Issac Kiche co-heads the Dispute Resolution team, with over 11 years of experience as Counsel, delivering personalised, impactful, and meaningful legal services to clients.
His expertise is in banking and finance law, tax, employment law, arbitration, construction law, intellectual property, constitutional and human rights law, insolvency and company law.
Isaac is an arbitrator and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Kenya. He is also a mediator, a member of the YMG Steering Committee of the CIArb Kenya Branch and a member of the Association of Turnaround & Insolvency Kenya.
Qualifications:
- LLB (Hons.)
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
- Certified Professional Mediator
- Diploma in Law (KSL)
Memberships:
- Law Society of Kenya
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Mediation Training Institute (MTI) East Africa
- Tax Committee of the Law Society of Kenya
- East Africa Law Society
Key Matters
1. Tatu City
(Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone) concerning a winding up petition brought by a minority shareholder at the High Court and in the Court of Appeal. The matter value was USD 1.7 billion (KES 240 billion).
2. Kenya Pipeline Company
(The Kenyan state corporation that transports, stores, and delivers petroleum) in a claim by a leading African oil and petroleum manufacturing firm for approximately USD 74 million (KES 9 billion). We successfully challenged the arbitrators’ award against our client of the sum of USD 41.1 million (KES 5 billion) in the Kenyan High Court and successfully defended the subsequent appeal to the Court of Appeal.
3. Safaricom PLC
(The largest telecommunications provider in Kenya) regarding an arbitration dispute with a company based in the Republic of Lebanon arising from an alleged breach of contract. The outcome was positive – a substantial reduction of the award sought by the Claimant from a cumulative amount of USD 46.2 million (KES 5.6 billion) to USD 542 thousand (KES 66 million).
4. Almasi Beverages
(A consortium of bottlers) in a successful appeal challenging the decision of the High Court which upheld the Kenya Revenue Authority’s (the Kenyan state agency responsible for tax collection) demand for USD 41.6 million (KES 5.6 billion) in unpaid excise duty on returnable containers.
5. Lantech Africa Limited
(A leading industrial systems integration company) in connection with enforcement and garnishee proceedings in the High Court of Kenya to recover USD 17.8 million from the Geothermal Development Company.
6. Housing Finance Company Ltd
(A commercial bank and the largest mortgage finance company in Kenya) in an alleged breach of contract by Kigio Group Limited valued at USD 4.17 million (KES 563 thousand).
7. Masosa Construction Limited
(A structural engineering firm) in a claim against a Roads Agency for contract maladministration. The company was awarded over USD 3.3 million (KES 430 million).
8. Ola Energy Kenya Limited
(One of Africa’s leading petroleum distribution companies) in an employment dispute where a former employee alleged that he was unfairly dismissed and sought USD 1.2 million (KES 163.2 million).
9. Kenya Airways
(Kenya’s national carrier) in a successful appeal of the decision against our client awarding the Claimant (a former Director) USD 1.02 million (KES 142 million) on account of alleged unlawful termination.
10. Equity Bank
(Leading financial service provider in East and Central Africa) at the Court of Appeal against a claim for over USD 1.01 million (KES 130 million) arising from units allocated to former employees in Equity Share Ownership Plan.
11. KCB Bank Kenya Limited
(Largest bank operating in Kenya) in a suit lodged against it by a property developer to stop it from exercising its statutory power of sale to recover over one billion. The case was dismissed.
12. National Bank of Kenya
(a major Kenyan commercial bank) in an independent litigation audit of the Bank’s pending litigation portfolio. The engagement involved the review of litigation files and pleadings, the assessment of prospects of success and contingent liability exposure, the quantification of potential recoveries and liabilities, the recommendations on provisioning and case strategy, and the evaluation of the.
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