FIRM PROFILE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS THE FIRM 3
MISSION AND VISION 3 PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY COVER 3 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS 4 FEES & BILLING 4 TURNAROUND TIME 4
WHY CHOOSE US 5 INDIVIDUAL APPROACH 5 MODERN TECHNOLOGIES 5 COMPLEX SOLUTIONS 5
PRACTICE AREAS 6 REAL ESTATE, FINANCIAL SERVICES & CONSTRUCTION
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ENERGY, MINING & NATURAL RESOURCES
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IP, LEGAL AUDIT & COMPLIANCE
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CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LAW 9 POLICY & LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING 10 LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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OUR PROCESS 12 THE TEAM 14 ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT STAFF
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Kaloki Ilia & Associates Advocates
THE FIRM Kaloki Ilia & Associates is a leading law firm in Kenya, East Africa and Africa, providing innovative legal solutions to modern corporate challenges. KIA stands ready to offer attested legal solutions to new, growing and established organizations and corporations. Across East Africa, KIA provides bespoke services to our clients’ responsive to our operating environment, the nature and structure of their business and their overall goals in pursuit of our clients’ best interests. KIA is committed to proficient legal practices and we aspire to take up a leadership role in the legal profession in Kenya, East Africa and Africa. We strive to provide an active contribution in the growth of businesses and corporations as legal practitioners in our communities. As a firm we have embraced Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through making a meaningful contribution to our communities..
MISSION AND VISION Our mission is to offer top notch and quality legal services and solutions that are results oriented to our clients. Our vision is to be the leading legal service provider in Africa.
PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY COVER We have a current Professional indemnity Policy with a reputable insurance company. Details of the same can be available on request. www.kalokiilia.com
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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FEES & BILLING The firm espouses the highest ethical and professional standards and integrity in rendering and delivering legal solutions to its clientele. It is the Firm’s conviction that delivery of services with utmost expedition and thoroughness is a sacred duty and the very reason and basis of existence of our practice. We offer tailor made solutions on matters to enable our clients make informed decisions in line with their business fundamentals and needs. We have a comprehensive client care programme to ensure that our clients’ needs are evaluated on a regular basis.
TURNAROUND TIME
We negotiate our fees in accordance with the Advocates Remuneration Order. We are amenable to different modes of payment depending on the client’s preference and circumstances and also taking into account the nature of the transactions involved.
We strongly believe that time is an important resource and we endeavour to discharge our responsibilities efficiently with utmost speed in order to add value to our clients’ businesses. The firm is fully computerized and networked.
Our billing module ensures that our Clients’ are satisfied with both the quality of service we offer and the value of the money they pay in legal fees. Being cognizant of the high costs of legal services, we strive to agree with our clients on optimum and competitive fees structures on all retainers.
As a matter of policy, we respond to all correspondence within twenty four (24) hours of receipt thereof, perfection of securities is done once all the completion documents are availed; we endeavour to conclude all manner of litigation within two (2) years.
In addition to the regular feedback we receive from our clients relating to our performance, we hold regular client care meetings and endeavour to keep our clients informed of all the developments as part of our commitment to continuous quality improvement. 4
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WHY CHOOSE US As the ‘go-to’ law firm for organizations and corporations in different facets of business, our Clients’ always expect us to anticipate what it will take to minimize risk, ensure the smooth running of their businesses in whatever legal solutions they seek from us. We have responded with a results-based approach and efficient legal practices that have been optimized to meet their ever changing needs.
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INDIVIDUAL APPROACH
MODERN TECHNOLOGIES
COMPLEX SOLUTIONS
From the receipt of instructions to closing of a brief, KIA prides itself in offering a result-based approach every step of the way.
We use our knowledge and intellectual precision to help clients make strategic business decisions and achieve their highest goals.
As a team, we ensure that our solutions are simplified to suit our Clients’ environment, taking into consideration our Clients’ business fundamentals.
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PRACTICE AREAS
REAL ESTATE, FINANCIAL SERVICES & CONSTRUCTION
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The firm is a trusted advisor to project developers, investors, the bank security sector, and co-investment structures, such as joint ventures. Our professionals handle conveyancing, commercial& residential developments, Leases and Licences. KIA has engaged various parties in registration of titles and leases at different stages. Our team boasts of experts in the real estate and bank security sector in East Africa. In addition, the Firm handles instructions pertaining to land amalgamations, subdivision, and extension of leases and change of user. KIA acts for persons desirous in structuring joint venture real estate projects and advises on the legal aspects of the subsequent project financing.
