Swaleh Kanyeki

Swaleh Kanyeki is a Senior Partner at Swaleh, Mwangi & Company Advocates. He previously served as a Sharia Board member at the Gulf African Bank Limited, one of the pioneer Islamic banks in Kenya. Swaleh holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB – Common Law and Sharia) from the University of Khartoum and a Diploma from the Kenya School of Law. He also holds Master of Laws degree in International Legal Practice from the University of Law (formerly the College of Law) in the United Kingdom. Swaleh has previously worked as a Director – Legal Affairs as well as Senior Legal Counsel at Emirates Telecommunications Corporation – Etisalat where among other roles he dealt with formulation of the corporation’s legal, corporate, business, commercial and investment policies to protect Etisalat interest through prudent and proper legal procedures, compliance and documentation. Swaleh was also in charge of management of M&A, legal due diligence and documentation of various transactions.