Profile Summary
Robert Gacuca Mwangi is a Partner at G&A Africa and a leading practitioner in construction and infrastructure disputes, complex commercial litigation and strategic legal risk advisory.
- Practice areas
- Dispute Resolution · Real Estate & Construction
- Office
- Eldoret Office
He advises major players across infrastructure, energy, financial services, the public sector and regulated industries, helping them navigate high-value projects, manage legal exposure and resolve complex disputes.
Combining deep dispute-resolution experience with strategic project advisory, Robert supports boards, executive teams and project sponsors on contract strategy, FIDIC administration, governance, regulatory compliance and risk management. He is known for his meticulous preparation, commercial awareness and ability to align legal strategy with broader institutional and project objectives.
Robert has acted in significant litigation, arbitration and constitutional matters, including representing national institutions in disputes of public importance and advising on major infrastructure developments. His cross-border experience spans Kenya, the United Kingdom, France and the United States.
He is a member of CIArb, Africa Construction Law, the Law Society of Kenya and the East Africa Law Society.
Expertise
- Construction and Infrastructure: FIDIC Contracts and Contract Administration, Public Procurement and Project Delivery.
- Construction Adjudication
- Arbitration
- Commercial Disputes Resolution
- Governance and Board Advisory
- Regulatory Compliance
- Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Employment and Labour Relations
Industries
- Construction & Engineering
- Infrastructure, Real Estate & Property Development
- Energy & Utilities
- Banking & Financial Services
- Governance & Public Sector
- Water & Agriculture
Experience
Construction and Infrastructure
- Represented an employer in disputes arising from a KES 263 million FIDIC-governed irrigation infrastructure project, including arbitration proceedings and subsequent amicable settlement.
- Advised a state corporation on disputes arising from national power transmission projects valued at more than USD 31 million and KES 312 million, developing contractual and dispute management strategies that facilitated project completion without arbitration.
- Advised on the termination, takeover and completion of a 400/220kV Substation Project, including procurement, contractual and project-continuity considerations.
Banking and Financial services
- Advised and represented a leading financial institution in a multi-faceted secured lending litigation concerning the protection and enforcement of security interests over properties valued at more than KES 7.1 billion, while advancing a commercially focused resolution and recovery strategy.
- Represented a regional bank in a KES 351 million commercial dispute, advising on strategic procedural and settlement considerations and, following default, advancing enforcement measures to protect and maximise the bank’s recovery position.
- Advised and represented a local financial institution in connection with a software licensing and implementation agreement valued at more than USD 2 million, advising on contractual structuring, implementation obligations, risk allocation and dispute resolution.
Public sector, governance and regulated industries
- Has advised and represented public sector institutions and regulated organisations on intersectional constitutional, administrative, governance and employment matters, with particular experience involving statutory mandates, institutional decision-making, appointments and recruitment processes, regulatory and oversight functions, and the exercise of public power.
- His experience includes constitutional challenges concerning judicial appointments and recruitment processes; the constitutional mandates of commissions and other public institutions, including disputes concerning the determination of remuneration for medical practitioners and interns; boundary delimitation exercises; and electoral processes, including presidential elections and related constitutional litigation before the Supreme Court of Kenya.
Qualifications
Admissions
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
- Commissioner for Oaths.
- Notary Public.
Academic
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law.
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Kenyatta University.
Professional Memberships
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
- Africa Construction Law (ACL)
- Law Society of Kenya
- East Africa Law Society
