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Joy Wanjiku

Joy Wanjiku

Senior Associate, IKM Advocates
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Nairobi
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Joy Wanjiku advises on a spectrum of commercial matters including telecommunications, data privacy, cybersecurity, employment and intellectual property, and general regulatory compliance across various sectors.

Joy has been involved in advising clients on market entry into Kenya and thereafter setting up the appropriate legal entities and engaging with regulators to obtain licences for their businesses.

She has also been involved in various applications relating to intellectual property including registration and renewal of trademarks. She also assists clients with preparation and review of employment contracts and Human Resource Manuals and Policies, and regularly advises employers on the termination options available to them including summary dismissal and mutual separation.

Joy has also been involved in advising clients on different aspects of data protection and telecommunication laws in Kenya.

Experience has included advising:

  • As a team member, a High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) manufacturer and operator on the available structuring options and regulatory requirements in relation to setting up operations in Kenya.
  • As a team member, a multinational technology company on the legal requirements for a telecommunications company operating a global satellite system as well as licensing of earth stations in motion, gateways and customer terminals in Kenya.
  • As a team member, a telecommunications and network service provider on the regulatory framework for its cloud services i.e., Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and networking services in Kenya.
  • As a team member, a manufacturer of home security and smart home devices that is working to reduce crime in neighbourhoods on the legal and regulatory requirements for their products in Kenya.
  • As a team member, an online food ordering and delivery platform on the regulatory framework for their grocery supply services business in Kenya.
  • As a team member, one of the leading financial service providers in Kenya with a presence in other African countries, including Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the DRC in the acquisition of the intellectual property in a platform that was developed to create certain efficiencies that improve the operations of the Bank.
  • As a team member, an entity that operates a mobile application that enables persons in the United States (US) to make and receive loans from one another on the regulation of peer-to-peer lending in Kenya following the enactment of the Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Act, 2021.

Professional Qualifications

  • Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (2021)

Education

  • Kenya School of Law, Diploma in Law (2019)
  • Strathmore University LL.B (2018)

Prior Experience

  • May 2021 to date, Associate, IKM Advocates, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Kenya
  • January 2020 to April 2021, Pupil, IKM Advocates, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Kenya
  • November 2018 to January 2019, Legal Intern, Rome based law firm
  • June 2018 to August 2018, Legal Intern, IKM Advocates, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Kenya
  • April 2017 to June 2017, Legal Intern, IKM Advocates, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Kenya

Memberships

  • Member of the Law Society of Kenya