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Corporate & Commercial Law.

From the first incorporation filing to a shareholder exit years later, the decisions a company makes about its own structure and contracts are the ones that are hardest to undo. We advise founders, boards and growing businesses on getting those decisions right the first time — and on the commercial agreements that keep a business running day to day.

9Legal Issues We Advise On
6Sectors Served
33Kenyan Case Notes
4Steps From Query to Resolution
How We Help

From first question to a signed agreement.

01

Understand

We learn the commercial goal first — the legal structure follows what you're actually trying to do.

02

Structure

We recommend the corporate or contractual structure that protects your position without overcomplicating it.

03

Draft & negotiate

We draft, review, or negotiate directly with the other side's counsel on your behalf.

04

Close

We see the transaction through to signature, filing, and the paperwork that makes it enforceable.

Case Law

Where corporate decisions met the courts.

Commercial disputes often turn on data and consent questions too — these are real cases from our Case Digest.

How to read these. Each case note separates the material facts from the outcome and why it matters.
Case Digest

Tulia Amboseli Safari Camp Limited v Opiyo

What happened

A dispute following the sale of a business over how customer and guest data was handled in the transition.

Outcome

The quantum awarded was reduced on appeal.

Why it matters: Data obligations don't stay with the old owner when a business changes hands — they need to be addressed in the sale agreement itself.

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Case Digest

Taifa DT Sacco Society Limited v Otieno

What happened

A SACCO's use of a member's recycled phone number to contact a different person, raising both consent and commercial process questions.

Outcome

The appeal was allowed.

Why it matters: Operational shortcuts in customer data handling create real legal exposure for regulated financial institutions.

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33 cases. One searchable library.

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Frequently Asked

Questions we hear most.

Do I need a lawyer to register a company in Kenya?

Not legally, but incorporation documents, shareholder agreements and early governance decisions are difficult to unwind once made incorrectly. Getting them right at formation is far cheaper than fixing them later.

What's the difference between a shareholders' agreement and the company's articles?

The articles are the company's public constitutional document filed with the Registrar. A shareholders' agreement is a private contract that can go further — exit terms, deadlock resolution, investor protections.

When should a growing business bring in outside counsel?

Before signing anything hard to reverse: an investment round, a material commercial contract, a lease, or an equity-linked hire. Review is far cheaper than renegotiation.

Building, running, or restructuring a business?

Get the structure right before you need it to hold up.

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