Commercial law
We offer diverse corporate and commercial law services to our clients including:
- Incorporation and registration of local and foreign companies and business names
- Private and public company commercial work including undertaking due diligence, share sales and transfers and asset sales, joint ventures and franchising agreement.
- Advising financial institutions including banks, micro-finance institutions, insurance companies, telecommunications and Export Processing Companies on licensing and regulation requirements in Kenya.
- Transfer of businesses and ownership, mergers and acquisitions including dealing with general regulatory and compliance matters and Capital Markets Authority regulations.
- Handling Partnership agreements, trusts and estates.
- Acting for receivers of companies and representing parties interested in liquidations.
- Advising investors, both local and foreign, on investments in Kenya including investments under Export Processing Zones.
- Acting for both management teams and financiers in management buy-out and buy-in transactions.
- Advising corporate clients on Kenyan and regional competition and monopolies law.
- Undertaking corporate reporting and regulatory compliance services for leading companies in Kenya and the East African Region.
- Advising on labour matters including terms and conditions of employment, lay-off and termination of employment;
- Preparing and reviewing security documentation including debentures, chattels mortgages, charges and lender agreements for loans and other financial commitments;
- Preparing commercial agreements including sales agreements, general contracts, marketing and distribution agreements among others;
- Advising on corporate restructuring, equity and finance including mergers and acquisitions and transfer of business and ownership.
- Assisting in tax law compliance and advising on tax matters.
- Ensuring compliance with Kenyan ICT law on behalf clients in the Information, Communication and Technology sectors.
- Advising on matters of Corporate Social Responsibility and ISO certification for our corporate clients.