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Curriculum vitae

Muriuki Muriungi

Partner, Financial Services Practice of KMK Africa Advocates LLP

Nairobi, Kenya Financial Regulation, Corporate Finance, Law & Economics, Public Policy

Experience

  1. Sep 2018 – Present

    Partner, Financial Services Practice

    KMK Africa Advocates LLP

    Advise and act for corporates, lenders and borrowers in various corporate finance transactions, and advise on financial regulation issues to market players and financial market regulators. Also undertake commercial litigation.
  2. Sep 2025 – Jun 2026

    Short Term Consultant

    The World Bank Group — Finance, Competitiveness and Investments (FCI) Global Practice

    Supported the FCI Global Practice in Nairobi with the Supporting Access to Finance and Enterprise Recovery (SAFER) project and the Kenya Affordable Housing Finance Project 2 — coordinating projects, policy dialogue, legal and policy review, client engagement with government and policy makers, project documentation and research.
  3. Mar 2021 – Dec 2022

    Consultant Policy Analyst

    Financial Sector Deepening Kenya (FSD)

    Supported the Policy and Financial Market Infrastructure Project at FSD Kenya, working with financial sector regulators including the Central Bank of Kenya, the National Treasury, the Competition Authority of Kenya and SASRA to influence policy change across Green Finance, Credit Markets, Payment Systems, Competition/Antitrust, Digital Economy, Data Protection, Consumer Protection and Affordable Housing.

Education

  1. 2017 – 2018

    Master of Science in Law and Finance

    University of Oxford (Faculty of Law / Saïd Business School)

  2. Ongoing

    Bachelor of Economics

    University of Nairobi

  3. 2015 – 2016

    Master of Laws (LL.M) in Public Finance and Financial Services Law

    University of Nairobi

    Thesis: Towards a Legal Framework on Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A View from Developing Economies

  4. 2016 – 2016

    Postgraduate Diploma in Law

    Kenya School of Law

  5. 2011 – 2015

    Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Upper Second Class Honours

    University of Nairobi

    Thesis: Legal and Procedural Technicalities in Resolution of Electoral Disputes in the Supreme Court of Kenya: A Review of the Legal Framework and Emerging Jurisprudence

Memberships & admissions

  • Member

    Law Society of Kenya

  • Advocate of the High Court of Kenya

    High Court of Kenya

Selected research

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Languages

English (Fluent), Swahili (Fluent), Kimeru (Native)

Interests

Football (Liverpool FC), Economic History & History of Economic Thought, Investing, Global Affairs