The former Clyde & Co partner who claims she was wrongfully dismissed by the firm after she blew the whistle on a colleague, has joined low-budget African airline Fastjet as its general counsel.

Krista Bates van Winkelhof, an English-qualified solicitor specialising in corporate law, trained at Simmons & Simmons and has practiced with Linklaters and most recently Kenyan firm Anjarwalla & Khanna.