BLOC - Key Persons
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- Managing Partner, Advocate / Consultant Mediator
Biography Mr. Elvis Abenga is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and one of the founding partners of...
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- Partner in Charge of Litigation
Linet Bisieri Nyaenya Partner in charge of litigation Education Ms. Bisieri is a holder of Bachelor of Laws Degree from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology... Read Profile
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner in Charge of Legal Consulting, Compliance and Advisory
Biography
Ms Ruth Okara is an Advocate and a Partner with Begi's Law Office and a law graduate of the University of Nairobi. She started her career in the corporate world and rose through the ranks to the position of a Senior Associate at Deloitte & Touché in the Audit and Compliance Department. She has most recently worked with the Law Society of Kenya under their "Supporting Access to Justice for Children in East Africa Programme" partnering with the Canadian Bar Association where she was extensively involved in defending juvenile offenders and educating young people on their rights and responsibilities.
Experience
In addition, she has been a consultant in various projects such as human rights, children matters and oil and gas. Ruth has been grooming herself in various areas of law including criminal law, commercial, corporate, succession, children matters, banking and insurance. She also has a grasp of the operational and financial aspects of organizations that handle such matters having worked as an auditor in a very busy firm for over 3 years.
Ruth is an Advocate- in- waiting having completed her training and complied with all the requirements for admission. In addition to this, she has successfully qualified as a Certified Public Accountant. She is also a member of the Federation of Women Lawyers - Kenya Chapter. She has wide exposure to both litigation and non litigation matters. With an academic background in both Accounting and law, she contributes great value to the firm. Her goal in life is to see justice being made a firm pillar in our everyday lives because of incremental changes that would be the result of systematic advocacy that brings about fair legal practices in Kenya and in the world.
Job Titles:
- Partner in Charge of Corporate, Commercial and Transactional Law
Biography
Ms. Chloe Nambirige is an Advocate of the High Court and a partner in charge of corporate, commercial and transactional law. She is a self-motivated, enthusiastic and hardworking person with good personal skills and very high integrity. Ms. Nambirige boasts of a success rate of over 70% of all legal matters that she has handled, which exposure has enabled her to maintain healthy relationships with clients. Her key skills are in the negotiation, drafting and execution of various commercial contracts, engaging in strategic transactional advisory as well as excelling in corporate and commercial litigation.
Education
Ms. Chloe Nambirige is a graduate of Makerere University in Kampala Uganda, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws Honours degree. She then attended a Pre-bar training program at the Riara University School of Law in Nairobi before proceeding to the Kenya School of Law for her Advocates Training Program.
Experience
Before joining Begi's Law Offices & Chambers, Ms. Nambirige worked as an Associate at Machuki and Company Advocates, where she honed skills in provision of strategic legal advice to clients, legal research and drafting of contracts, transactional negotiation and the preparation of various conveyancing documents.
Ms. Nambirige undertook her pupillage program at Bashir and Noor Advocates where she was trained in incorporation of companies under the respective laws, as well as undertaking and overseeing conveyancing transactions from inception to completion. Ms. Nambirige also previously worked at C.R. Amanya & Company Advocates as an intern as well as at Law Governance Advocates-Uganda as a Personal Assistant. Ms. Nambirge brings a wealth of knowledge and experience at the disposal of all clients of Begi's Law Offices & Chambers.