Mohammed Muigai has unique experience in the area of Legal Reform and particularly in providing related Legislative and Regulatory advisory services. This of necessity has involved the firm’s Advocates in legislative drafting, recommending amendments to certain legislation and related regulatory framework. The Firm’s Senior Advocates have also been involved in several Government Task Forces and Commissions involved in law review and reform in the areas of Constitutional Law, Business law, Commercial law, Criminal Law, Family Law and Property Law. As such the Firm has acquired and boasts of a seamless breadth of experience in legislative and regulatory reform and review. The firm is highly competent in legislative drafting.
Prof. Githu Muigai, Managing Partner, was a Commissioner to the Constitutional Review Commission where he was specially charged with the legal drafting of the Draft Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. The Firm’s legislative review expertise has also been drawn upon by public entities in the recent past. In this regard, the Firm has been called upon to review and advise on review of legislation and regulatory regimes pertaining to the Banking Industry, Telecommunications Sector, Media Industry and The Sugar Industry.
The Firm has also indirectly taken part in legislative reform by presenting memoranda in symposia on legislative and regulatory review. Further, the Firm’s expansive litigation experience has placed it in a unique position where it has challenged the constitutionality or legality of legislation and regulatory regimes thereby further equipping it with relevant experience in legislative reform and drafting. For over fifteen years the firm has been involved in major constitutional cases and processes. In addition, the Senior Partners have been involved in numerous precedent setting administrative law cases and have appeared before several Commissions of Inquiry. The firm has special expertise in regulatory matters in the areas of capital markets, insurance, banking, environment, employment, intellectual property, corporate matters and utilities.