Ms. Claire Soit
Tutorial Fellow, Zetech Law School and Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
cs2180@cantab.ac.uk
- Claire holds first-class qualifications at every stage of her legal training in Kenya, followed by a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge.
- LL.M, University of Cambridge, UK (2023). Papers in International Financial Law, International Investment and Arbitration, International Trade, International Tax Law, and International Commercial Litigation.
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law (2021). First Class, in the top 1% of her class. Admitted to the Bar with a special commendation from the Chief Justice of Kenya.
- LL.B, University of Nairobi (2019). First-Class Honours.
- MBA, One-League Programme (ongoing). Harvard and Stanford case-based study of strategy, global markets, negotiation and finance.
- Teaching at Zetech University: Criminal Law I and Social and Political Foundations of Law (first year); Property Law I (second year). She has also taught undergraduate law as adjunct faculty at Riara University.
- Tutorial Fellow and founding faculty, Zetech Law School (2026 – present). Helped design curricula and assessments for the new law programme.
- Legal Researcher, Judiciary of Kenya, Milimani Law Courts, Tax & Commercial Division (2026 – present). Prepares bench memoranda on tax appeals, arbitration references and insolvency matters.
- Adjunct Lecturer, Riara University (2026).
- Legal Consultant, Tax Justice Network / Danish Institute for Human Rights / Sida (2025 – 2026). Analysed the Kenya–UAE CEPA and Kenya–EU EPA; advice on TRIPS-plus test-data protection fed into Parliament's rejection of Article 13.33.
- Legal & Compliance Officer, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, UK (2024).
- Associate, Dispute Resolution & Tax, Kaplan & Stratton Advocates (2021 – 2022). Worked on a USD 10 million arbitration and a successful judicial review for British American Tobacco Kenya.
- Board Member, Yamalé Alliance, Dakar (2026 – present).
- Earlier policy roles with UNODC (PLEAD) and the Ministry of Education, Kenya.
Journals
- Challenges in Investor-State Dispute Resolution (forthcoming).
NON PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PAPERS
- Reconsidering Article 39.3 of TRIPS: Pharmaceutical Test Data Protection in Developing Economies.
- Resource Sovereignty or Investor Protection? The Barrick–Mali Dispute and Tax Policy Space in Africa's Extractive Economies.
- Artificial Intelligence & International Investment Treaties: Human Rights and ISDS Reform Implications.
conference papers
- "AI and the Legal Profession," Law Society of Kenya Annual Conference, August 2026.
- "Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development," Annual Cambridge Africa Conference, University of Cambridge, 2025.