Practice
Our areas of expertise
Our expertise includes advising on, among other specialisations: corporate commercial matters, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, banking and finance, real estate and construction, transactions advisory, public policy advisory and stakeholder engagements, intellectual property registrations and enforcement, insurance, competition, energy, infrastructure and public/private partnerships, asset management.
- 01Corporate CommercialThe standing legal function for a business that does not have one in-house. Incorporation and restructuring, shareholder and joint-venture arrangements, company secretarial work, board and governance advice, and the contracts a business signs every week.Practice detailRecent writingQuiet Art of Corporate Restructuring in Kenya: When Money Changes Shape Inside a Company (Shares and Loans)Corporate Governance Requirements for Listed Companies in Kenya
- 02Disputes ResolutionWhere a dispute cannot be settled at the table, it is run properly — pleadings, evidence, tribunal and appellate work. Where it can, it is settled. The firm exists, in its own words, to foster amicable resolution of disputes; litigation is the route taken when that route closes.Practice detailRecent writingAutomatic Right of Appeal in Succession Matters: Analysing Wandi v Muchira [2026] KESC 29 (KLR)REPOSSESSION, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND THE LIMITS OF A SECOND APPEAL: A COMMENT ON BALUME LAURENT MBOTAZ v NIC BANK LIMITED [2026] KECA 1291 (KLR)
- 03Financial ServicesLending and security work on both sides of the table, together with the regulatory position of banks, SACCOs, microfinance institutions and payment providers operating in Kenya.Practice detailRecent writingLand Titles as Loan Security: What Recent Supreme Court Rulings Mean for Bank Mortgages in KenyaMinimum Tax in Kenya: The Changing Tax Landscape
- 04Real EstateLand in Kenya is bought on the strength of its title. Every transaction starts with searches and due diligence, moves through the sale agreement and transfer, and ends with registration and possession. Construction, leasing and development agreements sit alongside.Practice detailRecent writingLand Titles as Loan Security: What Recent Supreme Court Rulings Mean for Bank Mortgages in KenyaWhen Donor Money Buys Land: Constructive Trusts and Faith-Based Property Disputes
- 05Public PolicyStrategic counsel on government relations and stakeholder engagement, and the analysis of Bills, regulations and county legislation before they become the client’s compliance problem. This is the practice that produces MMS Weekly.Practice detailRecent writingTHE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BILL, 2026SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION BILL, 2025
- 06Intellectual PropertyRegistration, licensing and enforcement of the assets a creative or technology business actually owns — marks, works, inventions and the agreements that move rights between parties.Practice detailRecent writingExploring The Dynamics Of Intellectual Property: Transferability, Inheritance, And Shared OwnershipCan Two Businesses in Kenya Use the Same Trademark?
- 07Mergers and AcquisitionsTransactional advisory from term sheet to completion: structuring, legal due diligence, transaction documentation, and the merger control and sector clearances a deal in Kenya now requires before it closes.Practice detailRecent writingThe Pre-Merger Mandate: Why Deal Closure in Kenya Now Requires Prior Regulatory ClearanceMerger Notification Threshold and Compliance Risk
- 08CompetitionAdvice on the Competition Act regime — notification thresholds, restrictive trade practices, abuse of dominance, and the consumer-protection provisions that increasingly reach ordinary commercial conduct.Practice detailRecent writingMerger Notification Threshold and Compliance RiskCan Two Businesses in Kenya Use the Same Trademark?
- 09ICTThe legal position of a business that runs on data and software: data protection compliance, technology and platform contracts, and the fast-moving Kenyan regulation of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.Practice detailRecent writingData Protection Risks in the Digital Age: Insights from the Huduma Namba CaseData Protection and Privacy
- 10GamingLicensing and ongoing compliance under Kenya’s gambling control regime — licence categories, advertising restrictions, taxation and the treatment of products that sit at the edge of the definition.Practice detailRecent writingOperationalizing the Gambling Control Act, 2025: An Analysis of the Proposed Subsidiary LegislationLicence Categories Under the Gambling Control Act, 2025
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