Financial and Investment Advisory
We offer transaction and advisory services to support our clients in the following areas:
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- Raise equity or debt capital to support working capital and or business expansion.
- Evaluate and recommend investment opportunities to clients.
- Lead capital/debt raising process on behalf of clients.
- Restructuring of a company’s capital structure to meet changing business needs.
- To lead the process of identifying a strategic business partner.
- Acquisition and or disposal of existing business.
Arbitrations & Appeals
We have expertise and experience in trying all manner of civil and criminal cases before magistrates and judges nationwide and in appellate practice before national Courts and tribunals.
Victims Protection- Our firm is engaged on a pro bono basis in oaring watching brief services for victims of crime arising from sexual ounces. Our work involves coordinating with the police and prosecutors to gather evidence, record witness statements and conduct pre-trial briefing nags to ensure successful prosecution.
Dispute Resolution & Litigation
The department has a very good reputation in the market and is recognized for its excellence in the various areas of dispute resolution and has as a result been retained by, among others, blue chip companies and the Government of Kenya, to represent it in several high-profile cases.
As part of corporate social responsibility, the firm also offers pro-bono services in deserving cases. The team is renowned for engaging with clients at every stage of the cases they handle to ensure the client not only gets value for money but is also fully informed of all aspects of the cases. The Dispute Resolution team aims to identify and execute the most advantageous solutions for clients; whether through litigation proceedings or other forms of dispute resolution. The Department has also gained recognition in the area of election petitions and matters relating to Constitutional and Judicial Review.
We labour to help our clients resolve disputes efficiently and electively whether through negotiations, arbitration, litigation or other techniques in a manner that promotes their interests. We also work with clients to develop compliance programs and other techniques to minimize future litigation risks. Our litigation team comprises of advocates who have wide, tried and tested experience in litigation ranging from civil litigation, and criminal litigation to litigation in probate, commercial and corporate matters. We also boast of an extensive and efficient research network that ensures our litigators are kept up to date on evolving judicial issues.
Commercial and Conveyancing Department
We run a vibrant and up-dated commercial department and undertake matters of commercial drafting and syndication of commercial agreements.
A new section dealing with intellectual property matters has been established to handle issues relating to patents, copyrights, trademarks, industrial designs and other trade-related intellectual property issues. We engage in virtually all aspects of contract/property law providing the most up-to-date advice to our corporate and individual clients.
We vet the propriety of contracts and other property dealings for our clientele, using our research resources to ensure that legal requisites are met and those technicalities that fraught these areas of law do not vitiate legal agreements. We also construct leases, transfer of properties, discharges, power of attorney and all manner of contracts for our clients in diverse fields. We also facilitate execution and registration of all registrable instruments be it at the company’s registry, lands once or city council.
A key element of contract law is the freedom of contract and presumption of equality interparty. We strive to ensure these principles do not work against our clients, by reviewing the terms of contracts and agreements intended for our clients, with a view of enlightening them on the legal consequences thereof, both implicit and explicit.
Construction law-dispute avoidance
We offer expert legal advice and assistance on a range of construction-related matters to individuals and corporations alike.
This includes contract drafting, dispute resolution, paperwork drafting, project management contracts and financing, all in a bid to instill and make all contracts have built-in dispute avoidance options. We have extensive experience dealing with both contentious and non-contentious construction and engineering issues in Kenya and within the East African member states i.e. Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and the DRC We work in partnership with our clients to deliver the right solutions for their business needs within the law.
Our team of experienced and competent construction lawyers offer profound services in various legal matters, such as arbitration awards enforcement, dispute resolution, drafting of contracts, etc. Our services also include advising clients on structuring and negotiating tenders for various types of design agreements and contracts, according to the governing regulations. We have served some of the most renowned names in diverse industries, including contractors, architects, developers, sub-contractors, project managers, consultants, and engineers.
Consultancy, Training & Legal Drafting Department
We offer this is a new department established after the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 which reshaped the architecture of governance in the country and thereby led to the establishment of the national and county levels of government.
The County Governments came into operation post-March 2013 elections. The two levels of government are both distinct and interdependent and are bound by the normative standards set out within the devolutionary and social decentralization framework under the Constitution of Kenya 2010, to the extent that both levels have been assigned both concurrent and exclusive functions. Consequently, it is the expectation of the law that each of these levels of government, depending on the powers assigned to it, has got the power to formulate both policies and pass legislation relating to that function or power. The fourth schedule is instructive in this regard with respect to the fact that it assigns powers and functions between the two levels of government. In the context of the transition to the devolved system of governance and the possible capacity deceits that it would occasion, we formed this department of the firm with the intention of addressing these emergent training, legislative drafting and policy formulation needs from the standpoint of the County governments. Essentially, we are committed to building and promoting the institutional and legislative capacity of the County Governments.