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Rutvi Shah

Work Department

Arbitration, Dispute Avoidance, Intellectual Property, Litigation

Position

Associate

Career

Rutvi is a Barrister (UK) and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. With a strong dispute resolution background and well-founded training, she has experience in aviation, banking, debt-recovery, employment, insolvency, insurance, land manufacturing and oil & gas litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Rutvi’s penchant for detail, in-depth research and drafting skills are often called upon in complex, high-stakes commercial disputes.

She is known for her fierce commitment to client needs and provision of on-time, out-of-the-box, practical and commercially sensible solutions to clients. Her excellent research and drafting skills have benefited clients.

Notable experience include:
Successfully defending a leading regional insurance company against a USD 5 million (KES 600 million) London Court of International Arbitration, arbitration claim.

Successfully defending a leading regional insurance company in a USD 1.6 million (KES 192 million) dispute over a performance guarantee issued by the company and having the matter struck out at a preliminary stage.

Successfully settling a contractual dispute worth USD 4 million (KES 4 million) between a leading provider of accommodation in hostile environments and a global oil giant.

Successfully obtained a KES 245 million (USD 2.1 million) summary judgment in favour of a global advertising giant.

Successfully obtained a USD 3.5 million (KES 420 million) summary judgment in favour of a global advertising giant.

Successfully advised a global engineering company concerning a tender dispute about a USD 1 million (KES 120 million) on-demand guarantee.

Languages

English, Swahili

Memberships

• The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple (UK)
• International Bar Association
• Law Society of Kenya
• East Africa Law Society

Education

• Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
• LL. M, The London School of Economics
• Bar Professional Training Course (UK Bar), BPP Law School, London
• LL. B, The University of Nottingham