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ENERGY, MINING & NATURAL RESOURCES
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Our team of Professionals and Consultants offer top-notch, comprehensive legal and strategic advice to solve different issues in upstream, midstream and downstream entities. We act on behalf of operator companies, service companies, public institutions in the mining industry in Kenya and across East Africa. KIA offers solutions in the field of ranging from Product Sharing Contracts, Joint Operating Agreements, negotiating Project Financing to compliance with government regulations, Licenses and Legislation, among many others.
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PRACTICE AREAS
IP, LEGAL AUDIT & COMPLIANCE
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We advise on the registration of trademarks, patents, industrial designs, assignments and licenses for wide variety of clientele including litigation related matters. We delight ourselves in ensuring that our clients are able to gain recognition and or financial benefit from what they invent or create. KIA provides specialist support in legal audit to help our Clients gauge their compliance with relevant statutory regulatory and policy requirements affecting their businesses or operations. Our legal audit reports synthesize the information available and provide conclusive advisory.
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CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LAW
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We draw our experience on the wealth of commercial expertise observed on the globalization of trade and investment, the emergence of new markets. KIA handles wide spectra of commercial and corporate litigation. We draw our experience on the wealth of commercial expertise observed on the globalization of trade and investment, the emergence of new markets, increasing trans-border merger and acquisition activity, and the growing convergence of trade, finance and global corporate governance.
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PRACTICE AREAS
POLICY & LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING
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We also develop proposals, legislative review or development; coordinate research on relevant legislation and propose advice in respect of legislative drafting issues. Our principal role in undertaking legislative drafting contracted by either the National or devolved governments include: Drafting Bills and Subsidiary Legislation. We also develop proposals, legislative review or development; coordinate research on relevant legislation and propose advice in respect of legislative drafting issues. We also draft relevant principal documents governing operations of various entities during their establishment.
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LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Over time, the firm has gained specialty knowledge in commercial and contract disputes, election disputes, intellectual property disputes, employment disputes, public law litigation, probate & administration among others. Our team of lawyers has undergone extensive training in Alternative Dispute Resolution and are conversant with advisory or offering settlement solutions through Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration. We are also reputed in dealing with trade union relations and the employment aspects of mergers, takeovers and buyouts. We are not limired to the above-mentioned practice areas. We are capable of assembling a multi-disciplinary teams of specialists in corporate, commercial, finance, securities and dispute resolution laywers across the globe at the Client’s request.
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OUR PROCESS
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FIRST CONTACT
DISCUSSION & PLANNING
FINAL STRATEGY
The first meeting and contact with a prospect or client is important to us. It is at this stage that we get to understand the client’s underlying issue.
Recommending a solution to a client isn’t that obvious. At this stage, we discuss in details with the client about the underlying issue and plan on possible solutions.
After the planning stage, possible solutions are evaluated and the most appropriate solution is selected for implementation.
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IMPLEMENTATION
CONTROL
Implementation is the process that turns strategies and plans into actions in order to accomplish strategic objectives and goals.
Strategic control is the process used by the firm to control the formation and execution of the final strategy; it is a specialised form of management control.
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THE TEAM At Kaloki Ilia & Associates, we strive to provide result driven solutions. As a multifaceted team, our ambition is to be the leader in progressive legal services in Kenya as we continue to offer top notch legal solutions to our Clients.
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Kaloki Ilia & Associates Advocates
RITA K. KALOKI Ms. Kaloki is the Managing Partner at Kaloki Ilia & Associates Advocates. Ms. Kaloki has significant experience in Real Estate, Banking, Finance, Legal Audit and Compliance, Private & Public Partnerships, Taxation, Litigation, Building& Construction and Project Finance. Ms. Kaloki has advised clients on Conveyance, Construction and Project Finance, Taxation, Private and Public Partnerships and Corporate Governance in Kenya and East Africa Ms. Kaloki has valuable experience working extensively in Litigation, Conveyance, Private and Public Partnerships, advisory, and review capacities on contracts, projects, corporate and investment transactions of varying complexities and across multiple sectors of the economy. Prior to establishing Kaloki Ilia & Associates, Ms. Kaloki worked as an Associate Partner at Wambua & Maseno Advocates, where she managed the Rift Valley and Western region and played a pivotal role in representing Clients, advising investors, handling commercial contracts, securities and ensuring successful acquisition of property. Ms. Kaloki holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and a Post graduate diploma from the Kenya School of Law.
