Martha Mbugua

From 2015 to 2017, Martha Mbugua was a Partner at Hamilton Harrison & Mathews Law Firm, the largest law firm in Kenya, by lawyer count, based in Nairobi, and a member of the Dentons Law Group.[1]

Martha Mbugua
Born
Martha Mbugua

1985 (age 35–36)
Kenya
NationalityKenyan
Alma materLoreto High School, Limuru
(High School Diploma)
University of Nairobi
(Bachelor of Laws)
Kenya School of Law
(Advocate Training Program)
University of Birmingham
(Master of Laws)
OccupationLawyer
Years active2006 - present
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She made Partner in January 2016 at the age of 31, and was one of the youngest people to make partner in the history of that law firm.[2]

Background and education

She was born in Kenya circa 1985.[2] She attended Loreto High School, Limuru, in Kiambu County, where she obtained her High School Diploma in 2002.[3]

She was admitted to the University of Nairobi, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree, in 2007. The following year, she underwent the Advocates Training Program at the Kenya School of Law and as admitted to the Kenyan Bar. She also holds a Master of Laws degree, awarded by the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom in 2010.[3]

Career

Martha Mbugua's specialties include international commercial law, commercial finance law and mergers & acquisitions. Over a course of eleven years, starting in 2007, she has worked several large law firms. She started out as a legal associate at Mohammed Muigai Advocates, in Nairobi, Kenya, before moving to Bowman Gilfillan in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she worked for a short time. She also spent brief stints at Barclays Bank of Kenya and at the East African Breweries Limited[3]

She returned to Kenya in 2011 and was hired as an associate at Coulson Harney, rising to Senior Associate while there. She left there in 2014 and joined Hamilton Harrison & Mathews that November.[3]

Ms Mbugua was involved in the restructuring of the Kenya Commercial Bank Group to form a non-operating holding company, as the parent and the country-specific banks as subsidiaries.[3] She was also a member of the legal team that advised the government of Kenya when Helios Investment Partners of the United Kingdom acquired majority shareholding in Telkom Kenya, where the government is a minority shareholder.[2][4][5]

Other considerations

In October 2017, the Business Daily Africa newspaper named Martha Mbugua, one of the Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya 2017.[6] In December 2018, she served as a member of a five-person panel of judges who selected the Top 40 Men Under 40 In Kenya 2018.[7]

For two years in a row, in 2017 and 2018, IFRL 1000, a global ranking agency ranked Martha Mbugua as a "Rising Star", in her field of law practice.[2][8]

References
  1. "World's largest law firm Dentons Acquires Hamilton, Harrison & Mathews Kenya". Nairobi: The Kenyan Wall Street. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. Business Daily Staff (October 2017). "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya 2017" (PDF). Business Daily Africa. Nairobi: Nation Media Group. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. Mbugua, Martha (2018). "Martha Mbugua: Partner at Hamilton Harrison & Mathews". LinkedIn. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. Ochieng, Lilian (9 November 2015). "Helios buys France Telecom's stake at Telkom Kenya". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  5. Anyanzwa, James (6 March 2016). "Kenya gets 10pc Telkom stake for free as part of Helios' deal". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  6. Business Daily Staff (19 October 2017). "Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya 2017" (PDF). Business Daily Africa. Nairobi: Nation Media Group. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. Business Daily Team (21 December 2018). "Top 40 Men Under 40 In Kenya 2018: Meet the Judges". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. "Martha Mbugua of Kenya: Ranking - Rising Star". IFLR1000.com. 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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