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About Peter Makau:

I am an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with 5 years cumulative experience and 3 years post-admission experience. I provide customized legal solutions on corporate-commercial law, dispute resolution, employment & labour matters and general legal advisory.


 

  1. Commercial Agreements -!MoUs, Joint-venture agreements, Partnership Deeds, SPAs, SSAs, SHAs, Business Transfer Agreements, NDAs, NNN agreements
  2. Employment and labour relations - employment contracts, settlement agreements, facilitating ADR process, court representation
  3. Real Estate - drafting charges, sales agreements & leases, due diligence in conveyancing transactions, perfection of securities
  4. General legal advise

Experience

January 2021-PresentPrincipal Attorney at PM Kithuka & Co. Advocates- Nairobi
Responsibilities
Commercial Litigation/ dispute resolution – I represent various clients in court on intricate commercial disputes. This includes drafting the necessary pleadings and filling the same in court, court attendance, attending strategy litigation meetings, advising clients on best ways to solve commercial disputes through alternative dispute resolution (arbitration and mediation).
Employment and Labor relations practice – I advise clients on best practices in the labor market to ensure they are compliant with the laws governing employment contracts, termination of employment (termination on notice and redundancy), drafting and reviewing employment contracts and facilitating clients to settle employment disputes through alternative dispute resolution.
Conveyancing - I continue to advise and represent various clients in real estate transactions. My expertise includes undertaking due diligence in the transactions, drafting and reviewing sales agreements, charges and leases.
Corporate commercial and company secretarial practice - I have acted for several clients in corporate commercial transaction. I have undertaken transactional due diligence including preparation of due diligence reports, drafting commercial agreements such as Partnership Deeds, Joint Venture Agreements, Business Transfer Agreements and Share Agreements. I have registered business entities for local clients and advised foreign clients on doing business in Kenya. I advise clients on intellectual property protection and act for them in trade mark registration and opposition at KIPI. 
Legal research - I undertake legal research on various legal issues.

October 2017- December, 2020 –Legal Associate/Assistant at Mboya Wangong’u & Waiyaki Advocates- Nairobi
Responsibilities
• Reviewed acts & Bills of Parliament and subsidiary legislations and advised clients on probable impact on their businesses
• Prepared of audit confirmation reports
• Court attendance
• Prepared articles on various legal issues for posting on the Firm’s Website;
• Prepared legal opinions on various areas of law;
• Prepared pleadings (Petitions, Plaints, Motions, Responses to statements of claims) and filed the same in court;
• Prepared of pleadings for arbitration proceedings;
• Prepared of pleadings for mediation proceedings
• Drafted and reviewed commercial contracts
• Conducted due diligence in conveyancing transactions such as searches on e-citizen plat form and site visits
• Carried out research on various legal issues based on both local laws and laws of other jurisdictions
• Made link business applications on e-citizen for clients and following up with the companies registry for processing
• Prepared annual returns for clients and filling the same on the e-citizen platform
• Drafted and filed various documents for effecting company changes
• Carried out other duties as assigned from time to time by the partners or associates
• Updated Beneficial Ownership Status for various corporate clients
• Undertook due diligence in commercial transactions
• I was part of a team that successfully acted for a corporate client in an acquisition transaction at regional (COMESA) level.
• Responded to requests for proposal for provision of legal services from various government and private sector entities

Education

2023 - Alison Courses (Diploma in Convention and Maritime Law)
2018-2019 - Kenya School of Law (Post-graduate Diploma in Law)

2013-2017 - The University of Nairobi, School of Law Parklands Campus (Bachelor of Laws, 2nd Class Upper Division)

2008 - 211 - Moi Forces Academy, Msa (KCSE Certification - A Plain)

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