Areas of Practice: |
Corporate and Commercial Department
It’s a well established corporate and commercial group which provides a full range of corporate legal services.
The corporate and commercial work undertaken includes inter alicu: -
- Incorporations and company secretarial services
(includes foreign companies and business names).
- Advising upon the establishment of new business ventures and entities, including banks, insurance companies, micro-finance enterprises, national government organizations, trusts as well as joint venture companies.
- Advising on the restructuring of companies or groups to ensure that they are conducted in cost/tax efficient manner.
- Contracts:
Undertaking, drafting and advising on commercial contracts of all descriptions e.g.
Leasing contracts
- Supply contracts
- Distribution and franchise agreements
- Shareholders and partnership agreements
- Parastatal contracts and governmental contracts
- Employment, management and consultancy contracts.
- Capital Markets
The firm has expertise in capital markets transactions e.g. share rights issues, structured & corporate finance.
- Foreign Direct Investment
We advice on legal aspects of foreign direct investment, legal structures (setting up branch offices, new companies or acting through agents) deal structures, regulatory compliance and employment as well as immigration issues.
- Mergers and Acquisition.
The commercial department handles a substantial and wide variety of acquisitions and disposals of companies as well as businesses.
Our firm also advices on re-structuring and establishing institutions and undertakes all aspects of mergers, joint ventures and take overs in varied industries.
- Preparation and perusing of security documents e.g. debentures, chattels, mortgages and lenders agreements for syndicated loans amongst others.
- Due Diligence & Legal Opinion.
Conducting due diligence in the course of undertaking commercial transactions. The firm also provides legal opinion as required both in respect of transaction as a whole and/or in respect of Kenyan law as well as international law.
