Christine Mugenyu

Christine began her career as a volunteer at Kituo cha Sheria in 2015. In 2017, she joined DLA Piper Africa, IKM Advocates 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 2022.

Employment

• Reviewing and updating a pan-African non-profit organisation operating across 11 countries on its HR Manual and policies and aligning them with international best practices and local employment laws.
• Advising a pan-African foundation on a highly sensitive senior executive disciplinary and governance process involving allegations of workplace bullying and harassment including advising on disciplinary proceedings, appeal processes, procedural fairness, governance oversight and risk management considerations.
• Advising a global medical technology company on workforce restructuring and representing it in a high-value unfair termination claim before the Employment and Labour Relations Court, where the former employee is seeking approximately USD 300,000 in damages.
• Advising a founder-led agribusiness company and its Board on a complex executive disciplinary and governance matter involving allegations of financial governance failures, audit irregularities, breach of shareholder reserved matters, conflicts of interest and fiduciary concerns relating to a founder CEO who was also a shareholder and director of the company.
• Successfully representing a global payroll and human resources company in an employment dispute involving a petition filed by a former employee alleging unfair termination, gender discrimination, oppression and human rights violations. It also involved a counterclaim for defamation against the former employee arising from damaging public allegations made after the separation process
• Advising a venture backed AI startup on the enforceability of restrictive covenants, IP rights and non-compete clauses in its founder’s employment contract with a former employer.
• Representing a private client in a high-stakes employment dispute before the Employment and Labour Relations Court and successfully securing reinstatement as Managing Director (also a shareholder) of a leading PSV insurance company and an award of approximately Kes 74 million for withheld dues.
• Advising a leading audit firm in East Africa in a sensitive and high stakes matter involving allegations of sexual harassment by a former employee against a senior member of management.
• Advising a global digital remittances company on strategic workforce restructuring in Senegal, in collaboration with local counsel.

Dispute Resolution & Litigation

• Advising East Africa’s largest data centre in a complex FIDIC-based USD 3 million construction arbitration dispute with a contractor arising from alleged breach of contract and non-payment of construction certificates. The matter also involves a counterclaim for breach of contract, recovery of costs incurred in procuring replacement equipment and termination-related damages.
• Advising a regional airline in a contractual dispute involving allegations of breach of a fixed-term consultancy agreement and payment of approximately USD 15,500 for purported consultancy services.
• Advising a technology start-up in a cross-border commercial dispute involving claims of breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation and unjust enrichment.
• Advising a South Africa-based steel manufacturer in a high-value cross-border fraud and logistics dispute involving the fraudulent procurement of stainless steel worth approximately USD 1 million
• Advising Africa’s largest fintech company in a complex contractual dispute arising from a misconfiguration error in the forex conversion functionality of a mobile money application which resulted in losses of approximately USD 1.9 million.
• Advising a pioneering African e-mobility start-up credited in a high-stakes defamation dispute involving a former employee who published damaging statements on social media.

• The Legal 500 EMEA 2026 recommended Christine for dispute resolution.