Finance Monthly Legal Awards 2019 Winners Edition

70 www. finance-monthly .com FINANCE MONTHLY LEGAL AWARDS 2019 Kenya CATHYMPUTHIA COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LAWYER OF THE YEAR KENYA C.Mputhia Advocates ABOUT C.MPUTHIA ADVOCATES C.Mputhia Advocates is a Nairobi based law firm whose vision is to be a change agent in the legal and business environment and whose strong culture is innovativeness. The firm has pioneered several precedent breaking briefs in the legal environment. A few examples in intellectual property law, include the world’s first technovation case, a consultancy on reforming East Africa Community’s intellectual property laws and a website content infringement case. The firm is established in corporate finance and has acted as the lead legal advisor in several venture capital transactions including a fintech company, publishing company and a manufacturing company. AREAS OF EXPERTISE The firm’s practise is premised on five thematic areas: ● Corporate governance & finance ● Intellectual Property and ICT laws ● SME , Entrepreneurship and Innovation ● Social and economic laws ● Commercial and emerging laws In offering the above services the firm offers consultancy, transactional, advisory and dispute resolution. C. Mputhia Advocates | P.O. BOX 67693-00200 Nairobi, Kenya | Physical Address: Karen Shopping Centre, Karen Close, Tana House, Office Suites 210-212, Nairobi | Email: cmputhia@cmputhiadvocates.com; info@cmputhiadvocates.com | www.cmputhiadvocates.com ABOUT CATHY MPUTHIA CathyhasbeenanadvocateinNairobi,Kenya for the last 15 years and currently leads the C. Mputhia team. She holds a Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) from the Commonwealth University, LLM in International Commercial Law from the University Of Salford, MBA (Strategic Management) and LLB (University of Nairobi). She is a board member of several institutions including the Afrika Investment Bank (Nairobi) and a Council member of Rongo University in Kenya. Cathy is well known for writing the “Business Law “column with the Business Daily Africa newspaper, a publication that has global reach and impact in terms of business and commercial law environment in Africa.