Victor Mailu

Practice Areas

Victor Mailu is a specialist in high‑value litigation, cross‑border enforcement and international arbitration. His track record includes multimillion dollar recoveries, and several precedent setting outcomes for both corporates and individuals.

He regularly collaborates with local and international firms, to, among others, provide strategy on asset preservation, tracing and recognition planning to ensure that successful outcomes translate into tangible recoveries.

Professional Memberships

• Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

• Member, Law Society of Kenya

• Member, East Africa Law Society

• Member, Editorial Committee, Law Society of Kenya

Work Highlights

1. Successfully defended a leading regional company against a USD 5 million claim in an LCIA Arbitration.

2. Successfully secured over USD 4.5 million for 99 medical practitioners through strategic collective redress litigation and preservation orders.

3. Successfully defended a leading pan-African technology company against a hostile takeover bid by some of its shareholders.

4. Successfully prosecuted a case against an organisation with immunity. The precedent setting decision expands employee protections and reinforces the constitutional right to a fair trial.

5. Successfully recovered over USD 1 million for one of the largest independent maintenance repair and overhaul providers in the aerospace industry.

6. Currently representing a multinational in a USD 80 million arbitration that involves complex issues of intellectual property and breach of contract.

7. Currently advising and representing a leading pan African company in the enforcement of a USD 6 million foreign judgment.

Awards