Bernard Otieno (BO) is the Firm’s current Managing Partner. He is also the Team Leader, Adjudication, Transactional Services and Quality Assurance.
He is a vibrant litigator and holds extensive experience in contentious banking and commercial transactions, insurance and company litigation, industrial and labour relations, tortuous and civil liability claims, enforcement of intellectual property rights, consumer rights law and public law litigation.
He has had occasion to advance the interests of both corporate and individual clients in courts of law and other judicial tribunals with experience extending to more than fourteen (14) years. He also undertakes creation and perfection of securities for secured lending, conveyancing and property transactions, due diligence, securities review as well as legal audit and legal risk management and advisory.
BO graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2005 and underwent article clerkship with Messrs. Raffman Dhanji Elms & Virdee Advocates between 2005 and 2006. He obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Lawfrom the Kenya School of Law in December 2006 and thereafter interned with the Legal & Investigations Departments of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) between February 2007 and January 2008. He was admitted to the Roll of Advocate on 15th November 2007. He is currently pursuing an LLM Degree in International Commercial Law from the University of London(International Programmes).
Bernard can be reached on 0780 865 971 | ben@otienoamisilaw.com