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Senior Associate - Tax
Clyde & Co
Nairobi, KE
Full-time
Posted 1 day ago
Job Description
The Role
Department: Tax
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Role: Senior Associate
The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Associate – Tax to join our Kenya office. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience advising on both contentious and non-contentious tax matters, strong technical expertise, and the ability to manage complex mandates with minimal supervision. The role requires demonstrated capability in tax advisory, tax structuring, tax disputes, and regulatory compliance, as well as the ability to engage effectively with clients, tax authorities, and internal teams.
Key Responsibilities
Tax Advisory & Compliance
• Provide strategic and technical advice on a wide range of Kenyan tax issues including income tax, VAT, excise, customs, withholding tax, transfer pricing, and tax incentives.
• Advise on tax structuring for corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, financing arrangements, and cross-border transactions.
• Prepare and review tax opinions, compliance assessments, and advisory memoranda.
Contentious Tax Matters
• Handle tax disputes from audit through objection, settlement negotiations, and appeals before the Tax Appeals Tribunal and courts.
• Liaise with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on behalf of clients, including during audits, investigations, and dispute resolution engagements.
• Develop litigation strategy and draft pleadings, submissions, affidavits, and related documents for contentious tax proceedings.
Client & Matter Management
• Manage client relationships, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery of work and maintaining a strong client-service ethos.
• Lead and supervise junior associates and trainees, providing mentorship, technical training, and performance guidance.
• Contribute to business development initiatives, including pitches, proposals, thought leadership, and industry presentations.
Regulatory & Industry Engagement
• Stay up to date on legislative and regulatory developments in the Kenyan and regional tax landscape.
• Participate in internal knowledge-sharing initiatives and represent the firm in professional forums where required.
Qualifications & Experience
• Admitted Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, in good standing.
• Diploma from the Kenya School of Law.
• Undergraduate law degree (LLB) from a recognized university.
• Minimum of seven (7) years’ post-admission experience in tax law practice, with demonstrable exposure to both contentious and non-contentious tax matters.
• Strong drafting, analytical, and legal research skills.
• Proven experience managing client relationships and leading teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of professional integrity, attention to detail, and sound judgment.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, helping organisations successfully navigate risk and maximise opportunity in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity and enable global prosperity, namely: insurance, aviation, marine, construction, energy, trade and natural resources. Globally integrated, we offer a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves and provides an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment including through a commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets. The firm has 490 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide.
Our Values
Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:
• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
Role Competency Requirements
• Technical expertise in Kenyan and international tax principles.
• Strong advocacy and negotiation skills.
• Ability to handle multiple complex assignments concurrently.
• Commercial awareness and ability to provide practical, business‑oriented tax solutions.
• Leadership and team‑management capabilities.
This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
Department: Tax
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Role: Senior Associate
The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Associate – Tax to join our Kenya office. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience advising on both contentious and non-contentious tax matters, strong technical expertise, and the ability to manage complex mandates with minimal supervision. The role requires demonstrated capability in tax advisory, tax structuring, tax disputes, and regulatory compliance, as well as the ability to engage effectively with clients, tax authorities, and internal teams.
Key Responsibilities
Tax Advisory & Compliance
• Provide strategic and technical advice on a wide range of Kenyan tax issues including income tax, VAT, excise, customs, withholding tax, transfer pricing, and tax incentives.
• Advise on tax structuring for corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, financing arrangements, and cross-border transactions.
• Prepare and review tax opinions, compliance assessments, and advisory memoranda.
Contentious Tax Matters
• Handle tax disputes from audit through objection, settlement negotiations, and appeals before the Tax Appeals Tribunal and courts.
• Liaise with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on behalf of clients, including during audits, investigations, and dispute resolution engagements.
• Develop litigation strategy and draft pleadings, submissions, affidavits, and related documents for contentious tax proceedings.
Client & Matter Management
• Manage client relationships, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery of work and maintaining a strong client-service ethos.
• Lead and supervise junior associates and trainees, providing mentorship, technical training, and performance guidance.
• Contribute to business development initiatives, including pitches, proposals, thought leadership, and industry presentations.
Regulatory & Industry Engagement
• Stay up to date on legislative and regulatory developments in the Kenyan and regional tax landscape.
• Participate in internal knowledge-sharing initiatives and represent the firm in professional forums where required.
Qualifications & Experience
• Admitted Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, in good standing.
• Diploma from the Kenya School of Law.
• Undergraduate law degree (LLB) from a recognized university.
• Minimum of seven (7) years’ post-admission experience in tax law practice, with demonstrable exposure to both contentious and non-contentious tax matters.
• Strong drafting, analytical, and legal research skills.
• Proven experience managing client relationships and leading teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of professional integrity, attention to detail, and sound judgment.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, helping organisations successfully navigate risk and maximise opportunity in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity and enable global prosperity, namely: insurance, aviation, marine, construction, energy, trade and natural resources. Globally integrated, we offer a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves and provides an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment including through a commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets. The firm has 490 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people overall in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide.
Our Values
Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:
• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
Role Competency Requirements
• Technical expertise in Kenyan and international tax principles.
• Strong advocacy and negotiation skills.
• Ability to handle multiple complex assignments concurrently.
• Commercial awareness and ability to provide practical, business‑oriented tax solutions.
• Leadership and team‑management capabilities.
This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.
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