Maria Namuma Heise

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

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