Areas of Practice

Real Estate & Conveyancing

The firm gives advisory services on real estate transactions including sales, leases, purchases, charges, tenancy agreement, and commercial letting as well as advising clients on changes in land laws and on generally all aspects of land law.

Our advocates provide advisory and transactional support in real estate investment and development, real estate partnerships and structuring of special purpose vehicles, project agreements, real property tax and project finance among others.

Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution

The firm offers to its clients a full range of advisory and advocacy services with respect to litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Our services include advising clients on strategy, drafting of relevant court papers, participating in negotiations and proceedings in the courts as well as tribunals on behalf of clients.

Banking & Securities

The firm advises a number of prominent local banks and financial institutions. The firm advises both lenders and borrowers on aspects of structuring, negotiating and documenting financing transactions.

The firm also advises on banking regulation and supervision in line with the Banking Act and CBK Prudential Guidelines, finance leasing arrangements, secured commercial lending, trade, project and corporate financing arrangements, equity & loan finance, and the taking, enforcement, & realization of security interests.

Corporate and Commercial

The firm is equipped to advise on regulatory and licensing matters relating to different sectors and industries.

The firm also specializes in preparing and advising on agency, distribution, franchising and all other forms of commercial agreements; mergers, acquisitions and disposals; joint ventures and private equity flotations and security issues; and employment arrangements.We also offer advice on the restructuring of companies or groups of companies and on the structuring of commercial transactions.

We have expertise in the legal aspects relating to ICT implementation and IT systems integration and offer advice on Information Technology Law.

We currently serve several corporate clients, in various industries such as financial services, information technology, energy & mining. Our clients include multinationals, foreign entities as well as many local entities.

Legal compliance and Governance Advisory

The firm conducts legal audits, due diligence procedures and offers compliance advisory services for our corporate clients including financial services players, energy, oil and gas players, state corporations and all other corporate clients.

The firm has the capacity to conduct governance audits for all organizations including private companies, financial services players, state corporations and other corporate bodies.

Intellectual Property

The firm is regularly called on to advise on matters of trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secret protection.  

The firm also undertakes registration of patents trade and service marks and industrial designs with both the Kenya Industrial Property Institute and the African Regional Industrial Property Organization.

In the event of disputes, the firm also provides intellectual property litigation services to handle matters such as licensing and royalty disputes, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, patent infringement, information technology and software disputes and internet and domain name disputes

Energy, Oil & Gas Law

We advise clients on the laws governing exploration for minerals and on leasing of exploration and prospecting land. We also assist clients in the energy and mining sector in obtaining regulatory approvals and in regulatory compliance.

Tax Advisory

The firm’s advocates are adept at developing and implementing creative tax solutions for acquisitions, private equity, international transactions, joint ventures, project finance, and property transaction.

Company Secretarial

The firm through Zenith Secretarial Services provides a full range of company secretarial and governance advisory services. The firm has qualified Certified Company Secretaries who can be appointed to client firms as Company Secretaries.

The firm further maintains on behalf of its clients’ statutory books, undertakes the filing of company records and ensures compliance with all corporate statutory requirements.

Immigration Law

The firm provides advisory services in immigration law for various companies and individuals including but not limited to the processing of temporary passes, work permits, dependents’ passes, student passes, permanent residence permits, applications for citizenship and assist foreign clients with alien registrations.

Employment Law

The firm aims to foster respectable labour relations by promoting valuable associations between employers and employees.

We offer advice on labor relations issues including the preparation of employment contracts, advising on termination of employment as well as Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations and registrations.

Private Matters, Probate, Succession Trusts and Wills

The firm offers advisory and transnational services for private individuals on matters of adoption and child custody as well as probate and administration, inheritance and estate planning.

We explore alternative dispute resolution mechanisms like mediation to settle family disputes and pragmatically settle court processes.