Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr incorporating Kieti Law LLP

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Lawyer & team quality

Daniel Kiragu

Daniel Kiragu is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice, with extensive experience advising and representing multinational corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, and high-net-worth individuals in complex, high-stakes disputes. Daniel regularly appears before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Employment and Labour Relations Court, arbitral tribunals, and regional judicial bodies. His practice spans commercial litigation, insolvency and restructuring, construction, employment and labour, antitrust, and international arbitration. Daniel regularly advises on corporate governance disputes, shareholder rights and business restructuring and is known for his strong advocacy, practical problem-solving, and ability to manage high-value and precedent-setting matters across multiple sectors and jurisdictions

Brian Muchiri

Brian Muchiri is a Partner in our Banking, Finance & Projects 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.

Christine Mugenyu

Christine Mugenyu is a Senior Associate in our Dispute Resolution and Employment Law practice areas.

Sammy Ndolo

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.

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).

Shem Otanga

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

Stella Situma

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.

Njeri Wagacha

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.