Associate Tax
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Job Summary
About us
DLA Piper Africa Kenya (IKM Advocates) is a leading law firm based in Nairobi Kenya. We are a full-service commercial law firm that has been providing legal services in Kenya for over 30 years.
IKM offers the services of a multidisciplinary team with in-depth knowledge of the Kenyan market and its legal economic cultural and social specificities. We regularly advise leading private and public sector clients including multinationals investment and commercial banks private equity firms governments DFIs and family offices in numerous countries across various industry sectors including financial services technology consumer goods and energy.
Our relationship with DLA Piper Africa and DLA Piper provides the geographical spread required by clients and provides our people with opportunities to tap into international best practice and expertise.
Role Profile
We are seeking to recruit an Associate with 2 - 4 years post-qualification experience to join our Tax practice. The ideal candidate will have experience in tax dispute resolution advising on tax matters strong technical expertise and the ability to manage assignments with minimal supervision.
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Key Responsibilities
- Tax Dispute Resolution: Handle tax disputes from the audit stage objection stage and appeals before the Tax Appeals Tribunal and the superior courts.
- Advisory & structuring: Prepare legal opinions advising on various matters across all tax heads including: structuring advice on mergers and acquisitions reorganizations financing arrangements and cross-border transactions;
- Regulatory liaison: Liaise with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on behalf of clients including during audits investigations and dispute resolution;
- Transaction support: Support in tax due diligence and health checks and in review of share/business transfer agreements;
- Knowledge management: Monitor changes in Kenyan tax laws key decisions from the Tax Appeals Tribunal and Courts the budgetary process and global treaty trends to publish updates for clients and internal teams.
