Koya & Company Advocates

We provide our clients with advice on setting up and operating companies and other incorporated entities including:

• Company/Legal Person Incorporation
• Corporate Governance and Board Structuring
• Corporate Restructuring and Re-organisations;
• Obtaining Regulator Licences
• Competition Advisories
• Transfer of Shares
• Sale of Corporation Assets
• Advice and Set up of Group Company Structures.

We have a unique offering called the Legal Audit offered to companies to check all aspects of legal compliance and advise our clients fully and subsequently give our clients comfort regarding their corporate existence and operations.

Present clients include inter alia creative companies, hotels, renewable energy companies, agricultural and processing companies, micro lenders, car financing companies, SMEs etc.

At Koya and Co. we also advise on and set up other kinds of incorporated entities as follows:

• Licensing of regulated entities
• Registration of LLPs,
• Registration of Saccos
• Registration of EPZ Companies
• Registration of specialised entities such as NGOs
• Competition advisories to corporate entities

Litigation

We advise and represent clients in company related litigation as follows

• Derivative suits against errant directors
• Disputes between shareholders
• Disputes between the company and shareholders

Our IP Services

Koya & Co. intellectual property lawyers in Kenya handle the registration of Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Utility Models, Patents, Technovations and Copyrights in Kenya, We also work with a network of intellectual property law firms in Uganda and Tanzania to help you in East Africa wide IP applications.

We also give advice on royalties, trade names and domain names; and draft licensing/assignment agreements pertaining to intellectual property. We help clients seek global international protection over intellectual property via the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). We also handle applications before ARIPO for intellectual property protection in Africa.

Speak to us to handle opposition actions; infringement and passing off actions on your behalf as we have expertise in appearing before the Kenya Industrial Property Institute Tribunal as well as handling appeals before the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

We are duly licensed to act as trademark agents and are registered patent agents.

Trademarks

• Registration of marks
• Opposition Proceedings
• Expungement Proceedings
• Infringement and Passing Off Actions
• Licensing Agreements

Industrial Designs, Utility Models & Technovations

• Registration
• Renewals
• Licensing Agreements
• Advisory Opinions on Novelty

Copyright Law

• Registration
• Renewals
• Licensing Agreements
• Infringement Actions
• Advisory

Patents

• Registration
• Renewals
• Licensing Agreements
• Infringement Actions
• Advisory

Expert Conveyancers
We have helped over 60 clients in conveyancing matters.

Land Transfers

Buying land or a house in Kenya can be a challenge if you don’t have a competent real estate lawyer to help you navigate the various registry, survey and legal processes. You need conveyancing lawyers to give you peace of mind that you have entered into a land sale agreement that will result in the due transfer of a land title to you.

Charges

When taking on a loan from a lender to finance a house, you need a skilled advocate to ensure your interests in the charge instrument are duly provided for; that you clearly understand the remedies you have under law and the scope of exercise of the Lender’s rights under the Charge Instrument. After all contracts are not made for the good times but the bad.

Customized Land Law Advice

Koya and Company Advocates property lawyers shall advise you on: commercial leases or residential leases, drafting of leases and other conveyancing instruments; land use rights and foreign ownership of land.

Supportive Family Law Firm for You in Nairobi

We provide family law services within the system of Kenyan Courts.

We are family lawyers with a cross cutting understanding of how the various family law issues facing you are best resolved under the Kenyan Family Law system. We represent clients in divorce matters whether contested or uncontested at the Family Courts. We also handle family mediation within the context of divorce settlement.

We also fight for your children’s interests at the Children’s Court and in family mediation.

We also draft pre-nuptial agreements that represent spousal interests in the best way so you may go into marriage with a clear path delineating your individual assets and matrimonial assets.

Speak to us about guardianship applications under the Mental Health Act of Kenya where a loved one is facing mental health challenges and they need their estate and even themselves protected due to mental health conditions.

Our areas of focus:

• Divorce
• Children Custody, Support And Guardianship
• Mental Health Guardianship/Conservatorship

We do end-to-end transactional processing, enabling clients to obtain:

• Work Permits
• Visas
• Alien Cards; and
• Residence Permits.

Speak to us for advice on contracts for expatriates whether consultancy or employment contracts. We also advise expatriates on income tax liability in Kenya.

We prepare citizenship applications for lodging as follows:

• Citizenship by Marriage
• Citizenship by Long Period of Residence in Kenya