IBRAHIM EMALI OTIENDE

Partner

The Founder and the managing partner

Background

IBRAHIM is the founder and the managing partner of IEO Advocates. He is a Tax Law expert. He served the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) temporarily for 6 months. Apart from that, he has worked with the Commission on Administrative Justice (Ombudsman), Faulu Micro Finance Bank and Haki Mashinani Organization. He has been a Senior Associate Advocate in Kibet Rop & Co Advocates. Ibrahim is also one of the founding partners in Ibrahim & Macharia Advocates (IBMA). Having been trained by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), he is also an expert in Judicial Review matters.

Ibrahim is a specialist in: Tax law & Practice, Legislative Drafting & policy making, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Law, Conveyancing Law & Practice, Intellectual Property Law, Constitutional & Human Rights Law, Labour Law, Construction & Engineering, Aviation Law and Litigation. He is a passionate about International Commercial Law.

Membership in Professional Societies

Law Society of Kenya
Serving in LSK Law Reform and Development Committee.

Professional Qualifications

2020: Master of Business Administration (MBA) candidate-University of East London.
2020 Masters of Laws (LLM) in International Trade and Investments Law-University of Nairobi
2020: Pursuing Postgraduate Diploma in Tax Administration, Kenya School of Revenue Administration (KESRA).
2017: Postgraduate Diploma, Kenya School of Law
2016: Bachelor of Laws. LL.B, the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.

Some of Top Matters:

Acting for various companies in multiple insolvency Petitions;
Acted for directors of a company and successfully lifted orders that required those directors to appear before various Courts for cross examination on affairs of the company;
Acted for various companies to set up franchises across the county;
Acted for a South African companies to incorporate its subsidiary in Kenya and advised on tax compliance and corporate governance;
Advising a local branch of an international entity in connection with tax compliance and corporate governance in Kenya;
Acting for various estates to recover investments from The Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC);
Serving in LSK Law Reform and Development Committee whose mandate is to review Laws of Kenya.
Was involved in drafting and review of Access to Information regulations, 2019 for the Commission on Administrative Justice (Office of the Ombudsman).
Worked with LSK through the Criminal Justice Committee to make Legal and Policies changes in criminal justice system in Kenya;