Yassin Senghore

Yassin is a highly respected and well-known Legal Practitioner in The Gambia with more than 19 years’ experience whose practice is predominantly Civil Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance, Property, Employment Law, Telecommunications and
Petroleum.

Yassin has a deep understanding of the Gambian legal system and jurisprudence, English common law and a strong technical expertise from hands-on experience with litigation up to the Supreme Court of The Gambia and from legal advisory services to her many clients. She
manages her own private Chambers which represents and advises a diverse group of international and national institutions, businesses and private individuals on issues involving finance and the law. Whilst it is not her main area of practice, she has a keen interest in issues relating to Human Rights and the promotion of Women’s and Children’s rights and has provided legal representation to those affected by these issues.

Yassin obtained her LLB (hons) degree from the University of Warwick in England and undertook the Bar Vocational Training at the Inns of Court School of Law. She has been a member of Lincolns Inn, England since 2001 and a member of Bar of The Gambia since 2002.

In 2017, Yassin was elected Vice President of the Gambia Bar Association and she has also served both as a Secretary and as a Member of the General Legal Council which is the Regulatory body for Legal Practitioners in The Gambia. Yassin has recently been appointed as a Commissioner for the Gambia Competition Commission. She is currently the Vice President of the Female Lawyers Association- The Gambia.