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Associate - Tax at DLA Piper Africa, Kenya (IKM Advocates)

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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
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Mid Level
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Posted 4 days ago (1 Sep 2026) Deadline: 19 Sep 2026 Updated 3 days ago

Job Description

The Associate will provide tax dispute resolution, advisory, and structuring services for corporate clients, liaising with the Kenya Revenue Authority and supporting transactional tax work. The role requires strong technical expertise across all tax heads and the ability to manage assignments independently while delivering high‑quality client advice.

Qualifications & Requirements

  • • BA/BSc/HND or professional tax qualification
  • • 2–4 years post‑qualification experience in tax
  • • Proven experience in tax dispute resolution and advisory services
  • • Strong technical expertise across all tax heads
  • • Ability to manage assignments with minimal supervision
  • • Excellent communication and client relationship skills

Required Skills

Responsibilities

  • • Handle tax disputes from audit, objection, and appeals before the Tax Appeals Tribunal and courts
  • • Prepare legal opinions and structuring advice on mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, financing and cross‑border transactions
  • • Liaise with the Kenya Revenue Authority on audits, investigations and dispute resolution
  • • Support tax due diligence, health checks and review of share or business transfer agreements
  • • Monitor changes in Kenyan tax law, tribunal decisions and global treaty trends and publish updates for clients