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James Okeyo

Senior Partner 

jokeyo@mgmail.co.ke

Areas of Specialization

Employment Advisory | Employment Disputes Resolution | Workplace Relations | Industrial Relations | Workplace Health and Safety | Workplace Investigations | Health Care Law | Professional Malpractice | Civil Litigation | Dispute Resolution 

James Okeyo is a Senior Partner of the Firm and the head of the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. He has a depth of experience in employment law, industrial relations, discrimination and equal opportunity law, occupational health and safety, and civil litigation in a wide spectrum of industries and sectors.

He is a committed and result oriented litigator, with vast experience and expertise in civil litigation, employment law and practice, and professional malpractice claims. He is also an engaging and thought-provoking Trainer, particular on his areas of specializations, and has been retained by various organizations to consult and train on their professional development programmes.

Experience 

  • Advising on all aspects of employment law including the preparation of employment contracts, interpretation of contracts, and general advice on performance and disciplinary action.

  • Representing corporate clients/employers in employment related claims/disputes including discrimination claims, breach of contract, unfair dismissals, general protections/adverse action claims and workplace investigations.

  • Advising on equal opportunity, anti-discrimination and sexual harassment matters/litigation.

  • Advising on termination of employment including summary dismissal, performance related issues and redundancy, senior executive terminations.
  • Advising employers on obligations in relation to entitlements, including wages, allowances and other benefits, including limitations on senior executive termination payments and underpayment claims.
  • Advising employers on obligations in relation to entitlements, including wages, allowances and other benefits, including limitations on senior executive termination payments and underpayment claims.
  • Advising employers on obligations in relation to entitlements, including wages, allowances and other benefits, including limitations on senior executive termination payments and underpayment claims.

Qualifications, Memberships And Leaderships

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law.

  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours).

  • Member, Law Society of Kenya

  • Member, East Africa Law Society

  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – UK (CIArb).

  •  Trainer for the Institute of Human Resource Management, Kenya.