Begi’s Law Offices & Chambers (BLOC) is a law practice that is aimed at personalizing the practice of law in satisfying the needs of the client. At BLOC, we pride ourselves in giving of high quality Legal Consultancy, representation and advocacy Services. We achieve this through the use of state of the art legal tools as well as through our highly skilled personnel. We derive our satisfaction in providing modern and innovative solutions to variety of legal problems
At Begi's Law Offices & Chambers we believe that law and justice should be accessible to everyone, regardless of race, religion, social status or even wealth. To this end we pride ourselves in the development of programs that enhance access to justice for all. Our cross cutting practice covers both personal law to corporate commercial and constitutional law. At BLOC there is always something for everyone.
About BEGI'S LAW OFFICES & CHAMBERS
Founded in 2016
18 people in their team
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Practice areas
Family
Family law is one of our anchor practice areas. We believe that the family is the basic unit of society and thus all true law must be relevant to the needs and disputes arising out of family.
Criminal Defense
We believe that everyone is innocent until or unless proven guilty. We guarantee all our clients the right to a fair trial. We have a unique approach to criminal litigation that ensures that you get the best possible outcome out of a criminal trial.
Lawsuits & Disputes
We run a robust dispute resolution practice. Our managing partner, Dr. Elvis Abenga specializes in Dispute Resolution both in practice and academically. We guide all our clients to solutions that potentially avoid disputes and escalate already existing disputes. Should a dispute land in litigation, our litigation team uses the “Storyteller” technique to ensure the best outcome for our client.
Business
Our comprehensive business advisory and consultancy services exist to take away any worries that business owners might have. We guide our clients in navigating the complex legal and regulatory framework for business.
Employment & Labor
For companies, we guide in the establishment of policies that would avoid employment disputes from ever occurring. We also represent clients who have been unfairly terminated at work. We comprehensively cover all employment rights.
Civil & Human Rights
As a practice, constitutional law and human rights are close to our hearts. We are currently engaged in very high profile public interest litigation in the Republic of Kenya.
Immigration
We aid clients in applying and obtaining all classes of visas, resident and work permits to live and work in the Republic of Kenya.
Intellectual Property
We aid clients in securing intellectual property through the registration of copyright, patent designs, and trademarks.
Our Partners and Associates
Dr. Elvis Begi Nyachieo Abenga
Managing Partner
He is a holder of a Doctor of Philosophy in Commercial Law (Dispute Resolution), Master of Laws (LL.M) specializing in Dispute Resolution from the University of Cape Town, a Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law as well as a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Honours from Moi University. He is in the process of pursuing his doctoral program at the University of Cape Town
Dr. Abenga brings to the table immense legal research and writing skills, which are evident from the publications he has to his name. He has authored a book titled ‘Religious Liberty: Freedom of Worship under the Kenyan Constitution’ Published by Lambert Academic Publishers, in addition to 3 Published papers with the Social Science Research Network. Due to his academic skills, Dr. Abenga is privileged to serve as a lecturer at law at the Kisii University School of Law, where he seeks to impart critical skills to his students.
Experience
As a litigator, Dr. Abenga has been privileged to perfect the art of courtroom litigation through engaging in client representation at various courts of law in the land, including the Court of Appeal. Dr. Abenga is also privileged to have been trained as a trial lawyer by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), an American Trial Advocacy Training Institute. Dr. Abenga’s courtroom skills were evident from his days at Moi University where he participated in various moot court competitions, the height of his student life leading the Moi University School of Law team to win the Spirit of the Competition Award in the Monroe .E. Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition held at the University of Oxford.
Dr. Abenga is a member of the Law Society of Kenya, the International Court of Justice, and is a litigator and children's rights protector with the CRADLE Foundation. His legal chops and passion for justice have won him several awards including the pro bono lawyer of the year award by CRADLE.
Ms. Ruth Okara
PARTNER
Ms. Ruth Okara is an Advocate and a Partner with Begi’s Law Office and a law graduate of the University of Nairobi. She started her career in the corporate world and rose through the ranks to the position of a Senior Associate at Deloitte & Touché in the Audit and Compliance Department. She has most recently worked with the Law Society of Kenya under their “Supporting Access to Justice for Children in East Africa Programme” partnering with the Canadian Bar Association where she was extensively involved in defending juvenile offenders and educating young people on their rights and responsibilities.
Experience
In addition, she has been a consultant in various projects such as human rights, children matters and oil and gas. Ruth has been grooming herself in various areas of law including criminal law, commercial, corporate, succession, children matters, banking and insurance. She also has a grasp of the operational and financial aspects of organizations that handle such matters having worked as an auditor in a very busy firm for over 3 years.
Ruth is an Advocate having completed her training and complied with all the requirements for admission. In addition to this, she has successfully qualified as a Certified Public Accountant. She is also a member of the Federation of Women Lawyers – Kenya Chapter. She has wide exposure to both litigation and non-litigation matters. With an academic background in both Accounting and law, she contributes great value to the firm. Her goal in life is to see justice being made a firm pillar in our everyday lives because of incremental changes that would be the result of systematic advocacy that brings about fair legal practices in Kenya and in the world.
LILIANNE CHLOE NAMBIRIGE
PARTNER
Ms. Chloe Nambirige is an Advocate of the High Court and a partner in charge of corporate, commercial, and transactional law. She is a self-motivated, enthusiastic, and hardworking person with good personal skills and very high integrity. Ms. Nambirige boasts of a success rate of over 70% of all legal matters that she has handled, which exposure has enabled her to maintain healthy relationships with clients. Her key skills are in the negotiation, drafting, and execution of various commercial contracts, engaging in the strategic transactional advisory as well as excelling in corporate and commercial litigation.
Education
Ms. Chloe Nambirige is a graduate of Makerere University in Kampala Uganda, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws Honours degree. She then attended a Pre-bar training program at the Riara University School of Law in Nairobi before proceeding to the Kenya School of Law for her Advocates Training Program.
Experience
Before joining Begi’s Law Offices & Chambers, Ms. Nambirige worked as an Associate at Machuki and Company Advocates, where she honed skills in the provision of strategic legal advice to clients, legal research, and drafting of contracts, transactional negotiation, and the preparation of various conveyancing documents.
Ms. Nambirige undertook her pupillage program at Bashir and Noor Advocates where she was trained in the incorporation of companies under the respective laws, as well as undertaking and overseeing conveyancing transactions from inception to completion. Ms. Nambirige also previously worked at C.R. Amanya & Company Advocates as an intern as well as at Law Governance Advocates-Uganda as a Personal Assistant. Ms. Nambirge brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the disposal of all clients of Begi’s Law Offices & Chambers.
Case results
CLAIM FOR UNFAIR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
Employment & Labor
We successfully represented a client for a claim of unfair termination of employment and the client was paid $ 15000.
LUMPSOME CHILD SUPPORT CLAIM
Child Support
We have represented a lady who successfully was awarded $ 150000 USD as lumpsum payment for child support.
INTELECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION
Intellectual Property
We successfully obtained injunctions and compensation to our corporate client who had a trademark infringement case. Client was awarded $ 10000 USD for the violations.