Experience

Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews

• Kenya
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Trainee Advocate

  • May 2022 - Mar 2023



Committee on Fiscal Studies

• Nairobi, Kenya

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2021 - May 2022

  - Successfully published a commentary on the Financing for Development Journal (2020) titled “Revisiting the 2019 Case of TJNA-Africa v Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and 2 others” - Successfully published a policy brief on “The publication of the Source and Residence principle in Tax in Kenya - Successfully co-authored a book chapter on the need for a Tax Treaty Policy for Kenya titled " Taxation Systems and Public Policy in Kenya: Unpacking the Unwritten Tax Treaty Policy - Successfully published a commentary on the Financing for Development Journal (2020) titled “Revisiting the 2019 Case of TJNA-Africa v Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and 2 others” - Successfully published a policy brief on “The publication of the Source and Residence principle in Tax in Kenya - Successfully co-authored a book chapter on the need for a Tax Treaty Policy for Kenya titled " Taxation Systems and Public Policy in Kenya: Unpacking the Unwritten Tax Treaty Policy



GLOBTAXGOV

• Belgium

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Nov 2021 - Apr 2022

  - Conducted academic research on tax treaty-related issues. - Supported in conducting and tabulating Country comparative studies on select tax treaty issues - Assisted in reviewing and editing select research output - Conducted academic research on tax treaty-related issues. - Supported in conducting and tabulating Country comparative studies on select tax treaty issues - Assisted in reviewing and editing select research output



University of Nairobi

• Kenya
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Some of my achievements in this role include: Contributed to strengthened knowledge base on the Kenyan tax system through an analysis of all of the Double Taxation Agreements that Kenya has entered into and their potential impacts on Domestic Resource Mobilization as well as tabulating the similarities of the treaties to the OECD, UN and ATAF Tax models and their deviations to the same - Successfully secured stakeholder engagement and provided strategic insights on how to improve the University’s social media reach and engagement on various social media platforms - Contributed to strengthened knowledge translation capacity of University staff through development of training resource materials (one-page and multi-page Policy Brief template, Frequently Asked Questions sheet and power points). These documents have been subsequently condensed into an official Policy Brief handbook that will be used for future University staff trainings. - Participated as an Observer at the 2019 United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (UN Tax Committee) Subcommittee Meeting on Transfer Pricing Show less



CJ Mwangi and Associates Advocates

• Legal Intern

  • Aug 2020 - Dec 2020