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Lawyer Profiles: Gilbert O. Nyamweya:
Branch Managing Partner - Hill Plaza and Director of Commercial Law and Intellectual Property Law

Responsibilities

He is responsible for providing leadership in branch operations, co-ordination and supervision of work, work allocation and work review. He also responds to clients as the branch contact partner.

Membership in Professional Bodies


     -Law Society's Environmental Committee
     - Institute of the Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya
     - Law Society of Kenya


Key Practice Areas

Practices Commercial, Corporate, Tax and Intellectual Property Law.
He has advised on security documentation of a multi-million dollar international trade facility transaction; capital and legal restructuring of a multilateral insurance agency involving the membership of sovereign states;
has advised multilateral institutions on the enforceability of sovereign debts under Kenya law;
has advised on the enforcement of the rights of creditors under Kenya law; reviewed downstream petroleum franchise agreement; reviewed a legal compliance chart comprising of the regulatory laws relevant to petroleum business in Kenya; reviewed a legal compliance chart relevant to a financial institution;
been involved in debt restructuring; concluded major property and conveyancing transactions; advised on a copyright disputes; facilitated the registration of landmark trademarks, service marks and has advised on patent law, industrial designs, exploitation of intellectual property rights by owners and non-owners, plant breeders' rights; transfer pricing tax and tax agency disputes; and arbitration work.

About Gilbert O. Nyamweya

He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B Hons) from University of Nairobi, Diploma in Law (KSL), Certified Public Accountant, Commissioner for Oaths. He has over the years gained considerable experience in commercial transactional law particularly in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, equipment leasing, corporate reorganization, debt restructuring, capital markets, corporate taxation, corporate finance, project finance, syndicated financing transactions, purchase and sale of businesses, civil aviation and aircraft law, property and conveyancing. He is involved in protection of intellectual property including patents, copyright, trade and service marks, industrial designs, geographical indications and plant breeders' rights which also involves advising on licensing of user rights in intellectual property. Gilbert also advises on a range of regulatory matters including energy law, water sector laws, environmental management and utilization. From time to time, he is engaged in arbitration and alternative dHe has authored papers on regional Integration in East Africa, equipment leasing, conflict of laws and dispute resolution in transnational commercial transactions; arbitration and exploitation of legal relationships and concepts in business and commerce. He has an interest in the energy sector, water sector, bio-safety and biodiversity, environmental management, ICT, tourism industry, commercial arbitration, project finance and corporate finance.
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