Welcome to Nabenyo & Company Advocates

Up-to-date advice on local and international corporate and commercial law: setting up companies, set-up options for international investors in Kenya, restructuring, regulatory and licensing requirements, compliance, standard-form documents, regulatory questionnaires, and bank security documents such as mortgages and charges.

We handle property transactions, from land and homes to commercial buildings and developments. Our work covers title due diligence, acquisition and disposal, financing, commercial and residential leases, off-plan and completed developments, and ownership structures including joint ventures. We act for buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders, landlords and tenants.

We handle criminal and civil cases before courts and tribunals, protecting our clients' interests and rights before judicial and quasi-judicial bodies. We act for corporations, government entities, small businesses, insurers, lenders, non-profits and individuals, in prosecution and in defence. We keep clients informed at every stage, with clear strategy and careful pre-trial preparation to cut adjournments and bring matters to a close.

Litigation can be costly, so we help clients reduce their exposure. We represent clients in ADR and act as mediators and arbitrators, under the Kenyan rules on binding, non-binding, court-appointed, independent and international arbitration. We also advise on drafting ADR clauses for domestic and international deals.

Our work includes arbitration, mediation, negotiation, fact-finding, dispute prevention, drafting arbitration clauses and risk management.

We advise national and international businesses on their day-to-day employment needs, from recruitment to termination: compliance, government inspections, workplace investigations including sexual harassment, discrimination, workplace policies, health and safety, executive pay and benefits, collective bargaining, expatriate staff, telework, confidentiality agreements, employee data privacy, HR training and social security. We also handle the employment side of transactions: due diligence, restructures, staff transfers and redundancies.

We help clients obtain work permits, visas, alien cards, residence and entry permits, permanent residence, citizenship, and dependant, student, research, internship and special passes, and handle foreign registrations. We advise on expatriate contracts, and prepare applications for citizenship by marriage and by long residence in Kenya, as well as refugee status appeals.

We advise on adoption, divorce, marital property, and probate and administration. We draft wills, letters of wishes and powers of attorney, and plan estates for the future of your family and dependants. If your family is struggling with the legal issues that follow a loved one's passing, our probate advocates can help you through it.

Violations of the Constitution and of human rights, by individuals or government agencies, are common in Kenya today. We advise and represent clients bringing a constitutional claim, defending a constitutional challenge, or challenging a statute or provision as unconstitutional, and advise on constitutional and administrative law generally.

We help clients assess their insurance cover early and resolve insurance disputes effectively. We advise on insurance law, regulation and coverage, act in insurance litigation, and advise insurance businesses on financing, acquisitions, and regulatory and enforcement matters.

• Entertainment law - protecting the creative work of authors, performers, owners and businesses.
• Patents, trademarks and copyrights - registering our clients' rights, and acting in litigation or ADR when there is a dispute or infringement.
• Internet law - domain disputes, online copyright and trademarks, and breach of licensing and privacy policies. The internet has no borders, so its legal issues cut across Kenyan and international law.

Planning how your property passes after death protects your assets and your family. We help clients make wise decisions on their wills and succession, and handle all types of succession matters, simple or complex, so that the estate is preserved and the deceased's true wishes are carried out.

We advise on environmental compliance under the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the Environmental Management and Coordination Act 1999, sectoral laws and international treaties: environmental planning, Environmental Impact Assessments, environmental audits and drafting regulations. We also advise companies and state agencies on natural resource conflicts and their resolution.

We support HR management and employment relations: HR manuals, workplace policies (including mandatory ones such as sexual harassment policies), dealings with unions, recognition and collective bargaining agreements, employment contracts and directors' service agreements, disciplinary hearings, and termination by notice, summary dismissal or redundancy. We keep clients updated on legal and regulatory changes.

Serving our community is a core part of our culture, and we encourage our staff to take on pro bono work. We help charitable organisations with contracts, leases, constitutions and legal reviews, and train their management. With partner institutions, we offer free legal training to SMEs and start-ups. We also represent special interest groups in public interest litigation.