Pearlyne Omamo

Managing Partner

+254 725 870 873
p.omamo@adra-advocates.com
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Pearlyne is a dynamic and out of the box disputes lawyer with a strong track record in high stakes, high profile, and cross border matters for both local and international Clients, including elite global law firms.

A specialist in intellectual property and succession matters, she also advises on complex commercial litigation and arbitration, land and environmental litigation, and class actions. She regularly appears before Kenya’s superior Courts such as the Supreme Court and specialist Tribunals such as the Kenya Industrial Property Institute, bringing meticulous preparation, strategic clarity, and formidable advocacy to every brief. Her recent work includes multi‑million‑dollar commercial arbitrations, major class actions, and complex cross‑jurisdictional estate disputes.

  • Co‑acting alongside Victor Mailu, our arbitration specialist, and a leading international law firm seeking local support, to provide specialist intellectual property expertise in a high stakes investor-state dispute involving claims of copyright infringement of a Client’s proprietary software by the Government of Kenya. The Client has initiated an ICSID arbitration claim seeking compensation exceeding USD 100 million (KES 13 billion).
  • Co‑acting alongside Victor Mailu, our arbitration specialist, and a leading Kenyan law firm seeking specialist intellectual property and arbitration support, in defending a high stakes arbitration claim alleging copyright infringement against our Client, a multinational publicly listed foreign‑based company. The Claimant seeks compensation exceeding USD 83.3 million (KES 11 billion), while we have filed a counterclaim for USD 17.3 million (KES 2.3 billion).
  • Acting for an internationally recognised and award winning luxury safari group with premier camps and lodges across Kenya in a high‑stakes lease dispute with its landlord, a matter that puts at risk one of its flagship luxury camps valued at over USD 3 million (USD 400 million).
  • Acting for nine former tenants of a commercial property in a high‑value trespass and unlawful eviction claim against their former head landlord and a property developer, arising from the forcible removal of the tenants to pave the way for a new apartment complex despite subsisting injunctive Orders. The tenants are pursuing compensation exceeding USD 1 million (KES 130 million) from the head landlord for the unlawful eviction and resulting losses.
  • Acting in a class action suit on behalf of victims of mobile money scams, seeking accountability and compensation in a groundbreaking lawsuit against a major telecommunications company. The claim alleges systemic failures to implement adequate safeguards to protect mobile money account holders and to compensate them for losses arising from increasingly sophisticated fraudulent schemes. The case is poised to set an important precedent on corporate responsibility.
  • Acting in a class action suit on behalf of victims of a catastrophic gas explosion. The victims, together with affected residents, are pursuing compensation from multiple government authorities as well as a private company illegally operating a business on the site of the explosion. The case is poised to set a key precedent on the extent of liability borne by state agencies for disasters arising from the negligence or misconduct of private enterprises that they were mandated to regulate.
  • Acting for a well-known commercial bank in Kenya in objection proceedings to protect its security interest valued at over KES 40 billion (USD 335 million) regarding an attempt by the employees of the borrower to attach and sell the borrower’s assets in satisfaction of a Decretal award totaling KES 2.1 billion. The Employment Court held in the client’s favour and set aside the warrants of attachment concerning the borrower’s assets. This enabled the client to institute debt recovery proceedings against the borrower.
  • Acting for a leading international pharmaceutical company concerning a trademark registration dispute concerning pharmaceutical products valued at over USD 17 million (KES 2 billion).
  • Acting in a derivative suit relating to a company with vast business interests including land ownership. The subject matter of the dispute is valued at over KES 2 billion (USD 17 million).
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
  • LL. B, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
  • Registered Patent Agent
  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
  • Law Society of Kenya
  • East Africa Law Society
  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
  • NLA 2nd Runner Up, Managing Partner of the Year 2024