Dr Benjamin Musau

Experience

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  Kaplan & Stratton

  Jan 1988 - Nov 1999

  Partner

  Corporate commercial law

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  Law Society of Kenya

  Jan 1989 - now

  Convenor, Advocates Remuneration CommitteeConvenor, Commercial Law Committee Convenor, Law Society of Kenya Advocates Remuneration Committee;Convenor, Law Society of Kenya Commercial Law Committee

  • Advocate

    Jan 1988 - now

  • Member

    Jan 1989 - Jan 2010
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  B M Musau & Co., Advocates

  Nov 1999 - now

  Complex tax legal advices, corporate commercial law, finance law, and regulatory reform services in addition to managing the firm's business. Senior Partner responsible for corporate and commercial law including law of banking and financial institutions, contracts, international compliance, information security and cybercrime, anti-money laundering, tax, joint ventures, multinational enterprises, and other corporate and commercial law issues. Senior Partner, corporate and commercial law

  • Managing Partner

    Jan 2006 - now

  • Senior Partner

    Nov 1999 - now

  • Senior Partner

    Nov 1999 - Dec 2005
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  World Bank

  Mar 2005 - now

  1. Benjamin is the leading Private Sector Development Legal Expert for this assignment:(a) In the Regulatory Reforms Project he was involved in reviewing all the laws of Kenya i.e. the substantive acts of parliament as well as the rules and regulations made by Government ministries and regulatory agencies leading to the first ever listing of 1,325 business licenses in Kenya(b) He worked closely with local governments in Kenya to review and reform local government licenses(c) He reviewed all the licenses and subjected each of them to the tests of legality, necessity and business-friendliness. This assisted the Committee to make decisions on which licenses to eliminate, simplify or retain(d) He was also involved in advising on the establishment of an electronic database of licenses in Kenya. This involved working with NRD consultants and advising them on matters of Kenya law and how they impacted on the proposed registry(e) The setting up of a quality review unit to vet future regulations impacting on business as well as business licenses to ensure that such are in consonance with internationally accepted practices and standards(f) He has been exposed and have provided input on the proposed regulatory reform strategy for Kenya(g) The firm’s lawyers have gone through the laws of Kenya and compared them with the Committee’s decisions to establish the mechanisms for implementation of the decision memos and this facilitated the production of legal texts to carry on the reform efforts.2. World Bank, Doing Business Project from inception to date.3. Foreign Investment Advisory Service of the World Bank Group (consultancy):(a) Kenya: Improvement of Kenya’s Doing Business Indicators, 2007(b) Sudan: Investment Climate Action Program, 2007(c) Madagascar: Business Licensing Reforms, 2007(d) Bangladesh: IFC BICF funded Regulatory Reforms Project, 2007. Show less

  • STC

    Apr 2005 - now

  • Short Term Consultant

    Mar 2005 - now
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  Kenya Law Reform Commission

  Jan 2007 - Aug 2012

  Commissioner

  Commissioner in the Kenya Law Reform Commission

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  Kenya Institute of Administration

  Jan 2008 - Aug 2012

  Council Member

  Member of the Kenya Institute of Administration

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  National Steering Committee on the Devolved Government, Kenya

  Oct 2010 - Aug 2012

  Member

  Member of the National Steering Committee on the Devolved Government, Kenya

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  University of Nairobi

  Jan 2014 - now

  Lecturer

  Lecturer, Legal Systems and Methods