Boasting an impressive client portfolio drawn from key industry sectors including commodities, construction, energy, insurance, financial services, and international trade, Kaplan & Stratton Advocates enjoys a secure position in the dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration space. The practice is routinely engaged in commercial disputes, class actions, and shareholder and company disputes. Fred Ojiambo, who often appears in high-profile criminal and civil suits, leads, and the team is reinforced by competition law specialist Peter Gachuhi, tax expert Nazima Malik, trade and industrial relations disputes expert Esther Kinyenje, and employment law authority Cosima Wetende. James Muthui and Peter Njeru support on intellectual property and procurement projects, respectively.

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Testimonials

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‘The team is quite diverse and due to this they are able to appreciate more issues and bring to the table practical solutions to business problems. The team works together and are thus able to provide a quick turnaround on requests and there is always someone available to discuss issues with.’
‘Their level of integrity and honesty.'
‘The team has diverse experience and knowledge on different legal topics that speaks to how they represent you in litigation. They keep themselves abreast with trends that impact commercial organisations.’
‘The knowledge of law and experience. Also, the time they take to understand a matter that they may not be too familiar with before they represent us fully in litigation matters.’

Key clients

KASNEB
Instalaciones Inabensa S.A
Absa Bank Limited (formerly Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited)
Total Energies Limited (formerly Total Kenya)
Rift Valley Highway Limited
Rubis Energy Kenya
Unilever Kenya Limited
AON Minet Kenya Limited
Coca-Cola Central East and West Africa Limited
East Africa Breweries Limited
Safaricom PLC
TNT Express Worldwide Kenya Ltd
CMA CGM Kenya Limited
Samsung Kenya

Work highlights

Acted for East African Development Bank (EADB) in multiple suits, the seminal of which arises from a facility agreement entered into between Dari Limited and EADB and guaranteed by the directors of Dari individually and collectively.
Acted for Coca-Cola Central East and West Africa Limited in opposing an appeal filed by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) against a decision issued by the Tax Appeals Tribunal confirming that the marketing services provided by Coca-Cola Central East and West Africa Limited to Coca-Cola Export in the United States were exported services and therefore no value added tax (VAT) was chargeable.