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Brian Muchiri is a Senior Associate in our Finance & Banking practice. Brian has worked and gained experience in the fields of finance and banking, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, telecommunications and has extensive experience in due diligence and corporate compliance evaluation.

Desmond Odhiambo

Desmond Odhiambo is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, Trusts & Estates practice areas, as well as in our Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency sector. He has extensive litigation experience as lead counsel in all the higher Kenyan courts as well as quasi judicial bodies such as the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board and the Kenya Industrial Property Institute. He is a qualified mediator and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).

Lydia Owuor is a Partner in our Real Estate Law practice. She is a highly experienced Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with more than 10 years of experience. She specialises in conveyancing, property law, and documentation and review of bank securities. Presently, she serves as a valuable member of the Law Society of Kenya’s Editorial Committee mandated to originate proposals on reform of the law and practice in relation to conveyancing, property law, and environmental law.

Martha Mbugua is a Partner in our Corporate & Commercial practice. Martha has more than 13 years, in three globally ranked law firms in Nairobi and her combination of wide-ranging experience in both corporate law firms and as in-house counsel, has provided Martha with a wealth of experience in Private Equity and Venture Capital structuring and investments, M&A, corporate and debt restructuring, and general corporate and commercial law.

Njeri Wagacha is a Partner in our Corporate & Commercial practice and specialises in Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Competition Law, Employment Law, and Technology, Media & Telecommunications. Njeri is Head of East Africa for the Industrials, Manufacturing and Trade Sector. Njeri runs the podcast NjeriTalks Law.

Sammy Ndolo is the Kenya Managing Partner, and Partner in our Corporate & Commercial, Finance & Banking, Real Estate, Competition Law, and Tax & Exchange Control practice areas. Sammy is a leading specialist in finance and banking, restructurings and workouts, capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

Shem Otanga is a Partner in our Technology, Media & Telecommunications practice. Shem specialises in Intellectual Property and data protection.

Stella Situma is a Partner in our Banking, Finance & Projects practice. She has over thirteen years' legal expertise garnered in two top tier firms in Kenya. She provides specialised knowledge on preparation and perfection of bank security documentation and has acted for over ten licensed Kenyan commercial banks. Her experience includes issuing capacity, validity and enforceability opinions to lenders particularly for cross border transactions.