Our Practice Areas Learn how our Legal expertise can apply to various situations.

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BANKING & FINANCE LAW

Unprecedented volatility in the global financial system is exposing market participants to extraordinary risk and uncertainty. The reassessment of risk by both lenders and borrowers has resulted in a less borrower-friendly environment and more restrictive terms in finance documents. Changes in the financial and regulatory landscape have altered the way business is conducted and are affecting legal arrangements.
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CONTRACT LAW /CONVEYANCING

We engage in virtually all aspects of contract law providing the most up to date advice to both our corporate and individual clients. We vet the propriety of contracts for our clientele, using our research resources to ensure that legal requisites are met, and those
technicalities that fraught these areas of law do not vitiate legal agreements. We also construct leases, charges, transfers of properties and all manner of contracts for our clients in diverse fields.

We facilitate execution and registration of all registrable instruments.
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EMPLOYMENT LAW

The employer – employee relations are often characterized with tensions and labor related discord. We as a firm stand as a reference point to several employers and employees. We have represented and advised unions of employees on available redress when their rights have been aggrieved.

We also facilitate alternate dispute resolution and negotiations for employers and employees.
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ENERGY

Mwenda Kaumbuthu & Co. Advocates has served the needs of energy industry clients. We offer indepth industry knowledge and our services cover a comprehensive range of energy-related legal and business concerns, including:

  • Siting, permitting, development, and financing of energy and infrastructure projects
  • Environmental representation, permitting
  • Power purchase agreements and contracting
  • Negotiation of participation and joint operating agreements
  • Taxable, tax-exempt, and project financing
  • National and state energy regulatory matters
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs
  • Transmission and interconnection issues
  • Litigation and arbitration

Our clients value our ability to coordinate resources, talent, and capital in all project phases and provide insights that prevent costly problems and delays
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ENTERTAINMENT

To providing comprehensive legal services to individual artists and industry-related companies in the light of the convergence of technology, Internet,traditional entertainment, and mainstream communications media, which has created challenges that grow more complex by the day.

Mwenda Kaumbuthu & Co. Advocates seek to be on the forefront to manage these challenges by providing effective and value-added representation in a range of entertainment and media related matters, specifically in representing musicians, authors, newscasters, radio personalities, screenwriters, directors, producers, production companies, publishers, and distribution companies include negotiating and drafting agreements, and providing legal advice.
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ENVIRONMENTAL

Growing environmental awareness and concern worldwide is changing the way companies operate.

We have a commitment to helping companies fluently respond to the risks and opportunities of environmental law and regulation. We also take our shared responsibility of protecting the environment very seriously, collaborating on many international efforts to promote and uphold sustainable business practices, including climate change initiatives.
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AVIATION LAW

Over recent years, the local aviation sector has witnessed rapid growth. We assist our clients in sale agreements, purchase and leases of aircraft and drafting cargo and freight forwarding contracts. The firm has broad experience in this sector with respect to advisory work and drafting of documents on a wide range of aviation matters, including protecting, perfecting and enforcing ownership or security interests in aircraft, cross border aircraft purchase, wet and dry leasing of aircraft as well as financing of the full range of aircraft-related transactions.

We are a member of the International Registry and our affiliated partners are registered with International Civil Aviation Organization (“ICAO”) to carry out escrow services on behalf of our clients.
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MINING AND EXTRACTIVE SECTOR LAW

In mining, navigating the legal landscape requires specialized expertise and a deep understanding of both local and international regulations. Our firm is dedicated to providing legal support in this sector, ensuring that your business can leverage opportunities while staying compliant with the complex laws and regulations.We advise on the Mining Act, 2016, and related regulations, handling various aspects of mineral rights, environmental issues, and stakeholder engagement in Kenya’s mining sector. 

If you are in need of guidance on mining licenses, operational compliance, or dealing with land rights and community issues, our firm is experienced in addressing the unique challenges of mining operations, from securing licenses to navigating land rights and
community relations.
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FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING

Overcoming debt is difficult even in the best of times. We help you explore options, safeguard interests and maximize opportunities. We provide seamless advice on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency as well as critical tax, employment and corporate issues.

We have helped a variety of clients address considerable financial difficulties in dealings with debt crises. Our lawyers have represented creditors, corporate debtors or investors in some of complex restructurings and insolvencies. We have facilitated turnarounds and settlements of all types, helped raise capital to prevent costly defaults, and assisted in
disposing or acquiring assets in ways that protect and preserve value. And while disputes are inevitable, our track record in resolving them is appreciable.
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INSURANCE

Insurers are pursuing more careful investments and underwriting standards amid growing transparency and sales practice scrutiny worldwide. As capital requirements mount and competition intensifies, acquisitions and strategic alliances have become vital for reducing costs and serving new market needs.

The services we provide include advising on mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, insurance and reinsurance documentation including vetting policy documents. We deal with insurance and reinsurance litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution; all aspects of reinsurance including life and personal accident and we can competently undertake defense of disciplinary proceedings before competent tribunals.

We are well versed with the domestic and East African regional insurance markets, and we posses ample resources to meet all our clients needs, providing the highest quality, commercially focused legal advice as and when required. We have as part of our clientele various insurance companies and some investment banks. And because we have firsthand know-how of local laws, procedures and systems, we can effectively safeguard your business against potential claims, insolvencies, as well as particularly complex disputes.
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REAL ESTATE

With experience that spans a vast variety of deals, properties, and asset classes, lawyers at Mwenda Kaumbuthu & Co Advocates intuitively understand our client’s goals and work to meet them with speed, creativity, and efficiency.

The firm has deep experience in virtually all matters related to real estate, including real estate finance, restructuring and workouts, acquisition, securitization and structured finance, investment management and asset recovery, and development of commercialreal estate. Of particular strength is our knowledge of the capital markets and our ability to assist financial institutions, governmental agencies, pension, private equity and hedge funds, which are all playing greater roles in the real estate markets.

Our attorneys are practical problem-solvers. Once the objective is clear, we assemble teams with the specific blend of knowledge and skills that will move a project forward and achieve results. We are accustomed to working across multiple disciplines, and our teams’
efforts are tightly focused and coordinated.
We’re recognized by clients and industry leaders for our dedication to achieving results—which is why we’re regularly named one of our nation’s top law firms.
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We approach each problem with three essential elements: strategic thinking, creative solutions, proven results.
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