Austin Kitinya

Credentials

Austin Kitinya is the Managing Partner at Bond Advocates LLP. Kitinya is a top notch global contracts & procurement expert vastly experienced in transacting and negotiating multi-billion shillings, complex commercial contracts across the globe.

Besides his legal qualifications, Kitinya holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Nairobi, a Professional Diploma in Procurement & Supply from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), and Certified Public Accountancy certificate from KASNEB. Kitinya is partner and heads the public procurement, tax, and employment law practice at Bond Advocates LLP.

At Bond Advocates LLP, Kitinya focuses on public procurement law, practice, and procurement reviews; employment and labour relations law; building construction including dispute resolution; public private partnership advisory; project finance; tax law; medico-legal; aviation law; media law; governance and constitutional Law

Kitinya has a wealth of experience and a business acumen obtained from Kenya Airways PLC, Barclays Bank of Kenya (currently Absa Kenya), and The Karen Hospital. He has previously worked at Kitinya & Company Advocates and at Lumumba & Ayieko Advocates as partner.

Career highlights

• Successfully negotiated and concluded contracts and procurements in the US, UK, Rest of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and many African countries.
• Acting as Project Manager and Lead Procurement & Commercial Contracts Negotiator a multi-billion shilling Nairobi-New York Route Start-Up project for an African airliner
• Negotiating and managing various contracts for lease of aircraft besides other airline and airports services

Membership in Professional Bodies

Kitinya’s memberships include:

• Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS-UK),
• Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
• East Africa Law Society (EALS),
• Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM), and
• Public Procurement Bar-Bench Committee representing Law Society of Kenya Nairobi Branch.