The management of NKA comprises Three Partners and other professionals who exercise hands-on management and guidance in ensuring that the Firm runs as an efficient corporate enterprise that effectively meets and responds to the needs of its clientele as a Professional Services Firm.
Josephine Namasaka |Senior Partner
Mrs. Josephine Namasaka is the Firm’s Senior Partner and also the Partner in charge of the Firm’s Real Estate and Conveyancing Department.
Josephine, a graduate of the University of Nairobi, started her career in the corporate world and rose through the ranks to the position of Legal Manager at Fidelity Insurance. Having worked for almost a decade in the corporate world, she joined Sichangi & Company Advocates in the year 2000 as a Partner and rose to the position of Senior Managing Partner in the same Firm.
Josephine offers the NKA team immense legal experience spanning close to three decades as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
For a considerable period of her earlier years in legal practice, she primarily focused in civil litigation and debt collection where she successfully represented several clients in court
Josephine has wide experience in various areas of law including commercial, corporate, succession, employment, banking, insurance and general litigation. In her capacity as the Senior Partner of the Firm, she spearheads the Firm’s business development angle and ensures that the NKA team meets its clients’ expectations and delivers on its brand commitment to its clients.
Josephine is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Notary Public, a Commissioner of Oaths and a registered Patent Agent with the Kenya Industrial Patents Institute (KIPI).
She is also a member of the International Commission of Jurists (Kenya Chapter) and a Certified Public Secretary of Kenya.
Email: jnamasaka@nka.co.ke
Mwangi Kariuki |Managing Partner
Mr. Mwangi Kariuki serves as the Firm’s Managing Partner and in this capacity he is tasked with the day to day management of the team, implementing the Firm’s strategy as well as giving professional guidance to the team.
He previously worked at the Insurance Company of East Africa (now ICEALION), Kairu & McCourt Advocates and Sichangi Partners Advocates before co-founding Namasaka & Kariuki Advocates.
With his active legal experience spanning over several years of legal practice, his areas of expertise include financial securities, conducting legal and compliance audits, corporate due diligence for listed companies, advising on corporate governance matters including corporate restructuring and reorganization of corporate institutions arising from mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, share splits, international trade finance transactions with particular emphasis on loan syndications and private equity, conveyancing and real estate practice, intellectual property law and general corporate and commercial law.
Kariuki has represented both local and overseas clients in various commercial transactions and has been recognized as being a meticulous legal professional in structuring the legal dimension of complex commercial transactions. He is routinely consulted by various financial institutions who tap into his expertise in relation to security documentation and development of systems and processes attendant to securities’ perfection.
Besides serving as the Firm’s Managing Partner, he is also the Partner in charge of the Firm’s Commercial and Corporate Law department.
Kariuki is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Notary Public, a Commissioner of Oaths and a registered Patent Agent with the Kenya Industrial Patents Institute (KIPI).
He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Moi University and a Master of Laws degree in Commercial & Corporate Law from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Email: mkariuki@nka.co.ke
Austin Ayisi - Partner |Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Department
Austin is the Partner in charge of the Firm’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolutions’ department. In this capacity, Austin is responsible for providing technical oversight to the Firm’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolutions Department as well as representing the Firm’s clients in Court proceedings and other judicial fora.
Austin is an astute litigation lawyer and has great passion for dispute resolution.
He has over the years successfully represented clients in high profile cases in the entire Kenyan judicial system right from the Subordinate Courts all the way to the Supreme Court of Kenya. His legal expertise extends to environmental and land disputes, winding up and bankruptcy proceedings, family law and succession, anti-corruption matters, public procurement disputes, criminal law matters, employment matters, debt collection, high value commercial and corporate disputes among others.
Austin is a graduate from the Catholic University of East Africa and brings on board respectable litigation experience to the NKA fraternity having horned his skills while previously working at LJA associates, Anjarwalla & Khanna Advocates, Muriu Mungai & Company Advocates and Muthaura Mugambi Ayugi & Njonjo Advocates.
Austin is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Commissioner for Oaths and a Notary Public.
Email: ayisia@nka.co.ke