23^rd June 2020

Regarded as a symbol of peak professionalism across the globe, the rank of FCIArb demonstrates an outstanding commitment to achieving the highest levels of knowledge, skills, and behaviour. Characteristics that accurately describe John Mbaluto.

As a Partner in the firm’s dispute resolution practice group, John has built a distinguished career spanning over 12 years with a specialisation in alternative dispute resolution and litigation. Over the years, John has developed a keen interest in arbitration,  representing parties in several substantial domestic and international commercial arbitration matters.

John was recently the lead Partner in an arbitration based on a claim by a contractor against the employer for the payment of the development costs of a University campus complex constructed by the claimant, running into the hundreds of millions of shillings.

CIArb membership is recognised internationally. CIArb Fellowship is the most senior level of membership and entitles one to serve on Presidential panels: panels of senior and experienced practitioners who are trained arbitrators, commercial and civil mediators, and adjudicators.

Read John’s profile here and our Arbitration experience, here.

3^rd June 2020

In the recently released awards by the Association of Young Abitrators dubbed “Africa’s 50 Most Inspiring Young Arbitration Pratictioners 2020”, our very own Noella Lubano, a partner at the firm’s dispute resolution practice, was recognised for her arbitration experience, putting her in the talent pool of Africa’s best arbitrators.

The prestigious award celebrates future leaders in Africa’s disputes markets, their achievements, and contributions to the development of arbitration in the African continent.

Noella has over the years built a solid dispute resolution practice with notable arbitration matters both locally and internationally. She has represented clients in multi-million dollar arbitration proceedings at the world’s leading arbitral institution such as the International Chamber of Commerce and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

Noella is a regular speaker at various  arbitration events such as the LCIA African User’s Symposium in 2019, where she participated as a panel discussant on “The Future of African Arbitration” and the East Africa International Arbitration Conference in 2019 where she was also as a panel discussant on “Regional Legislation on Government Contracting”, among many others. In addition to this, Noella has written extensively on the subject contributing to various publications such as the Kenyan Chapter of the 6^th Edition of Sweet & Maxwell’s Arbitration World and the Kenyan Chapter of the 6^th Edition of the International Arbitration Review by Law Business Research.

This recognition shines a spotlight on Noella’s spirited arbitration career and reaffirms comments made by international legal directory - Chambers Global 2020, which commented that she is “very determined”.

Our Banking and Finance lawyers, Pamella Ager, Partner, and James Kituku, Senior Associate, contributed to the Kenyan Chapter of the recently-released ICLG: Project Finance 2020. The chapter covers various crucial topics around project finance laws and regulations such as bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings, tax, foreign insurance, foreign employee restrictions and force majeure among others.

A publication by the Global Legal Group that was established in 2002 as an independent, London-based media company specialising in the legal market, the publication aims to provide current and practical comparative legal information on several jurisdictions in a Q&A format. To read the Kenyan chapter, click here.

Oraro & Company Advocates is proud to sponsor the 7^th edition of the East Africa International Arbitration Conference. The event will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel from the 29^th – 30^th of August 2019.  The conference’s theme is ‘Government Contracting and Investment Disputes: Lessons for States and Investors‘. It will explore the full spectrum of government contracting from procurement and PPPs (public private partnerships), tender disputes, dispute mitigation in government contracts, investment arbitration and arbitrating with governments in African centres.

Chacha Odera, Managing Partner, and Noella Lubano, Partner, will be among the key speakers at the conference.

In attendance will be Legal Practitioners, Arbitrators, Magistrates, International Investors, Academicians, In-house Counsel and Government Representatives.  For more information about the event follow the link here