The Firm’s varied and steadily increasing workload includes the following main areas:
a) Conveyancing
We act for clients who approach us seeking to deal with property in various ways including as buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, lenders, borrowers, licensors, licensees, concessionaires, among others. We conduct due diligence, negotiate, prepare or review all agreements and instruments, obtain all regulatory consents and approvals and procure registration and title documents in land registries across Kenya for our clients.
We also enforce our clients’ rights when property transactions do not go according to plan and disputes arise. Enforcement may entail arbitration, litigation in courts and tribunals for specific performance, eviction, recovery of rent arrears, foreclosure, among other reliefs.
(b) Commercial and Corporate
The range of our services include: advising clients on the various possibilities for establishing companies, partnerships and trusts; drafting business contracts, reviewing clients’ employment contracts and standard forms to identity and minimize commercial risk, commercial arbitration and litigation. We perceive ourselves as external partners of our clients’ business and are continually accessible to provide real-time advice, prompt transactional support and dispute resolution solutions
Some of our substantive practice areas include aircraft leasing, finance and acquisition, company formation, reconstructions, mergers and acquisitions and winding-up; advising clients on public procurement and disposal, including reviews and appeals.
(c) Civil Litigation
The firm undertakes litigation in, among others, disputes between employers and employees, debt recovery, probate and administration, disputes relating to land and environment.
(d) Environment and Natural Resources
Some of our services in this area include: influencing policy and legislation; working with legislators, environmental regulatory agencies and land use planners; providing advisory and transactional support for property transactions, establishment of conservancies, sanctuaries and game reserves; designing regulatory measures for access and benefit sharing and consumptive utilization of wildlife resources; and advising clients on compliance with the myriad of environmental laws.
(e) Entertainment
We advise different industry participants including performing artists, songwriters and record companies in negotiating and drafting agreements, including artist sponsorship and endorsement agreements with performing artists, recording contracts and agreements between artists and managers, agents and other representatives.
(f) Other Services
Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public.