Gathoni Mwema is an associate with the firm working in the Commercial Securities and Real Estate Department. She joined the firm six (6) years ago in January 2015 and underwent one year of pupilage at the firm where she was exposed to an extensive, hands-on training and experience in various areas of law. She has excellent drafting and research skills, which she
perfected while undergoing her training in the firm.
She graduated from Kenyatta University in the year 2013 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Degree, Second Class Honours Upper Division. She later obtained her Post Graduate Diploma from the Kenya School of Law and was admitted to the Bar as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya in the year 2016. Her main areas of practice include Real Estate and Property Management, Commercial Law Transactions & Securities, Intellectual Property Law and Probate and Administration (Law of
Succession).
Gathoni has a good grip of commercial related transactions viz; advisory, negotiation, drafting of commercial documentations and perfection of the same. Some of the top assignments that Gathoni has undertaken include;
1. Advising clients on various takeover of banking facilities and securities amounting to more than USD 60 Million,
2. Acting for various lender institutions generally in relation to perfection of securities as relates to financing of working capital, asset financing, property acquisitions, collateral management among others.
3. Acting for various clients including sale of property amounting to more than Kshs. 200 Million including carrying out due diligence on the purchaser as well as negotiating and drafting agreement for sale.
4. Handling general conveyancing matters including sale, transfer, leasing and charging land as well as giving legal advice on land related matters.
Professional membership: Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and East African Law Society (EALS)