Experience

Thomson Reuters Foundation

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Legal Officer & In-House Counsel

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  • Provision of legal advice to the Foundation and its programmes. • Review and negotiation of a range of commercial agreements. • Handling potential disputes and litigation. • Scoping requests for pro bono legal assistance from NGOs and Social Enterprises. • Managing pro bono requests, including connecting the pro bono client with lawyers. • Provision of legal advice to the Foundation and its programmes. • Review and negotiation of a range of commercial agreements. • Handling potential disputes and litigation. • Scoping requests for pro bono legal assistance from NGOs and Social Enterprises. • Managing pro bono requests, including connecting the pro bono client with lawyers.



Sam Ogola & Company Advocates

• Associate

  • Nov 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Managing clients’ cases and advocating through litigation. • Drafting and review of legal documents including contracts, pleadings and statutory statements. • Negotiating commercial agreements including leases, financing agreements. • Conducting legal research and preparing legal opinions. • Managing clients’ cases and advocating through litigation. • Drafting and review of legal documents including contracts, pleadings and statutory statements. • Negotiating commercial agreements including leases, financing agreements. • Conducting legal research and preparing legal opinions.



David Kiptum & Company Advocates

• Associate

  • Aug 2019 - Nov 2019

  • Representation of clients in dispute resolution for a including litigation, mediation and arbitration. • Drafting and review of legal documents including contracts, pleadings and statutory statements. • Negotiating commercial agreements including leases, financing agreements. • Conducting legal research and preparing legal opinions. • Undertook company filings on behalf of clients through the Business Registration Services e-system. • Representation of clients in dispute resolution for a including litigation, mediation and arbitration. • Drafting and review of legal documents including contracts, pleadings and statutory statements. • Negotiating commercial agreements including leases, financing agreements. • Conducting legal research and preparing legal opinions. • Undertook company filings on behalf of clients through the Business Registration Services e-system.



Old Mutual Kenya

• Kenya
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Advisor

  • Dec 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Undertook targeted legal research on specific and emerging issues in the industry and draft legal opinions. • Negotiation of commercial agreements including leases, agency, financing, debt management and cooperation agreements. • Legal Advisory services through drafting and reviewing contracts for various business units of the Company, intellectual and real property management. • Provided support to the various Boards and Committees of the Companies within the group; including company secretarial support. • Provided corporate governance support to the Company by ensuring legal and regulatory compliance of the Company through risk identification and management. • Coordinated with external counsel on matters subjected to different dispute resolution processes including litigation and arbitration. Show less



IDLO - International Development Law Organization

• Italy
• International Affairs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Program Implementation Assistant

  • Feb 2018 - Nov 2018

  • Partnership, Networking and Coordination- actively took part in stakeholder engagements and assisted in information flow, including assisting in handling of programs correspondence with partners. • Undertook periodic researches on legal, political, social and economic events, trends and developments relating to the Access to Justice Program. The research I conducted was informed by the partnerships that IDLO Kenya has with various institutions in the gender and justice sectors. • Program Implementation- provided support in program implementation including tracking and monitoring program experts’ work. • Reporting- undertook research and assisted in drafting of necessary reports including periodic briefs, sections of external reports, project concepts and proposals. Show less



Kerandi Manduku & Company Advocates

• Kenya
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pupil

  • Jun 2017 - Oct 2017



Kenya Law Reform Commission

• Nairobi

• Pupil

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017



Telkom Kenya Limited

• Nairobi

• Intern

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2015

  Record keeping Field work Record keeping Field work



Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya

• Nairobi

• Volunteer

  • Mar 2013 - May 2013

  Research- assisted in the conduction of research on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among women in Mashimoni area of Kibera Slums. Data recording- assisted with the collation of data collected after research Research- assisted in the conduction of research on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among women in Mashimoni area of Kibera Slums. Data recording- assisted with the collation of data collected after research