Alfred Nyaga

Paralegal

Alfred Nyaga is a Paralegal at FMC, with interests in Employment, Intellectual Property Law, Competition Law, and Investments Law. He holds a Diploma in Law and is currently finalizing his Bachelor of Laws Degree at Mount Kenya University. He assists the team in client engagement, drafting of agreements for sale and other commercial agreements, restructuring employment matters and advising clients on the protection of their intellectual property rights.

KEY MATTERS

Employment law

  • Prepared human resource policy and procedure manuals for different international organizations with Kenyan based subsidiaries that addressed key employment issues such as terminations, disciplinary procedures, leave entitlements, non-compete, non-solicitation among other clauses
  • Assisted in restructuring employment matters for a manufacturing firm based in Kenya by drafting contracts of employment for its executive employees, senior level employees, mid-level employees, junior employees, and casuals.
  • Assisted in drafting consultancy agreements and non-disclosure agreements for a local content creating firm seeking to outsource services of various professionals.

Intellectual Property Law

  • Prepared a legal opinion for an international organization on the protection of its trademark internationally under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
  • Assisted in advising a Kenyan based content creating firm on how to protect its business strategies, ideas, innovations, and other intellectual property rights.
  • Incorporated the protection of intellectual property rights clause into various contracts for different organizations.

Commercial Transactions

  • Preparation of agreements for sale for investors in the real estate industry.
  • Negotiating terms of the agreement for sale with different Advocates acting for either the purchaser or the vendor in the commercial agreement.
  • Preparation of variations agreements for the terms of the original commercial agreements for investors.
  • Assisted in the preparation and review of leases for residential houses and shops for different clients.

I cannot say that I know much about the law but I certainly know much about justice