Desmond Odhiambo is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, Trusts & Estates practice areas, as well as in our Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency sector.
He has extensive litigation experience as lead counsel in all the higher Kenyan courts as well as quasi judicial bodies such as the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board and the Kenya Industrial Property Institute. He is a qualified mediator and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).
Desmond started as a Trainee Lawyer at a firm in Kenya and was later appointed as an Associate. He subsequently joined another firm where he remained as a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice until October 2017. Desmond joined Kieti in 2017.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law & Kenyan Bar Admission
LLB, Bachelor of Laws, University of Leeds, England
Membership
Law Society of Kenya
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
Languages
Languages
English
Swahili
About Desmond
Desmond started as a Trainee Lawyer at a firm in Kenya and was later appointed as an Associate. He subsequently joined another firm where he remained as a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice until October 2017. Desmond joined Kieti in 2017.
Credentials
Education
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law & Kenyan Bar Admission
LLB, Bachelor of Laws, University of Leeds, England
Membership
Law Society of Kenya
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
Languages
English
Swahili
Experience
Retail supermarket chain
Advising a large retail supermarket chain on a debt restructuring plan that culminated in a Company Voluntary Arrangement (“CVA”) with hundreds of creditors.
Food services franchisee
Advising a leading food services franchisee on an appropriate business rescue mechanism under the Insolvency Act 2015.
Estate of luxurious apartments
Successfully restraining the government from demolishing an estate of luxurious apartments along the coastal line of Mombasa worth KES 2 Billion.
Mortgage finance company
Successfully defending a mortgage finance company in a claim for an alleged breach of undertaking worth KES 200 Million.
Commercial bank
Successfully defending a commercial bank against a claim for shares worth KES 120 Million under an Employee Share Ownership Scheme (ESOP).
International charitable organisation
Successfully defending an international charitable organisation in a construction dispute worth KES 78 Million.
Provisions on inheritance.
Acting for an estate worth KES 15 Billion in a landmark succession case at the Court of Appeal on whether estoppel can override statutory provisions on inheritance.
USAID funded projects
Advising various USAID funded projects on employment regulations, redundancies and drafting employment agreements.
Commercial litigation
Undertaking a wide range of commercial litigation in relation to guarantees, judicial review of government actions, winding up of companies and enforcement of securities.
