ALN Kenya and JK Kibicho & Co Advocates have started the new year with fresh additions to their partner ranks.

ALN Kenya has promoted corporate lawyer Kevin Mutulis to partner. The firm announced his appointment in its Nairobi office on Friday (9 January). Also in Nairobi, JK Kibicho & Co Advocates announced the elevation of Maureen Cheruiyot to partner last week.

Mutulis specialises in corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and regulatory and commercial issues. ALN Kenya highlighted his ability to navigate the evolving complexity of the wider African business environment, with his practice spanning African and international markets.

The new partner started his legal career at Mboya Wangong’u and Waiyaki in 2011, after which he transferred to Britam Asset Managers as a senior legal associate in 2014. He joined KN Law in 2017 before his jump to ALN Kenya in 2019, and transferred to Slaughter & May for a six-month spell as a visiting lawyer in 2023.

ALN Kenya senior partner Karim Anjarwalla said in a statement: “In Kevin, we see a partner who reflects the values we stand for: Pan-African in mindset, down to earth, practical, rigorous and determined and with a deep understanding of risk and our clients’ commercial objectives.”

Dominic Rebelo, head of the ALN Kenya corporate and commercial practice, added: “His leadership, integrity and collaborative approach will be instrumental as we continue to strengthen our corporate expertise.”

The ALN offering has boosted its partner ranks with several significant arrivals over the last year, including corporate finance partner Edward Williams in ALN Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam office in April last year, and former Hogan Lovells partner Chris Green, who also joined the Dar es Salaam location in January the same year.

Formerly known as Anjarwalla & Khanna, ALN Kenya is the founding branch of Africa Legal Network (ALN) which now operates through law firms throughout the African continent.

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Meanwhile, Cheruiyot focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation, and serves as a professional mediator, data protection officer and advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Her work spans commercial and civil issues, employment, family law, and environment and law matters.

Cheruiyot has represented a clientele including Brookside Dairy Limited, NIC Bank, the Kenya Industrial Property Institute registry, the Kenyan Electoral Boundary Commission and the Kenyan Office of the Data Protection Commissioner.

She has worked at J.K. Kibicho & Co Advocates since 2020 and previously worked at Wainaina Ireri Advocates.

Kenya’s legal market has been growing in size and sophistication in recent years, driven particularly by the expansion of the financial services market and investment in infrastructure.