I am a corporate lawyer working with Orchid Advocates where I advise a diverse range of clients both local and international on all aspects of corporate law that affect their business in the East African region. I assist businesses in several mandates such as: -Structuring their corporate finance transactions -Corporate governance -Shareholder disputes -Amalgamations/Mergers & Acquisitions -Business restructuring and Insolvency -Employment law -Competition and Anti-trust law I also advise Nonprofit organizations and donor agencies on all the regulatory and compliance aspects of their work such as: -Registration and reporting requirements -Immigration services for expatriate staff -Anti-money laundering -Non profit public private partnerships -Fundraising. I further advise clients on a wide range of estate and succession planning mandates. My regular work in this area includes: -Advising beneficiaries on probate and administration of estates -Guiding individuals on use of wills -Lifetime gifting of property -Protection of wealth through trusts and succession planning -Probate and administration of multi jurisdictional estates As a core aspect of my other practice specializations, I also advise clients on real estate transactions especially in: -Land/property sale and purchase transactions -Registration of certificates of title -Lodging of caveats -Registration of condominium properties -Advising on interests in land My corporate practice has also evolved to cater for boutique clients in the financial services and fintech space and I regularly advise on licensing, legal compliance and regulation, investigations and prosecutions for businesses operating as: -Fintech companies -Crypto exchanges and traders -Forex brokers and traders -Digital lenders -Digital fundraising platforms -Payment systems operators