
Maria Namuma Heise
LL.B | pg.Dip.Law. Kenya School of Law | LL.M USA
Of Counsel
Not admitted to the bar in Switzerland
CAREER
Education
- 2014 LL.M. LUC | Loyola University Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 2012 Postgraduate Diploma in Law | Kenya School of Law, Nairobi Kenya
- 2009 LL.B |Honours| Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya|Thesis with distinction
Supplementary qualifications
- 2021 Executive Certificate of Advanced Studies - CAS «General Business Management »| University of St. Gallen, HSG, St.Gallen, CH
- 2020 Certificate in Primer on Intellectual Property Rights - DL - 001 | World Intellectual property Organization, WIPO, Geneva, CH
Professional memberships
- Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
- The American Bar Association (ABAROLI)
- The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual property Rights (AIPPI), Zurich
- Member the Kenya Rotaract Club
- Member: WILF (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom)
Fields of activity
- Intellectual property Law (Trademark and copyright),
- Compliance: UN SDGs, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic and Social Governance, environmental law
- Legal research and legal opinion
- Contract Law and drafting of contracts
- Sports Law
- Conflict of Laws (Africa and Global North)
- Commercial and Corporate Law
- International Law (Specialized courts, human rights law, international labour law, children’s rights, women’s rights)
- Insurance Law and practice
- UN Dispute Resolution (ADR and administrative tribunal)
- Start-Up and Franchising
- Energy and infrastructure
- Science and technology law including privacy, cyber crime, data security
Languages
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Kiswahili| National language|Bilingual
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English | Official language |Bilingual
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German | Intermediate (level B2)
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French |Basic knowledge (level A2)
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Italian |Basic knowledge (level A2)