Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews — Kenya

Adil Khawaja

Partner. Adil Khawaja has two decades' experience and in-depth knowledge in real estate, environmental and planning law, commercial litigation and arbitration. He is one of the most renowned lawyers in Kenya with respect to real estate, project development, planning and environmental law. He has dealt with complicated land issues in Kenya and undertaken many complex company restructurings, realizations and schemes of arrangement for banks. · Real Estate

Andrew Mugambi

Partner Andrew Mugambi specialises in corporate and commercial law work including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity, banking and project finance, energy, oil and gas and infrastructure and aviation law. He is one of Kenya’s well-respected commercial lawyers. He has advised on a number of local and multi-national transactions including project financing, joint ventures, privatisations and Public Private Partnerships Projects. · Corporate / M&A

Daniel Muriu Wanjau

Partner Daniel is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya having been admitted to the bar over two decades ago. Daniel specializes in corporate, commercial and conveyancing law. He has been undertaken work related to mergers and acquisitions, banking law, capital markets, telecommunications, intellectual property rights, privatisations, arbitrations, creation of various types of securities and a wide range of corporate and commercial law transactions. In addition, Daniel is a legal scholar and has undertaken various pieces of legal research and writing in both national and international law. A number of his articles have been published in peer-reviewed law journals including the Journal of African Law published by the University of London and the International Community Law Review published by the Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Netherlands. Daniel successfully completed his PhD studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2009. Advising various international and local clients on the various regulatory laws including the Central Bank Act, the Banking Act, the Capital Markets Act, the Kenya Information and Communications, the Insurance Act, the Companies Act, the Retirement Benefits Act and the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act, the Energy Act and the various Regulations issued under these statutes. · Corporate / M&A

Ezra Makori

Partner Ezra is a partner at Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews. He is part of the Litigation team and is a member of the Banking and Finance, Employment, Environment and Planning, and Real Estate practice groups. He has acted for clients in accident claims, employment matters, defamation, malicious prosecution, debt recovery and claims under the Carriage by Air Act, environmental matters, contracts, constitutional law, and landlord and tenants disputes. He is also experienced in defamation, telecommunications, insurance, information technology, carriage by air, product liability, constitutional law and judicial review and administrative law. · Litigation

Kiragu Kimani SC

Senior Partner Kiragu has over three decades experience in constitutional matters, tax litigation, procurement disputes, commercial litigation, real estate litigation and arbitration. He has handled complex energy and tax disputes and represents multinational firms, local firms and departments of the Government of Kenya. He has recently been involved in a highly contentious matter regarding the election of the President of Kenya which is probably the country's single most important case since independence having regard to the impact on the socio-political and economic landscape. · Constitutional Law

Lorna Mainnah

Partner Lorna has over 15 years’ experience in real estate, environmental and planning, non- contentious probate and will, pensions and provident schemes, employment, immigration, corporate and commercial law. She has significant experience in dealing with land related matters having dealt with several land issues in Kenya, and is known for her ability to execute complex real estate deals in a timely manner. Lorna has advised on a number of local and multi-national transactions including banking and financing, security documentation, privatisations and various commercial transactions. · Real Estate

Michi Kirimi

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. · Litigation

Nancy Gitau

Partner Nancy is a Partner at Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews. She is part of the Corporate, Commercial and Real Estate team and a member of the Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Planning and Environment, and Business Set-Up and Regulatory Compliance practice groups. She is also experienced in succession planning. · Corporate / M&A

Peter Okaalet Jr

Partner Peter is a partner at Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews. He is part of the Corporate, Commercial and Real Estate team. He is also a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Private Equity, Employment, Business Set-Up and Regulatory Compliance and Infrastructure and PPPs practice groups. Peter is experienced in corporate re-organizations and restructurings, regulation of NGOs and capital market transactions. · Corporate / M&A

Richard Omwela

Partner Richard Omwela has been in legal practice for over four decades and in that time he has developed an enviable breadth and depth of experience across all areas of commercial law practice. He consistently applies his expertise to provide his clients across all economic sectors with the highest quality of legal services. His practice also includes advising clients on competition law and regulation including mergers, acquisitions, assets sales, corporate restructuring and general regulatory advice in the financial services sectors. · Corporate / M&A

Sigee Koech

Managing Partner Sigee is the managing partner in Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews specializing in banking and finance. Sigee also has significant experience in real estate/conveyancing law where she advises real estate developers and in general corporate commercial law with a bias in business set-up in Kenya and advising on continuing corporate governance matters. In her banking and finance practice, Sigee represents both Kenyan and foreign lenders with respect to secured and unsecured financing and has also acted for borrowers in local and cross-border financing transactions. She has acted as the lead advisor on several project finance transactions focusing on infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Government of Kenya. Sigee has been ranked highly by international legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, IFLR1000 and Legal 500 for her depth of experience and leadership skills; as is evidenced by the number of highly complex transactions that have needed innovative solutions where she has been the team lead. · Banking & Finance