Faith Chelangat

Faith is an Associate in the Tax and International Trade practices at ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna, the leading corporate law firm in Kenya and the largest full-service corporate firm in East Africa. She has a broad range of experience in international law and is well-versed in International Trade and Investment law. Her experience is largely on regional integration, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), instruments of trade negotiations and policy implementation, development trade finance and settlement of investment disputes.

Chelangat’s wealthy experience in international trade and investment has led to her recent engagement with United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), in collaboration with the African Sovereign Debt Justice Network (AfSDJN) as a trade lawyer to provide expertise on leveraging trade finance to boost trade in Africa. Additionally, her passion and enthusiasm for trade and investment in Africa occasioned her invitation to participate in the Singapore International Arbitration Academy, 2024 to provide insights on AfCFTA and the Investment Protocol, business and human rights, and systems of resolution of investment disputes.

She has also been actively involved in trade negotiations while serving at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a German Agency for international cooperation. She registers her participation in AfCFTA Financial Services negotiations, Trade in Services Negotiations and Advanced Training in Rules of Origin (RoO), in conjunction with several ministries in Kenya.

Chelangat has extensive trade research experience in the Southern Africa region. She has been involved in a research project for the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in collaboration with the World Bank, on utilization of National Contact Points (NCPs) according to OECD Guidelines for restructuring of sovereign debt in African and Asian countries, with a focus on Zimbabwe and Zambia. Additionally, she has academic journals under peer review by the African International Economic Law Journal (AfIELJ), University of Pretoria and the United Nations University Institute in Comparative Regional Integration Studies in Belgium (UNU-CRIS). Her research is on the implementation of the AfCFTA by examining African countries participating in the Guided Trade Initiative and examining the role of regional economic communities in the implementation of the AfCFTA.

Chelangat holds a Master of Laws degree in International Trade and Investment Law in Africa from the University of Pretoria, South Africa and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Africa Nazarene University. She is a Certified Mediator and Arbitrator and is set to be admitted to the Kenyan bar as an Advocate of the High Court.

• Law Society of Kenya
• Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration
• International Mediation Institute

2024      Fellow Arbitrator (Farb), Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration

2023      Master of Laws in International Trade and Investment Law in Africa

2023      Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law

2021      Bachelor of Laws, LL.B, Africa Nazarene University

2018      Certified Professional Mediator (CPM)

Oct 2025 – Date                  International Trade and Tax Associate, Anjarwalla & Khanna, Nairobi

Jan 2025 – Sep 2025          International Trade Consultant, Anjarwalla & Khanna, Nairobi

Nov 2024 – Jan 2025           GIZ Trade Intern for the AfCFTA & Alliance for Product Quality, Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gmbh

• International Trade and Investment
• Regional Integration
• Investor-State dispute settlement
• Trade Finance
• Trade Policy Advocacy
• Business and Human Rights

International Trade

• South Africa & World Bank– Research on utilization of National Contact Points (NCPs) according to OECD Guidelines for Restructuring of Sovereign debt in African and Asian countries.
• South Africa, LL.M Dissertation– Reforming ISDS: A move towards Investment Mediation in Investment disputes.
• Tanzania, Africa International Law Economic Network (AfILEN)– A Critical Appraisal of the Status of the Implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement: Guided Trade Initiative.
• South Africa– Implementation of the AfCFTA through a Flexible Integration Framework: A case study of the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI).
• Belgium, The United Nations University Institute in Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS)– A quest for Continental Integration: A scrutiny of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
• Afronomicslaw Academic Forum: The Role of Regional Economic Communities in the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).