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AREAS OF INTEREST 1. 2. 3. 4.
Commercial & Corporate Law, Litigation, Conveyancing and Project Finance, Private Public Partnerships.
MEMBERSHIP 1. 2. 3. 4.
Law society of Kenya The East African Law Society International Commission of Jurists The Rift Valley Law Society.
QUALIFICATIONS 1. 2.
Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Certified Public Secretaries, 15
SHEILA M. MBITI Ms. Sheila M. Mbiti has a vast experience in Projects and Infrastructure. Sheila specialises in infrastructure, energy, public-private partnerships, public procurement, and government contracting. Ms. Mbiti has successfully negotiated and handled various Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contracts(EPC) based on various models like FIDIC, World Bank and AfDB Conditions of Contract. Ms. Mbiti has also negotiated several novation and wheeling agreements between various energy sector entities and also has been involved in Fibre (Dark and Lit) Lease transactions. She also has experience in wayleave acquisition for Energy infrastructure in various Transmission Line Projects. Ms Mbiti is a graduate of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in Environmental Law from the University of Nairobi. She is also a certified Public Private Partnership Professional from APMG, trained in Contract Management & Administration of FIDIC 2017 Conditions of Contract and Engineering & Construction Contract Management FIDIC, NEC, JBCC & GCC.
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AREAS OF INTEREST 1. 2. 3. 4.
Infrastructure and Construction Energy Law Corporate & Commercial Law Conveyancing
QUALIFICATIONS 1. 2. 3. 4.
Advocate of the High Court of Kenya Commissioner for Oaths Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Notary Public
MEMBERSHIP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Member of the Law Society of Kenya Member of the East African Law Society Affiliate Member of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association Affiliate Member International Bar Association Member of the Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration
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JUDY C. KOECH OYAMO Mrs. Oyamo graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) Degree from Catholic Univevrsity of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in the year 2011. She obtained a Post-Graduate diploma in Law from the class of 2012 and was admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya in the year 2014. She is a Certified Professional Mediator having underwent training at the Mediation Training Institute International (MTI(I) EA). Mrs Oyamo underwent three years of legal training from the firm of J.M Rioba & Co. Advocates from the year 2011, worked at AfriHealth Consulting Limited as a Senior Legal Officer for two years before joining BACOfOMAWU(K) an affiliate union of COTU(K). Judy joined the firm of Kaloki Ilia & Associates in June 2018 as a Senior Associate running the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department Mrs. Oyamo has vast experience in handling of Genderrelated matters, Health Law, Family law disputes and Labour matters.
AREAS OF INTEREST 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Labour Law Gender Law Health Law Family Law Labour & Employment Law Alternative Dispute Resolution
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QUALIFICATIONS 1. 2.
Advocate of the High Court of Kenya Certified Professional Mediator
MEMBERSHIP 1. 2. 3. 4.
Law Society of Kenya Nairobi Law Society East Africa Law Society International Lawyers Advocating for Works (ILAW)
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT STAFF
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
CLERK
PROCESS SERVER
Brigit Birundu is our Executive assistant in charge of the administration of the Firm Brigit, is a qualified paralegal from the Kenya School of Law, and she is well versed with the daily runnings of the Law firm.
Jackson Muthoka is a competent and qualified clerk in charge of the firm’s registry. Muthoka has experience in file management, storage and indexing among other roles. He also doubles up as the office assistant.
Mumo Kimeu is our competent court process server who handles service of documents. Mumo, has vast experience in the field of process serving as he has previously worked with the firm of Sudi & Associates Law Consultants. Whereby, he also doubled up as the firm’s litigation and conveyancing clerk.
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CLIENTELE KIA has worked with several individual and corporate clients since inception. The lists of our clients are as follow:
The County Government of Makueni
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Geothermal Development Company Limited
Kenya National Highway Authority (KENHA)
Mhasibu Housing Company Limited
Eqwipetrol Limited
Karen Blixen Camp
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CONTACT US Viewpark Towers, 4th Floor, Utalii Lane, +254 20 260 0328 / +254 742 162 685 info@kalokiilia.com Mon. - Fri. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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