Legal team size: Three

Major legal advisers/ external counsel: Baker McKenzie

What country you are based in? Rwanda.

Looking forward, what trends do you foresee in the legal landscape over the next 5–10 years that companies should prepare for?

Legal teams are evolving into strategic business partners, with senior legal managers increasingly integrated into core business functions rather than operating solely within traditional legal roles.

As regulatory demands continue to grow, there is a rising need for deeper specialisation within in-house legal departments to effectively navigate complex compliance landscapes.

At the same time, companies must balance global harmonisation efforts with local and regional regulatory divergence, requiring legal teams to adopt agile and adaptive compliance strategies.