CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL PRACTICE

We advise on a wide range of company affairs and advise on diverse corporate needs such as structuring special purpose vehicles, project finance, corporate restructuring, registration, registering foreign companies, structuring limited liability partnerships, franchising, cross border transactions and joint ventures among others.

We also draft a composite range of commercial contracts and also include advise on the tax and other implications of commercial transactions, conducting due diligence investigations and assisting with the implementation of commercial transactions.

COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES

We also provide a full range of company secretarial services to ensure that your company is fully compliant with an ever increasing corporate statutory and regulatory compliance regime. The proper maintenance and filing of company records are key in ensuring such compliance.

We also provide a full range of company secretarial services to ensure that your company is fully compliant with an ever increasing corporate statutory and regulatory compliance regime. The proper maintenance and filing of company records are key in ensuring such compliance.

The company secretarial services, include but are not limited to: company formation, corporate health checks, management of meetings (board and shareholder meetings), provision of a registered office facility, provision of requisite Kenyan resident service of process agent and advising on and attending to the registration of foreign corporations.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

We assess your organization's governance processes, measure them against best practice, and ensure they meet the needs of the business. Our corporate governance services include Continuing board or board committee Education, Governance and risk oversight, Assessment of corporate governance, Development of corporate governance.

COMPLIANCE & LEGAL AUDIT

We lay the groundwork for the establishment of an ongoing legal compliance and prevention program in order to ensure that the company’s goals, structure and ongoing operations are consistent with any statutory/regulatory requirements (existing/new).

We also identify the legal issues triggered by changes in strategies, goals or objectives.

PROPERTY LAW

We are experienced in handling all aspects relating to Land Law and property transactions in Kenya. We undertake all property related matters ranging from structured property transactions, leases and licenses, mortgages and charges, sales and purchases of land, to more technical areas of Land Law including sub-divisions, amalgamations, exchanges of land, change of User.

BANKING AND FINANCE

We act for lenders, arrangers, borrowers, sponsors and other transactional participants. We cover allaspects of transactional finance including term loans, corporate finance, development finance, leveraged finance, preference shares, project finance, trade finance, securitisations and debt restructuring.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We provide quality and expert advice on registration and protection of intellectual property in the region and worldwide. This is with respect to due diligence, IP valuation, acquisition of IP and related agreements and partnerships/ joint ventures with an aim to transfer/ share/ development of IP.

We have rendered services to several local and multinational companies across a broad range of sectors and industries including large technology companies, start-ups, telecommunications, etc. on issues pertaining to registered and unregistered IP rights including trade mark, copyright, designs, domain name registration, patent, licensing, and technology transfer matters, and management of IP portfolios.

We also advise and assist clients on: Protection and prosecution of IP rights (including patents, trademarks,design rights, copyrights, domain names, proprietary know how and business processes)

EMPLOYMENT & LABOUR RELATIONS

We advise on the complex regulatory and legal aspects of employment and labor law in order to enable full compliance with all the applicable laws and provisions.

The firm is actively involved in drafting and reviewing of employment documentation and advising on a wide range of labor law related queries including; General Employment Law; Collective Bargaining Issues and Strike Management; Disciplinary investigations and inquiries; Employment Contracts, Discrimination; Legislation; Employment Litigation (Labor and High Court litigation);

Policy development and drafting; Public law employment issues; Restructuring and retrenchment planning; Pension Law and Employee Benefits;

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

We are experts in the conduct of litigation, arbitration, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in the most efficient and cost effective way. We are committed to resolving disputes as efficiently as possible

Our main priority is to resolve disputes quickly and effectively with as little disruption to business as possible.

We advise on a wide range of contentious matters, including shareholder disputes, contractual claims, and general disputes around insolvency, real estate, environment, employment, intellectual property, fraud, and regulatory compliance. We are always geared for rapid response and can be called upon at short notice to resolve large-scale and complex litigation matters.