Lorna Mainnah > Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews > Nairobi, Kenya > Lawyer Profile

Clients note Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews‘s employment team’s capacity for ‘handling high-profile commercial and public interest cases’, being a prime choice for local and foreign clients across a range of industries, especially telecommunications, finance, retail, and aviation, among others.  The team’s portfolio of cases includes the full breadth of contentious and non-contentious employment areas, including redundancies, harassment claims, collective bargaining agreements, benefits and pension due diligence, and regulatory compliance of employee policy, to name a few. The department is headed by its senior partners; unfair termination and restructuring expert Michi Kirimi, Lorna Mainnah, who is an expert in transaction-related employee mandates, and Richard Omwela. Ezra Makori is a key member of the team for employment litigation, especially cases pertaining to labour unions.

Praised for its ‘deep understanding of both the local and regional real estate markets’, the real estate department at Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews fields considerable expertise in proprietary transactions, and is often retained for conveyancing, sales of specific real estate assets, distressed sales, and restructurings, alongside mandates involving construction, planning, and environmental regulation queries. Practice head Lorna Mainnah is praised by clients for her ‘deep sector knowledge, strategic vision, and ability to navigate complex legal landscapes’, and is often assisted Adil Khawaja with extensive experience in real estate transactions and litigation. Nancy Gitau offers valuable advice to clients on matters involving large scale conveyancing of property and financing sales.