Prof. Collins Odote
Senior Partner. Advocate, academic and consultant with over twenty years of experience across land, environment, governance and public policy.
- Department
- Senior Partner
- Bar
- High Court of Kenya
Beyond the title.
Senior Partner combining more than two decades of legal practice, academic leadership and consulting experience.
“Academic knowledge, legal practice and consulting experience can be combined to apply law innovatively to practical problems.”
Prof. Collins Odote is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over twenty years of experience spanning legal practice, academia, civil society, consulting, research, public speaking, strategic planning and facilitation.
His professional approach combines academic knowledge, legal practice and consulting experience to apply law innovatively to practical problems affecting individuals, communities, civil society organisations, public agencies and international organisations. He is also a public speaker and commentator.
Academic knowledge, legal practice and consulting experience can be combined to apply law innovatively to practical problems.
Senior Partner mandates that combine technical command with commercial fluency.
More than twenty years of experience across legal practice, academia, civil society, consulting and research.
Senior, hands-on counsel with direct contact from intake to closing.
A trajectory of consequential mandates.
- TodaySenior Partner · Johnson & Partners Advocates, LLP
Applies legal, academic and consulting experience to complex matters affecting a wide range of clients and institutions.
- AcademiaAssociate Professor · University of Nairobi
Taught law and rose to the position of Associate Professor, with academic specialisation in land, environment and natural resource management.
- Public PolicyProgramme Manager · Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Worked across governance, political party strengthening, youth leadership, regional integration and international trade.
- Legal PracticeLumumba and Mumma
Built professional experience in legal practice as part of a career spanning more than twenty years.
Credentials that underwrite the counsel.
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Nairobi
- Master of Laws, University of Nairobi
- PhD in Law, University of Nairobi
- Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
- — High Court of Kenya
- — Law Society of Kenya
- — Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
Where this counsel applies.
Conveyancing & Real Estate
Discreet, end-to-end real estate counsel for serious property transactions.
EXPLORECorporate & Commercial
End-to-end counsel for the lifecycle of a modern African business.
EXPLOREAlternative Justice Systems
Honouring Article 159 of the Constitution , traditional, informal and restorative justice.
EXPLORERecognition, records and milestone proof points.
Highlights, appearances & community.
Conferences, awards, speaking engagements and community work, moments from the practice.
Interviews, talks & appearances.
Selected video features from conferences, media interviews and firm-hosted briefings.
Engage Prof. directly.
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The Experience You Need. The Counsel You Keep.
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