Edel Joel

Edith is an Associate at ALN Tanzania | A&K Tanzania having joined the firm in September 2023. Her areas of focus include corporate law, banking & finance, employment law, contract law, and probate matters in which she serves both as legal counsel and advisor.

Edith completed her traineeship contract with A&K prior to qualifying as an associate in the firm. She previously worked as a legal counsel at an IT company for 2 years and at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development before joining the firm.

Edith is a law graduate of the University of Dar es Salaam and is a qualified and practicing Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania. Edith is a member of the Tanganyika Law Society and the East African Law Society.

Tanganyika Law Society

East African Law Society

2023 Postgraduate Diploma, Law School Tanzania

2022 Bachelor of Laws, LL.B, the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Apr 2025 – Date Associate, A&K Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

Jan 2024 – Feb 2025 Trainee Lawyer, A&K Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

Sep 2023 – Dec 2023 Intern, A&K Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

Oct 2022 – Dec 2022 Legal Officer, MIMA Law Associates

Jul 2022 – Sep 2022 Legal officer, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Dar es Salaam and Coastal Region Zone

Jan 2019 – Sep 2021 Legal counsel, Dukani Technologies Company Ltd

Jun 2018 – Sep 2018 Legal officer, Legal Assistance to Victims of Accidents

Corporate Commercial

• Various international companies in connection with merger transactions and obtaining merger clearance for the transaction.
• World Bank’s Global Project in connection with their Corporate Competition and Anti-trust laws Questionnaire.
• Various local companies in connection with corporate and compliance matters while operating in Tanzania.
• DP World an Emirati multinational logistics company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates specialised in cargo logistics, port terminal operations, maritime services and free trade zones, in connection with the employment matters (specifically on the redundancy process) pertaining to the transfer of employees from the Tanzania Ports Authority to DP World resulting from the grant of a concession to DP World.

Banking, Finance & Insolvency

• Review and issuing advice in relation to the Banking regulations issued in 2025.
• Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Économique (Proparco) in connection with a USD 50 million facility to CRDB Bank Plc.
• Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch in connection with the Amendment and Restatement Agreement relating to a borrowing base facility agreement to Trafigura Pte Ltd, Trafigura Trading LLC and Trafigura Asia Trading Pte. Ltd.
• Citibank Tanzania in connection with various legal issues affecting the client’s services as relating to other industries in Tanzania and providing advice on various legal matters as they arise.
• Mastercard in connection with regulatory requirements with regards to the provision of mobile network services to local licenced payment system providers in Tanzania.