Christine Mugenyu

Christine began her career as a volunteer at Kituo cha Sheria in 2015. In 2017, she joined  in law firm in Kenya as a Legal Trainee and was appointed as an Associate in 2018. She joined Kieti Advocates LLP in 2020. Christine was promoted to Senior Associate in April 2022.

• Assisting in successfully acting for Uchumi Supermarkets in applying for the approval of the Company’s Voluntary. Arrangement (CVA) to the High Court of Kenya. The first application of its kind to be made in Kenya under the Insolvency Act, 2015.

• Involved in acting for Hoggers Limited (a company in administration) by advising the company on the administration process, options available at the end of the administration and also filing the appropriate applications before the High Court of Kenya.

• Successfully defending a senior employee against contempt proceedings filed in an ongoing employment dispute before the Employment and Labour Relations Court.

• Advising a local investigative and in-depth journalism production house on a defamation claim.

• Defending a local company in arbitration proceedings for a claim of approximately KES 1 Million.

• Successfully acting for various local companies in debt recovery claims.

• Involved in the successful negotiation of numerous out of court settlements resulting in the resolution of court cases.

• Successfully defending leading banking institutions in opposing applications for injunctions seeking to interfere with the exercise of the right to statutory power of sale.

• Advising various private and multinational companies on employment law matters relating to work injury claims, wrongful dismissal, termination, and redundancies.

• Advising leading insurance companies in prosecuting and defending of negligence claims on behalf of their insured.