Mukami Kuria - Barrister

Mukami is a barrister at CANDEY working across the firm’s core practice areas. In particular, she is gaining experience of insolvency, company and commercial litigation, arbitration and sanctions.

Prior to pupillage, Mukami gained experience on contentious inter-state disputes, investment treaty and commercial arbitration matters as an intern of the Office of the Attorney General of Kenya. She worked as a research assistant on a comparative project examining the history and development of arbitration in Africa and the enactment of the UNCITRAL and OHADA Model Laws across the continent. She continues to maintain an interest in the region.

Mukami studied International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, graduating with a First and winning the Goodwin and Philip Noel-Baker Prizes. She holds an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Cambridge, going on to complete the Graduate Diploma in Law at City Law School (with Distinction) as an Exhibition Scholar of Inner Temple. In 2022 she finished the Bar Vocational Studies Course with a specialism in International Commercial Trade and Dispute Resolution at City. She was the recipient of a Major Scholarship from Inner Temple and a City Law School Scholarship for Academic Excellence. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in July 2023 (Inner Temple).

Before coming to the Bar, Mukami spent several years working in the art world as a writer, editor and curator and is a member of the Institute of Art and Law. She is proficient in Swahili, French and Spanish.

Email: mkuria@candey.com