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Kaplan & Stratton, Advocates
 
PARTNERS

 

FRED OJIAMBO, Senior Counsel and Senior Partner

Head of Litigation Department

Areas of specialisation: commercial and civil litigation especially banking, insurance, tax; arbitration.
Born: Kenya, 1950
LLB. (Hons). (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
Admitted: Kenya Advocate 1975
Kaplan & Stratton 1974 to date, Partner, 1981
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya, International Bar Association.


PETER HIME

Areas of specialisation: intellectual property; licensing, franchising, technical know-how agreements, aircraft leasing and securities, commercial securities and commercial law
Born: Kenya, 1944
B.Com with Law (Hons.) (Leeds University, U.K.)
Admitted: Kenya Advocate 1970
Kaplan & Stratton 1970 to date, Partner, 1975
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya, International Trademark Association (INTA), Institute of Trademark Attorneys (ITMA)(Overseas member)
Publications: Annual contributions to Kenya chapter in INTA publications on trademarks of the world and opposition and rectification provisions.


OLIVER FOWLER

Head of Commercial Department

Areas of specialisation: project finance, bank securities, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, privatisation and taxation
Born: Kenya, 1952
LLB (Bristol University, U.K.)
Admitted: English Solicitor 1977, Kenya Advocate 1978
Kaplan & Stratton 1978 to date, Partner, 1981
Professional Memberships: Law Society of England & Wales and Law Society of Kenya
Publications: Contributor of the Kenya chapter in Rowley & Bakers' International Mergers: the Antitrust Process.


SAM WAINAINA

Areas of specialisation: corporate and commercial, intellectual property, employment, pensions and retirement benefits, banking and securities, electricity/power purchase
Born: Kenya, 1952
LLB. (Hons). (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
Admitted: Kenya Advocate, 1978
Kaplan & Stratton 1978 to date, Partner, 1983
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya, International Trademark Association (INTA), Institute of Trademark Attorneys (ITMA)(Overseas member).


NIGEL SHAW

Areas of specialisation: property development, general conveyancing, immigration, employment law
Born: Kenya, 1961
LLB. (Leicester University, U.K.)
Barrister-at-law, Grays Inn, London
Admitted: Advocate of the High Court of Kenya 1990
Kaplan & Stratton 1989 to date, Partner, 1993
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya


PETER MBUTHIA GACHUHI

Areas of specialisation: civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, mediation and employment law
Born: Kenya, 1961
B.A. (Punjab University, India 1985), LLB. (Mumbai University, India 1988)
Admitted: Kenya Advocate 1990
Kaplan & Stratton 1990 to date, Partner, 1993
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya, International Commission of Jurists Kenya Section and The Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya.


RACHEL MBAI

Areas of specialisation: property acquisition/disposal and development, property laws and property finance including mortgages; landlord and tenant; general commercial/business law
Born: Kenya, 1965
LLB. (Hons.) (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
Admitted:Kenya Advocate 1991
Kaplan & Stratton 1991 to date, Partner, 1994
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya, International Bar Association and International Commission of Jurists
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BINTI SHAH

Areas of specialisation: capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, due diligence.
Born: Kenya, 1973
LLB. (Hons.) (Reading University, U.K.)
Admitted: English Solicitor 1997, Kenya Advocate 2001.
Wilde Sapte (London 1995 – 1998), Kaplan & Stratton 1999 to date, Partner, 2001
Professional Memberships: Law Society of England and Wales, Law Society of Kenya.


NAZIMA MALIK

Areas of specialisation: banking litigation, receiverships, intellectual property litigation, employment litigation and other commercial litigation
Born: Kenya, 1973
LLB. (Hons.) (University of Nottingham–Trent , U.K.)
Admitted: Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, 1998
Kaplan & Stratton 1996 to date, Partner, 2002
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya and International Bar Association.


ESTHER KINYENJE

Areas of specialisation: banking, employment, debt collection, construction and commercial litigation; mediation and arbitration in commercial disputes
Born: Kenya, 1972
LLB. (Hons.) (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
Admitted: Advocate 1998
Salim Dhanji and Co. Advocates (Nairobi 1996 – 1997), Kaplan & Stratton 1998 to date, Partner, 2003
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya, Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Kenya Branch (MCIarb)


COSIMA WETENDE

Areas of specialisation: civil and commercial litigation, mediation and arbitration
Born: Kenya, 1975
B.A. (Hons.) Social Sciences (Catholic University of Eastern Africa), LLB. (Hons.) (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
Admitted: Kenya Advocate 2003
Kaplan & Stratton 2001 to date, Partner, 2008
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIarb)


MAHESH ACHARYA

Areas of specialisation: general corporate and commercial; intellectual and industrial property law
Born: Kenya, 1979
B.A. (Hons.) Political Science (University of Nagpur, India), LLB. (Hons.) (University of Nagpur, India)
Admitted: Kenya Advocate, 2005
Kaplan & Stratton 2002 to date, Partner, 2008
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya and
International Bar Association.


JAMES MUTHUI

Areas of specialisation: civil litigation
Born: Kenya, 1976
LLB. (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
Admitted: Kenya Advocate, 2003
Kaplan & Stratton 2004 to date, Partner, 2008
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIarb).




AMAR THETHY

Areas of specialisation: general corporate and commercial
Born: Kenya, 1981
LLB. (Hons.) (University of Reading, U.K.)
Admitted: Kenya Advocate, 2005
Kaplan & Stratton 2003 to date, Partner, 2008
Professional Memberships: Law Society of Kenya