Sam Wainaina > Kaplan & Stratton Advocates > Nairobi, Kenya > Lawyer Profile
Kaplan & Stratton Advocates Offices
9TH FLOOR, WILLIAMSON HOUSE
4TH NGONG AVENUE
PO BOX 40111-00100 NAIROBI
Kenya
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Sam Wainaina
Work Department
Corporate Commercial
Position
Partner
Career
Sam Wainaina qualified as a Kenyan advocate in 1978 and joined Kaplan & Stratton in the same year. He became a partner in 1983. In addition to being a member of the law Society of Kenya he is also a member of the International Trademark Association and the Institute of Trademark Attorneys.
His main areas of practice are commercial and corporate law particularly: energy and infrastructure projects; banking securities; corporate restructuring; pension and retirement benefits; and intellectual property.
Key assignments in which Sam has been engaged include: advising on a joint venture for the establishment of Kenya’s first airside perishable goods freight business; advising on the proposed joint venture for LPG handling and storage facility between Kenya Petroleum Refineries and Kenya Pipeline Company; acting as legal consultant for proposed development of a gas powered energy plant in Rwanda; and legal transaction adviser for France Telecom on its acquisition of 51% of Telkom Kenya from the Government valued at USD 390m.
Languages
English
Kiswahili
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya
- International Trademark Association
- The Institute of Trademark Attorneys
Education
- Kenya, LLM in International Trade & Investments Law – University of Nairobi
- Kenya School of Law – Bar Qualifying Examinations
- Kenya: LL.B Honours – University of Nairobi
Lawyer Rankings
Kenya > Employment
(Leading individuals)International corporations, large public companies, SMEs, and not-for-profit entities seek out Kaplan & Stratton Advocates for their expert advice on contentious and non-contentious employment matters. The team offers a full service across disputes, investigations, compliance, structuring, recruitment, immigration, and employee transfers. Practice head Sam Wainaina is without peer in the realm of pensions, and Peter Gachuhi flaunts extensive experience in litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Esther Kinyenje enjoys a stellar reputation in major trade and industrial relations disputes, while Cosima Wetende is another skilled litigator and labour law advisor.
Kenya > Privatisation and projects
(Leading individuals)Proving most valuable to private sponsors and lenders with a growing focus on PPP projects, Kaplan & Stratton Advocates is involved in many large-scale infrastructure projects in the energy and transport sectors. Ken Kamaitha, who advises on many significant road and mining projects, heads the practice, with Sam Wainaina lending the weight of his energy sector experience to power projects and financing.
Lawyer Rankings
- Employment Kenya
- Leading individuals Kenya > Privatisation and projects
- Leading individuals Kenya > Employment
- Privatisation and projects Kenya