Dr Eve Hawa Sinare has been appointed member of the Management Board of African Legal Support Facility (ALSF).

 One of the senior most legal consultants in Tanzania, Dr  Eve Hawa Sinare (pictured) has been appointed as a member of the Management Board of Tunisia based African Legal Support Facility (ALSF).

The facility, which is hosted by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), assists African governments in the negotiation of complex commercial transactions among other things. Tanzania and Kenya recently applied for assistance for negotiating better contracts in the natural resources sector, according to ALSF Chief Executive and Director Mr Stephen Karangizi.

Dr. Sinare appointment takes effect from 1^st of July 2013 for three years. Only in July 2011 she was also appointed a board member of the international Board of the World Services Group (WSG) based in Texas USA, where she represents Africa and Middle East Region. Last  year she was also appointed board member of the AMREF International Board which deals with women and children health programs in rural Africa. AMREF is active in all countries South of the Sahara except about 8.The board appointments don’t require long stays in USA, Nairobi or Tunisia respectively.

One of the leading corporate consultants and advocates in Tanzania, Dr. Sinare  is an acknowledged specialist in banking, large corporate and project financial transactions  the financing of which is mostly syndicated,and corporate and sovereign bonds   all of which require  complex contractual drafting and  transactional structuring. She has competitive experience in commercial arbitration and M&A transactions. Her corporate law  practice experience is in excess of 16 years if one excludes her 10 years’ experience at COMESA.

 ALSF board is made up of some of the best legal experts in the continent in commercial transactions and litigation.

ALSF was established in 2008 by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) following calls from African Finance Ministers and from the Group Eight (G8) to support African countries in developing capacity to deal with vulture fund litigation and complex commercial transactions. Currently 42 member countries and 4 international organizations are members. Membership is open to all sovereign nations. Tanzania is a member.

ALSF grants or advances funds to African countries for legal advice from top legal counsels in the areas debt management and litigation, natural resources and extractive industries management and contracting, investment agreements and concession agreements and other related complex commercial transactions.

Dr. Sinare’s bio

Dr Eve Hawa Sinare is a Consultant (retired partner) of Rex Attorneys, one of the largest corporate law firms in Tanzania. For over 13 years she has represented some of the largest local, regional and international banks and financial institutions in projects or corporate syndicated lending in Tanzania in various sectors, M&A transactions, commercial arbitration, corporate restructuring, legislative and regulatory review, capital markets, private bond placements,  asset and share sales,  corporate and sovereign bonds. Prior to practicing she was PPSRC’s senior legal adviser for privatization of public corporations, and before that she was director of legal and institutional affairs of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and before that Dr Eve was an assistant law  lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam.

 A graduate of the University of Dar es Salaam (LLB and LLM) and the University of Konstanz, Germany (LLD in international economic law – investment, trade  and finance), she is a member of three professional bodies, the East African Law Society, the Tanganyika Law Society and the Tanzania Women Lawyers Association. Dr  Sinare also sits in several boards in the county.