Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews is home to a well-experienced employment team that often advises both domestic and international clients on the full spectrum of employment matters, including unfair dismissals, mass redundancies, and trade union matters. The practice is jointly steered by Michi Kirimi, who is highly capable of handling restructuring and redundancy matters, as well as representing clients in labour disputes, and corporate and commercial expert Richard Omwela. Lorna Mainnah is a key point of call for employment-related immigration mandates, and Ezra Makori acts for clients in employment litigation.
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Commercial litigation, Employment, Tax
Position
Partner
Michi has over two decades' experience in successfully guiding her clients through
complex matters in commercial litigation and arbitration with a focus on
labour and employment, banking, insurance, intellectual property and commercial law. She has undertaken litigation and arbitrations in disputes arising out of commercial contracts, Engineering and Procurement Contracts and Employment contracts. She has handled complex Constitutional Petitions and represents client on tax appeals before the Tax Appeals Tribunal and the High Court. She regularly represents clients in ICC arbitration proceedings, as well as employment, medical negligence claims and insurance based litigation. She is recognised by Legal 500 for her expertise in intellectual property and employment matters.
Languages
English, Swahili.
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‘Vibrant and experienced team of partners.'
'Lorna Mainnah, Michi Kirimi, and Ezra Makori demonstrate core values for our business type, and there is a vast understanding and in-depth knowledge of our business and operating environment.'
'Flexibility and deliver customer requirements.'
'Business contingency and availability of partners and associates.'
'They have a very strong professional team.'
'They are fully reliable, and we have never faced challenges if anyone is not available because there is always a professional from the team taking it over.'
'We work very closely with Ezra Makori. He is the most reliable professional we have worked with in the organisation. He is reliable, his knowledge and experience is remarkable, and he is always available to guide us and handle our cases.'
Key clients
- G4S Kenya Ltd Henkel Kenya Ltd Wells Fargo Ltd Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarkets Ltd KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Village Reach World Learning Inc Danish Institute of Human Rights Mjengo Ltd