Overview
Christabel is an ambitious lawyer with a strong interest in corporate and commercial legal practice. She enjoys exploring how legal frameworks interact with economic, regulatory and business realities. She supports the team with research, drafting commercial documents and practical legal analysis that inform corporate decision-making. She is keen on developing a career that helps businesses navigate complex legal and commercial challenges. She is curious, with a strong work ethic approaching legal work with a balance of analytical rigor and practical perspective. She appreciates the collaborative nature of legal practice and is eager to contribute to meaningful commercial outcomes while growing her expertise. She was:
- Part of the Team that helped in ensuring that Gulf Air B.S.C (c) is compliant with the laws of Kenya upon its registration in Kenya by the Law Firm. My role in this process included securing statutory obligations such as PAYE, NSSF, VAT, among others.
- Part of the team that developed a case strategy for Red Dot Distribution Limited to recover unremitted stamp duty of KES 3,822,300 from one of its service providers.
- Part of the team that developed a case strategy for debt collection for amounts totalling to approximately KES 9.13M owed to Farmworks Farming Services Kenya Limited, Speedaf Logistics Kenya and Karooooo Kenya Limited.
- Part of the team that developed project strategy for Hephé Palace on transactions concerning sale of apartments, including preparation of letters of offer and sale agreements. This a luxury apartment project expected to have 644 units at the heart of Westlands, Kenya.
Honours & Awards
- Strathmore, CIPIT- Data Protection.
- Certified Professional Mediator.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
- Data breach response & incident management.
- Cross‑border data transfers.
- Privacy impact assessments.
- Licensing & regulatory approvals (digital lenders, payment service providers).
- Anti‑money laundering (AML) & know‑your‑customer (KYC) compliance.
- Mobile money & digital wallets regulation.
- Cryptocurrency & blockchain legal frameworks.
- Renewable energy projects (solar, wind, geothermal).
- Oil & gas exploration and production agreements.
- Power purchase agreements (PPAs).
- Environmental and social impact assessments.
- Licensing & concessions.
- Joint ventures & mineral rights transfers.
- Community engagement & benefit‑sharing agreements.
- Compliance with extractive industry transparency initiatives.
- Board structures & fiduciary duties.
- Shareholder rights & corporate disclosures.
- Enterprise risk frameworks.
- Regulatory risk assessments.
- Crisis management planning.
- Anti‑corruption & bribery compliance.
- Competition law compliance.
- Whistleblower policies & investigations.
- Customs & tariffs.
- Export/import controls.
- Trade remedies (anti‑dumping, countervailing duties).
- Bilateral investment treaties (BITs).
- Investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS).
- Foreign direct investment structuring.
- Joint ventures & M&A.
- International arbitration & dispute resolution.
- Sanctions & embargo compliance.
- Sale & purchase agreements.
- Leasing & tenancy contracts.
- Title verification & due diligence.
- Project finance & structuring.
- Construction contracts (FIDIC, bespoke).
- Zoning & planning approvals.
- Landlord–tenant disputes.
- Corporate Tax.
- Indirect Tax.
- Personal Tax.
- Tax Disputes.




