Key Responsibilities

The role encompasses a dual mandate in high-level legal practice and knowledge development:

I. Legal Practice & Client Advisory

• Effectively manage client relationships, conduct meetings, and oversee all aspects of client transactions and matters from initiation to conclusion.
• Manage Litigation files, including preparing quality legal pleadings, representing clients in court (as both plaintiffs and defendants), and managing all phases of the judicial process.
• Lead negotiations to settle potentially litigious matters and effectively employ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods, including Arbitration.
• Draft, review, amend, and negotiate complex commercial contracts and documentation, ensuring their due execution and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Provide sound legal advice and draft authoritative legal opinions across all practice areas.
• Handle high-level Conveyancing processes, including property due diligence, drafting lease agreements, and overseeing matters before the Lands Registry, Survey of Kenya, and National Lands Commission.

II Knowledge Sharing

• Design, develop, and deliver structured training programmes, interactive workshops, masterclasses, and legal seminars covering the core competency areas.
• Design comprehensive and practical training materials, including manuals, workbooks, case studies, precedents, and practical exercises.

Core Competency Areas

• Commercial Law: Contract drafting and negotiation, corporate transactions, business structuring, commercial dispute resolution, secured lending, and regulatory compliance.
• Conveyancing Law: Land transactions, leases, searches, land registration under the Land Registration Act 2012, stamp duty, and property due diligence under the Kenyan legal framework.
• Litigation Law (Kenyan Law): Civil Litigation procedure (including filing of claims, drafting pleadings, discovery, and pre-trial processes), Commercial Litigation, Constitutional and Public Law Disputes, ELC matters, Employment disputes, enforcement of judgments and decrees, Appellate Advocacy, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
• Probate & Succession: Grant of probate and letters of administration, intestate succession under the Law of Succession Act (Cap 160), estate administration, and beneficiary rights.

Qualifications & Experience

• Must possess an LLB Degree from a recognized university.
• Must be an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a current Practicing Certificate (LSK membership) — Mandatory.
• Minimum 7+ years’ post-admission experience in a similar, multi-specialty role, preferably within a top-tier law firm.
• Demonstrable experience (minimum 5 years) in legal training, lecturing, CPD facilitation, or mentoring. Previous or current university lecturing experience is highly desirable.
• An LLM or postgraduate qualification in a relevant legal specialisation will be a significant advantage.
• Proven hands-on expertise in the interpretation and application of legal texts, statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Working knowledge of conveyancing, court rules, and land registry procedures is essential.

Competencies & Personal Attributes

• Commanding subject matter expertise with intellectual credibility among practicing advocates.
• Exceptional communication skills (written, verbal, and public speaking); ability to write and speak clearly, persuasively, and concisely.
• Strong facilitation, presentation, and coaching skills—the ability to make complex concepts accessible and engaging for diverse audiences.
• Highly organized, meticulous, and attentive to detail.
• Structured thinking and proven ability to design progressive, practical learning curricula.
• Poised to work under pressure, manage simultaneous demands, and drive complex cases to a successful finish.
• Logical, analytical, creative, and a focused learner who proactively pursues opportunities to build expertise.
• Excellent interpersonal and client-facing skills with a proactive, ambitious, and collaborative