People
Six lawyers, four decades of continuity
The firm is led by six practitioners whose experience runs from the United States Federal Communications Commission and the courts of Washington to Somalia’s Provisional Constitution and its telecommunications framework. Most have advised on the country’s largest matters, and they have stayed.
The people who lead the practice
Six senior practitioners lead the firm’s mandates, supported by associates and staff across eight offices.
Abdiwahid Osman Haji
Founding Partner and Senior Partner
LL.M, LL.B
Aweis Osman Ahmed
Co-Founder and Managing Director
M.Sc, LL.B
Asha-Kin F. Duale
Senior Legal and Regulatory Analyst
LL.M (SOAS), LL.B
Hawa A. Wehelie
Legal and Policy Advisor
JD (Howard), MBA
Osman Osman
Legal Research and Corporate Specialist
JD (Ottawa), M.Sc
Osman Osman advises multinational clients on corporate structuring and financial regulation.
Abdiasis Duale
Telecommunications Regulatory Specialist
LL.B (Stellenbosch), MPA
Abdiasis Duale specialises in telecommunications regulatory reform across African markets.
The team
Behind the six named lawyers, the firm sustains associates and support lawyers across eight offices, spanning the Federal Member States, the Banadir Regional Administration and Somaliland. That footprint is the practical capacity that lets a matter in Mogadishu, Hargeisa or Garowe be handled locally rather than at a distance.
Since 1983 the firm has served as a training ground for Somali lawyers. Its partners founded the Benadir Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Corporate Lawyers, and co-founded the Somali Institute for Continuing Legal Education; many practitioners now in government, in-house teams and private practice began here.
- Working languages
- SO · EN · AR · IT
- Offices
- Eight
- Established
- 1983