Managing Partner
With over 35 years of experience, the founder of the firm, Mr. Charles Waweru Gatonye is widely regarded as a “high-class and outstanding lawyer” in his field of commercial litigation. He graduated from the University of Nairobi in 1974 with LL B (Honours). He is also an advocate who having worked in the office of the Attorney General as a public prosecutor, rose to become a deputy to the then Director of Public Prosecutions.

He has got vast experience in court work and has litigated at the highest levels in our country. Some of the notable cases that Mr. Gatonye has handled in the past include a dispute involving certain leading banks and hotels worth over KShs 13.5 billion. He has also been involved and currently involved in a number of litigious tax briefs relating to unpaid taxes for sums of more than USD 45 million.

Mr. Gatonye has had the singular honour to be appointed by His Excellency the President of Kenya as an Assisting Counsel to the Goldenberg Inquiry investigating the loss of billions of shillings of public funds. He is also involved in high profile arbitration and was also appointed by several other commissions of enquiry of public interest as both lead and peer counsel.

Practice Areas:
• Commercial Law
• Commercial and Litigation and Arbitration
• Conveyancing and Real Estate Transactions
• Public Procurement Law
• Criminal Law
• Legislative/Regulatory Review and Drafting.
• Constitutional and Administrative Law

Education:
• University of Nairobi (1975) LLB (Hons)
• Kenya School of Law (1976) Post-Graduate Diploma in Law
• Certified Public Secretary

Membership:
• Law Society of Kenya
• East Africa Law Society
• National Advocates’ Disciplinary Committee
• International Commission of Jurists
• International Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Honours:
• Recognized by Chambers of Partners® in the year 2009 as one of the top advocates in dispute resolution in Kenya as “ a highly experienced lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in Commercial Litigation”

Quick contact:wawerugatonye@gmail.com,charles@wawerugatonye.co.ke