Rutvi Shah

Principal Associate

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r.shah@adra-advocates.com
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Rutvi is a Barrister (UK) and also an admitted Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. With a strong dispute resolution background and well-founded training, she has experience in aviation, banking, debt recovery, employment, insolvency, insurance, land, manufacturing and oil and gas, shareholder disputes, sports, succession litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Rutvi’s penchant for detail, in depth research and drafting skills are often called upon in complex, high-stakes commercial disputes.

She is known for her fierce commitment to client needs and provision of on time, out of the box, practical and commercially sensible solutions to clients. Her excellent research and drafting skills have benefited clients.

  • Successfully represented 34 expatriate medical practitioners to secure KES 150 million (circa USD 1.2 million) salary arrears through asset tracing, and preservation orders.
  • Part of the team that successfully recovered KES 140 million (circa USD 1.1 million) for the beneficiaries of an Estate by successfully removing and replacing an administrator who had unlawfully sold a valuable Estate property and failed to account for or distribute the sale proceeds to them.
  • Part of a team that successfully represented beneficiaries and administrators of several high-profile Estates in Kenya, ensuring that their interests and rights in the Estates are secured.
  • Successfully defended a leading regional insurance company against a KES 600 million (circa USD 5 million) London Court of International Arbitration, arbitration claim.
  • Successfully defended a leading regional insurance company in a KES 192 million (circa USD 1.6 million) dispute over a performance guaranteed issued by the company and having the matter struck out at a preliminary stage.
  • Successfully obtained a KES 245 million (circa USD 2.1 million) summary judgment in a favour of a global advertising giant.
  • Successfully advised and acted for a global engineering company concerning a tender dispute about a KES 120 million (circa USD 1 million) on-demand guarantee
  • Successfully recovered KES 50 million (circa USD 400 thousand) for a leading aviation maintenance company in Kenya at preliminary stage.
  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
  2. LL. M, The London School of Economics
  3. Bar Professional Training Course (UK Bar), BPP Law School, London
  4. LL. B, The University of Nottingham
  1. The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple (UK)
  2. International Bar Association
  3. Law Society of Kenya
  4. East Africa Law Society
  1. Nominated for Young Lawyer of the Year, 2025 at the Nairobi Legal Awards.
  2. Finalist for Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year at the African Legal Awards. *
  3. Finalist for Specialist Law Firm of the Year at the African Legal Awards. *
  4. Finalist for Employment Law Team of the Year at the African Legal Awards. *

These achievements were awarded to teams that Rutvi was part of, and she does not claim title to them individually.