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 > Banking, finance and capital markets
Highlighted by clients for its ‘good, competent service’, Kaplan & Stratton Advocates‘s finance and banking practice is a key port of call for aviation-related financing and leasing matters, along with local and international transactions, both bilateral and syndicated, bond listings, and other legal services. Practice head Ruth Kirunga advises commercial banks and DFIs in project financing and securities. Peter Hime has over 35 years of experience in aircraft financing, while Sam Wainaina boasts a strong track record in infrastructure finance. Senior associate Eva Biegon is another highly active member of the team.
Kenya > Employment
(Leading partners)Noted for its ‘responsiveness and breadth of expertise’, Kaplan & Stratton Advocates‘s employment and pensions department is comprised of various experts in contentious and non-contentious matters, and has a track record in matters pertaining to redundancies, recruitment, pension policy, immigration, and insolvency effects on benefits and pensions. Sam Wainaina fields over 40 years of experience in employment matters, and is frequently assisted by litigation and alternative dispute resolution expert Peter Gachuhi. Esther Kinyenje leverages significant expertise in trade and industrial relations-related employment matters, while Cosima Wetende and Sarah Kiarie-Muia are sought after for their expertise in employee contracts, disputes, and regulatory compliance.
Kenya > Privatisation and projects
(Leading partners)Lawyer Rankings
- Employment Kenya
- Leading partners Kenya > Privatisation and projects
- Leading partners Kenya > Employment
- Banking, finance and capital markets Kenya