Background
Kontos, Alexandra was born on November 1, 1944 in Khartoum, Sudan.
Kontos, Alexandra was born on November 1, 1944 in Khartoum, Sudan.
Haile Sellassie I University (Bachelor of Laws, 1966). University of London (Master of Laws, 1968). Spoken languages: English, Greek, French, Italian, Amharic and Kiswahili.
Worked at Walker Kontos Advocates (Nairobi) specializing in Banking, Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Property, Commercial Law, Insurance. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Ethiopia. 1977, Greece; 1983, Kenya.
Notary Public.
Commissioner for Oaths. Certified Public Secretary (Kenya). Company-Director, Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Ethiopian Team), 1973-1975.
Editor, African Law Digest, a quarterly publication of the Faculty of Law, Addis Ababa University, 1974-1976.
Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Addis Ababa University, 1973-1976. Director, Centre for African Legal Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1973-1976.
Member: Legislative Drafting Committee (Commercial Law), Ministry of Justice, Ethiopian Government, 1975-1977. Ethiopian Law Reform Commission (Commercial Law), Ministry of Justice and Addis Ababa University, 1975-1977.
Ethiopian Delegation-United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Conference on the Law of the Sea, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1976.
Legislative Drafting Committee (Ports & Harbours), Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ethiopian Government, 1977. Task Force on the Review of the Government Lands Acting of Kenya, Department of Lands and Law Reform Commission, 1993. Member: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Law Society of Kenya (Member, Property Law, Conveyancing and Property Development Sub-Committees).
Member: Legislative Drafting Committee (Commercial Law), Ministry of Justice, Ethiopian Government, 1975-1977. Ethiopian Law Reform Commission (Commercial Law), Ministry of Justice and Addis Ababa University, 1975-1977. Ethiopian Delegation-United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Conference on the Law of the Sea, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1976.
Legislative Drafting Committee (Ports & Harbours), Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ethiopian Government, 1977.
Task Force on the Review of the Government Lands Acting of Kenya, Department of Lands and Law Reform Commission, 1993. Member: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Law Society of Kenya (Member, Property Law, Conveyancing and Property Development Sub-Committees).