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Gikera & Vadgama Advocates

Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya • 29 Employees
Legal Services

This year marks the 11 year of GVA's existence, a journey that has been a compelling narrative of hard work, lucky breaks, triumph over adversity and, sometimes, fun. It all started on the 1st of May 2010 when Stephen Njoroge Gikera took the plunge, left his relatively secure job at the Attorney General's Chambers and founded S.N Gikera and Associates. With just two members of staff and four files, the firm was established at its first location on the ground floor of Bemuda Plaza on Ngong Road. Its focus then was Dispute Resolution with a bias towards Litigation.Such was the success of the firm that it precipitated a huge demand for its services, not just in Nairobi, but in Mombasa as well. Consequently, the Mombasa branch was set up in 2012 in the city centre with its primary focus being Conveyancing and Commercial law.In 2013, another milestone was reached when Punit Vadgama joined the firm. The firm then became Gikera & Vadgama Advocates (GVA) to reflect these changes. Punit became Senior Partner and Stephen, Managing Partner. Punit had been Partner at Sharpley Barret for three years and brought to GVA his Commercial Law experience. But the relationship between the partners predated their admission to the bar. They had been friends from Law School and had even attempted business ventures in other sectors of the economy.In 2015, an opportunity arose in the Mt. Kenya region necessitated by clients who had presence in the area. A branch was started in Nyeri and eventually moved to Nanyuki in 2016 because of its more cosmopolitan outlook.GVA has grown in leaps and bounds. From the original three staffers, the firm now has more than 40 people with fully fledged departments like Accounting, Marketing & PR and Human Resources. Having run out of space in the Ngong Road premises, even after adding a floor, the firm moved to its present Westlands location in 2015.