Sherry Bor

Associate, Telecommunications, Media & Technology
T: +254 20 272 7171 C: +254 709 830 100 E: sbor@tripleoklaw.com W: https://www.tripleoklaw.com/

Sherry is highly proficient in handling issues of data privacy, intellectual property, fintech, consumer protection, contract negotiation, data governance, and regulatory compliance. 

Sherry was previously seconded to a tier 1 financial institution for one year. Given her first-hand experience within the legal and fintech departments of the said institution, clients greatly benefit from her insightful and practical approach while structuring fintech deals and navigating the regulatory landscape. She offers a meticulous, and ingenious approach to the TMT team. 

Sherry is a Certified Professional Mediator, skills which come in handy in contract negotiations.  She is also a trained and certified Data Protection Officer. Sherry continuously publishes on several regional and international sites such as CIO and Afriwise.

Qualifications: 

  • LLB (Hons.)
  • Diploma in Law (KSL)

Memberships: 

  • Law Society of Kenya
  • East Africa Law Society
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Key Matters

1. NCBA Bank Kenya PLC (NCBA)

(The third largest bank in Kenya by assets) in connection with the bank’s organizational operations and overall compliance with the Kenyan Data Protection Act, in partnership with Deloitte Kenya. 
(Kenya’s largest telecommunications provider and one of the most profitable companies in East and Central Africa) in connection with its compliance with the Kenyan Data Protection Act.
(Kenya’s national carrier) in connection with advice helping it to understand the implications of Kenya’s data protection regulations and the risks it presented to its offerings in Europe and regionally.
(A commercial bank and the largest mortgage finance company in Kenya) in connection with the review of a partnership arrangement with VISA.
(A development agency based in Germany) on Agricultural Technology Entrepreneurship in Africa targeting entrepreneurs in the agritech space in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana serving different supply chain cycles within the ag-tech eco-system. This was in partnership with Deloitte Kenya.
(A listed Kenyan bank with branches spread across East Africa) in connection with conducting interactive sensitization and awareness workshops, and training the various business, legal, IT, and Banqtech teams within the bank. The sensitization involved all the key stakeholders within the organization as a pre-cursor to breaking down the regulatory privacy landscape, assessing gaps, grey areas, and hurdles in their digital offerings as well keeping with international best practices.
(A tier two Kenyan bank) in connection with the review and drafting of the organization’s core ICT contracts including software and hardware license agreements as well as the annual maintenance agreements.
(A chemical distributor, and a subsidiary of the Swiss multinational Sika Group), in connection with the overall compliance with the Kenyan Data Protection Act in their organizational operations.
(Kenya’s leading comprehensive optical care provider) in connection with the organization’s overall compliance with the Kenyan Data Protection Act in their organizational operations.
In connection with legislative review and drafting of the regulatory and legislative provisions that would affect licensing of digital lenders under the Kenyan Banking Act.
On its first-ever government-initiated Sandbox initiative under the Ministry of Information, Communication, and Technology (Whitebox Initiative). The Whitebox Initiative will see the winning innovations procured by relevant government agencies for eventual funding, acquisition, and public use nationwide.
(The largest digital lender in Kenya) in connection with legal support and advisory on transactional issues and regulatory compliance in connection with its telecommunication network offerings, integrations, and partnerships.
(A leading global ICT provider) in connection with an in-depth review of the relevant laws against the day-to-day operations of Huawei Kenya to enable advice on areas of compliance or further risks arising from local data protection laws and a comparative analysis with the GDPR. 
(An Agritech company) on the setting up of opportunities and structuring of their entities in Kenya and America. In addition, we were exclusively involved in their implementation and rollout all over Kenya, by drafting the necessary documentation and advising on regulatory requirements for their operations. 
(A leading pan-African bank with operations in 36 countries across the continent) in connection with the provision and coordination of training of the bank’s senior legal advisors from all Ecobank affiliates across Africa. The training was on the legal framework of financial technology legislation, cybersecurity, and data protection. These general areas covered a myriad of laws that extended to electronic transactions, regulator guidelines, court procedures, and consumer protection.

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