Practice Areas
About Me
Ummi Bashir holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Degree from Zanzibar University (2008) where she concurrently did both Islamic Sharia Law and Circular Law. There after she joined the Kenya School of Law where she did her Post Graduate Diploma in Law and was admitted to the Bar as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (2012). Legal Counsel Bashir broadened her skills by acquiring a Masters Degree from the University of Nairobi.
She has 9 (nine) years post admission experience in Conveyancing, Commercial and Corporate Law.
Ms. Bashir was a pupil at the leading firm of Ahmednasir Abdikadir & Company Advocates. She later moved to the Ministry of East African Community as an advisor to the Minister. There after joining Takaful Insurance (The first Sharia Compliant Insurance Company) and later on moved to the United Nations. She then joined Mombasa County Government Legal Department as a Senior Legal Counsel handling all matters Legislation, Litigation, Joint Ventures, Land Matters and advising H.E the Governor on matters legal before she decided to delve in to private practice.
Ummi’s practice areas span from real estate development and conveyancing, corporate law, commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, capital market, project financing, joint ventures, aviation law, legisative drafting, Islamic Finance and Islamic Insurance with special Interest in Sharia Compliance.
Professional Qualifications & Memberships
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
- Commissioner for Oaths.
- Law Society of Kenya.
- East Africa Law Society.
- Notaries Public.
Practice Areas
- Corporate/Commercial.
- Intellectual Property (Trademarks, Patents, Industrial designs & Copyright).
- Employment and Labour.
- Immigration.
- Sharia Law.
- Private Clients.