Professor Githu Muigai, SC is a senior partner at Mohammed Muigai LLP. He specializes in Public International Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal, Civil and Commercial litigation. He has curved a niche in arbitration where he has over 36 years’ in handling arbitral proceedings domestically, regionally and internationally under ICSID Rules, UNCITRAL Rules, the CIARB London and CIARB Kenya Rules, NCIA Rules and under the New York Convention.

Professor Muigai was admitted to the Bar in the year 1985. He holds an LLB from the University of Nairobi, Diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law, an LLM from the Colombia University Law School and a PhD from the University of Nairobi.  He is a Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (C.Arb), United Kingdom and Kenyan chapters. He is a Fellow (FCIArb) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) (Kenya). Prof. Muigai is also a member of the Permanent Court of International Arbitration.

In addition to the practice of law, Professor Githu Muigai is the former Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya who diligently served the Country from 2011 to 2018. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence and Public International Law. He was an Associate Professor of Law, Department of Public Law, University of Nairobi (2005 to 2018) and a Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Law, University of Nairobi.

Prof Githu Muigai is an avid golfer and thoroughly enjoys books on history. While the Court room has long remained his stage, whenever he has the opportunity, you will find the Professor tucked away at the back of a theater hall on opening night of all the great plays – because old habits die hard.