Tax, Custom and Finance

The firm has an established mastery of matters tax having dealt with precedent setting disputes in taxation such as Departure Prohibition Order, Complex Agency Notices, Compliance, Audit Questions and Processes, Tax Planning, Tax Restructure and Tax Legislation. The firm has handled both criminal and civil tax disputes with subject matter over USD. 12, 000, 000.00.
We have also dealt with complex negotiations on bank facilities, letters of offer, interest rate formation, loan restructuring, drafting term sheets and transactional documents, negotiations, advising on the regulatory framework and related issues.
Under this, we have represented high net worth individual clients, Hospitals, Schools, Gaming and Betting Companies, Distributors, Manufactures, Contractors, ICT Companies, Innovators, Venture Capitalists among others.
The firm prides itself in having partners who have specialized in Tax and Customs administrations in practice and academia.

Conveyancing and Real Estate Development

The firm prides itself in having handled some of the most outstanding transactions in conveyancing and real estate development. The firm has advised on complicated joint development arrangements involving issues relating to sharing of revenue, compliance with land and environment law. We have also advised clients from the on go how to choose a vehicle of property ownership to minimize liability while ear nesting the most out of transactions. The briefs we have discharged have exposed us to provide to our clients both practical and strategic advice with a global outlook. We have also mastered the art of contract drafting to suit the needs of specific clients. It is our firm belief that each transaction is unique and requires maximum legal attention and expertise.

Intellectual Property Law

The firm has a team of registered Patent Agents and lawyers who have practiced and been exposed to emerging Intellectual Property disputes. We are involved routinely in matters such as registrations of Trademarks, Copyrights and Patent examination. For instance, the firm has represented clients at the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration forum and successfully argued cases on behalf of clients. The representation has also been at the ICANN Tribunal. We are alive to the fact that the world’s economy rests on the strength of information and its sharing and the need to protect the currency in such information.

Commercial and Corporate Law

We have made it our business to marry law and business. The firm has been involved in merger and acquisitions of medium sized companies, structuring of joint ventures in medical/health and real estate sectors, amalgamations, Due Diligence in acquisition of companies, Structuring of Transactions, Shareholders and share purchase Agreement, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, Entity Formation, Post-Acquisition Advisory mergers, and financing. For example, the firm advised and structured a partnership between Kenyan and Rwandan companies in the purchase and installation of medical equipment worth USD. 4,000,000.00. The firm has also been involved in the advisory briefs around venture capital and inter-intra company loaning.

Employment and Labour Relations

The firm advises both domestic and international clients on the complex regulatory and legal aspects of employment and labour law in order to enable full compliance with all the applicable laws and provisions. The firm is actively involved in drafting and reviewing of employment documentation and advising on a wide range of labour law related queries, including transfer of employees, termination, non-compete issues and the like. The firm predominantly represents companies and their management on employment related projects and litigation.

We pride in having in our team a partner that has served for more than three years in the Industrial and Labor Relations Court and from which she brings a wealth of knowledge on labor and employment laws. The firm advises both domestic and international clients on complex and evolving regulatory and legal aspects of employment and labor law to enable full compliance with all the applicable laws.
The firm is actively involved in drafting and reviewing employment documentation and advising on a wide range of labor law related queries, including transfer of employees, termination, human resource policy, service charter, non-compete issues and the like. The firm predominantly represents companies and on employment related projects and litigation.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration

The firm understands that in a multifaceted world we live in disputes are inevitable. We believe that in getting a solution through any dispute resolution mechanism, parties deserve sane, upright and sober representation in a manner that maintains and preserves the existing relationship of parties. In order to achieve this, we make the conventional adversarial court representation user-friendly and accommodative while at the same time seeking to secure the best outcome for our clients. We also encourage parties to take charge of their disputes with our role only to facilitate the process.
We believe a deep comprehension of the social background of a dispute is paramount in realizing a solution. In this spirit, we always rely on extensive and informed research to understand factors affecting a particular dispute before prescribing a better solution.
We have participated in different dispute resolution forums including specialized tribunals, Court, Mediations, Arbitration, International Arbitration panels and institutional administrative bodies.