International Standards
A Modern practice built on excellence, integrity and commercial awareness
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Complex Matters
We handle high-stakes disputes, regulatory challenges and sophisticated legal risk.
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Strategic Advisory & Risk Assessment
Beyond disputes, we provide advisory support where legal risk intersects with business decisions.
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Cross-Border and Multi-Jurisdictional Matters
Modern disputes increasingly involve multiple jurisdictions, international counterparties, or cross-border elements.
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Commercial & Strategic Advisory
Many disputes begin long before litigation. We assist clients by providing structured legal advice that helps them:
• Assess legal exposure
Employment advisory and workplace disputes
We regularly advise clients on a wide range of complex employment related matters, including general advisory, litigation, contract drafting
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Tax & Regulatory Litigation
We assist clients in navigating disputes with regulators, including tax assessments, compliance investigations, and administrative decisions.
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Dispute Resolution
We advise and represent clients in complex disputes across multiple sectors, including:
• Commercial and contractual claims
IdentityWho we are
Owino-O & Associates is a premier disputes and advisory law firm which operates at the intersection of dispute resolution, strategic advisory and commercial risk, with a clear focus: delivering precise, commercially grounded outcomes in demanding environments.
Our ValuesThe principles that guide everything we do
Commercial Disputes and Contract Enforcement
Acting for a leading player in institution-based catering services, in a multifaceted dispute involving commercial leasing, contract enforcement, cyber forensics, data protection and IT interference, and business protection against a leading international university. The high value commercial dispute arose from allegations of contractual breach, threatened lease termination, interference with business operations, and disruption of the client’s commercial interests.
Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT)
Acting for a client, one of the largest sports betting companies in Kenya, at the Tax Appeals
Tribunal (TAT) in connection with a tax dispute with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in
relation to a newly introduced taxation provision on “winnings” won by punters/players in
the betting and gaming industry.
Banking, Finance and Debt Recovery Disputes
Acted for a borrower in a landmark debt recovery and lender liability dispute involving
unlawful recovery measures against one of the prominent digital lenders in Kenya, failure
to honour restructuring and buy-off arrangements, and irregular realization of charged
assets. We successfully secured a recovery exceeding five times the value of the client’s
original claim and vindicated the client’s contractual and proprietary rights.
Banking, Finance and Debt Recovery Disputes
Acting for a Kenyan subsidiary in connection with a complex multifaceted employment
dispute with overlapping legal elements, including constitutional breaches, employment
law, and fundamental rights.
Advised the Kenyan branch, which is also the East Africa Regional Headquarters of an
international non-profit social enterprise on the legal and regulatory framework governing
