Sylvia Matasi is a Partner in the firm and heads the Dispute Resolution Department. She is proficient at Commercial litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiation.
Sylvia has handled cases before Public Procurement and Administrative Review Board, the Competition Tribunal, the Tax Appeals Tribunal, Industrial Property Tribunal, the National Environment Tribunal Business Premises Rent Tribunal, Registrar of Trademarks, Industrial Property Tribunal, international arbitration panel and domestic courts.
She has been involved in advising and eventual liquidation of a Retirement Benefits Fund indebted to its members for the recovery of a debt worth one KES. 1 billion, and the successful negotiation and settlement of a dispute between a Company and a hospital valued at KES. 184 million. She has successfully represented a Regulator in the coal mining project that was valued at Tillions of Kenya Shillings, a Fin Tech Company in a shareholder dispute worth KES 4 Billion, a Company at the Public Procurement and Administrative review Board in a tender worth KES. 6 Billion, a Client is a land dispute in Karen valued KES. 1 Billion.
Sylvia is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Moi University and a postgraduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law. She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Kenya Chapter), holds a Certificate in Trial Advocacy from the Trial Advocacy Training Institute and is a Certified Professional Mediator (CPM).
In 2023, she was recognized by The Lawyer Africa as one of the Top 100 Upcoming Litigation Lawyers in Kenya.
