Profile
Collin Odeke is a tax and legal professional with experience in international tax advisory, business tax compliance, tax controversy and dispute resolution, tax due diligence for mergers, acquisitions and restructuring, and legal research. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and of Uganda, and a member of the Uganda Law Society, the Law Society of Kenya, and the East African Law Society, and holds a Certificate in Corporate Governance. Collin holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Dar es Salaam, a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Kenya School of Law, and an Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT). He currently serves as Senior Tax Advisor, Tax & Regulatory Services at KPMG East Africa, based in Kampala. Prior to joining KPMG, he spent six years at Deloitte, most recently as a Tax Consultant in Tax & Legal Services and earlier as a Senior Associate. His Deloitte engagements included leading tax advisory mandates on business set-up, mergers and acquisitions, expatriate tax issues, and transactions triggering permanent establishment implications; analysing and preparing VAT and corporate tax computations for filing; advising on the VAT treatment of domestic and international transactions; monitoring industry trends and tax-law changes to prepare client memos; identifying and pursuing business development opportunities through proposal writing; and developing internal tax trainings for staff and external trainings for clients. Before relocating to Uganda, Collin practised in Nairobi as a Legal Associate at Zed Achoki & Company Advocates and as a Legal Intern at GM Muhoro Advocates, building a foundation in commercial advisory and litigation that informs his current cross-border tax controversy practice.