Mr. Ivan Mugabi, Uganda


    Mr. Mulugeta Akalu, Ethiopia

    Ms. Cecilia Dieuzeide, Argentina

    Researchers and Trainers

    I have put together an international, multidisciplinary team as part of my Research and Training Hub with expertise around financing development, social welfare strategies, Islamic finance, FinTech law, policy and practice. 

    Ms. Zakia Shefayee, Afghanistan

    Women Empowerment Career Strategies

    Mr. Kabir Nazmul, Bangladesh

    FinTech Law, Policy and Practice

    Mrs. Emelyne Hakizimana, Burundi

    Legal and Tax Aspects of Digitalisation of the Economy

    Mr. Ratanak Khun, Cambodia

    Domestic Resource Mobilisation 

    Ms. Owusua Afriyie Agyeman- Duah, Ghana

    Illicit Financial Flows and International Taxation

    Dr. Defny Holidin, Indonesia

    Financing Development

    Mr. Mohammed Bouzit, Morocco

    Legal and Tax Aspects of Digitalisation of the Economy and Criminal Aspects of Illicit Financial Flows

    Mr. Hima Himadou Omar, Niger

    Domestic Resource Mobilisation and Transfer Pricing

    Dr. Desy Hariyati, Indonesia

    Women Empowerment Career Development Strategies 

    Mr. Abdirahman Musa Gesood, Tanzania

    Private Finance

    Ms. Idiatou Souare, Guinea

    International Taxation and Criminal Aspects of Illicit Financial Flows

    Dr. Metji Makgoba, South Africa

    Extractives and Governance

    Reviews

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