Legal

Corporate and Commercial Law

We will walk with you through the life cycle of your business or Organization right from inception. We will therefore advise in areas including but not limited to establishment and registration of all types of business and enterprises including not-for profit Organizations); contractual rights, duties and obligations; acquisitions, disposals and corporate restructuring; mergers and acquisitions. 

We also provide an in-depth attention to the drafting of commercial contracts of all types and providing commercial legal advice to businesses due diligence and investigations, transaction advisory services in sale and purchase of shares and securities.

We also offer advisory and drafting services on all areas of securities law, public offers and listings, privatizations, rights issues, equity, and debt issues, and continued listing and compliance obligations.

Regulatory and Legal Compliance

We review the present contractual arrangements entered into by the business or Organization to assess the compliance with the existing laws. The contractual agreements include but not limited to employment agreements; supply agreements; license agreements; service agreements; partnership agreements; collective bargaining agreements; franchise/ acquisition agreements and joint venture agreements.

Depending on the nature of business, we also review and advice on the compliance with the relevant law. We review the records and structures of compliance with the NSSF, NHIF and tax law compliance regimes. We also advice on licensing procedures as required by the County Governments, environmental law compliance and competition and anti-trust laws and obtaining work permits.

 Intellectual Property; Ideas and Innovations

We will help you protect your intellectual property and ensure that any infringement is quickly remedied. Our services include registering trademarks and other intellectual property rights. Several Intellectual Property rights that we identify include the copyrights, patents, trademarks, utility models and Industrial Design

Dispute Resolution

We identify and review the past and present disputes in courts and other judicial forums. We also identify the potential areas of dispute and advice on the prevention measures accordingly. This also involves recommending a proper system of dispute resolution and review of the current disciplinary framework to comply with the existing laws.Our expertise in dispute resolution ranges from commercial disputes, shareholder disputes and tax disputes with the relevant authorities.