ANDREW & STEVE ADVOCATES (A & S) is a dynamic law firm based in Nairobi, Kenya providing a full range of legal services with leading expertise in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation, Tax, Corporate and Commercial law, Technology and Telecommunication, Intellectual Property, Infrastructure & Projects, Real Estate & Estate Planning, Policy, Legal Compliance & Legislative Drafting, Legal training among others.
The firm has provided these services to its wide range of clients from individual’s to local public institutions, non-profit organizations, Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs), visionary start-ups in all business sectors, banks & other financial institutions and international companies, including some of the world’s largest multi-national companies, and have over time acquired in-depth cross border expertise on a broad spectrum of regulatory and transactional issues.
In line with our mission to deliver the highest quality of business solutions and legal services to our clients, we have teamed up with experts in specialized areas as consultants in the firm to create a pool of professionals with the right mix of sector and legal knowledge.
We take pride in the diversity of our expertise and work as a team, merging our expertise and experience to provide our clients with seamless legal advice and representation.
Accolades
Our Managing Partner, Steve Kimathi is a highly rated lawyer who was featured in the 2017 Business Daily Top 40 under 40.
A&S was nominated and awarded Runners up, SME Law Firm of the year 2021 and 2023, in the 4th and 6th Edition of the Law Society of Kenya Nairobi Legal Awards. The Awards programme aims to recognize Law firms / Legal departments and individuals with outstanding standards of practice and legal service delivery in an effort to encourage excellence in the legal practice. The awards process is rigorous, quality checked and benchmarked on international best standards to ensure integrity of the process.
The firm has also been feted as “the100 top law firms in Kenya 2022” and “the top 25 firms in Kenya 2022/2023” by the Lawyer Africa.
A&S has an effective litigation and dispute resolution team that uses its experience, trusted judgment and insights to develop a customized strategy to every dispute.
Armed with this experience, we are able to provide our clients with concise legal advice, while ensuring that we keep up to date with the changes in the law, be it statutory or case law. This ensures that our clients obtain high quality and practical legal advice, as well as a sound approach towards settling legal issues be it before the courts, tribunals or through alternative dispute resolution methods. Our lawyers are able to employ the most appropriate strategy in all disputes, and this requires the use of innovative, skillful and persuasive advocacy techniques.
The Firm handles both civil and criminal matters, and our team of lawyers has an extensive scope of knowledge and expertise in litigation. Our clients benefit from solutions that best fit their objectives while taking into consideration the nature and spirit of the law.
Our corporate and commercial law department provides our clients with detailed and up to date advice on both local and international law and practice, relating to all aspects of corporate and commercial law.
We advise on set up of companies, optimal set-up options for international investors looking to invest in Kenya, restructuring of companies, regulatory and licensing requirements, compliance, drafting of standard form documentation, completion of regulatory questionnaires, drafting bank security documents such as debentures, mortgages, charges, registrations as well as securities. In addition to this, with key skills in product development, we have advised on a number of new product structures for Kenya's financial services intermediaries.
A & S has considerable experience and expertise in handling immigration matters. Under this service line, we have provided services such as: advising on and making applications for citizenship; applying for permits and passes; processing of documents; as well as providing advice to multi-national companies that hire expatriates.
The firm also handles applications for appeals and reviews, and has considerable experience in handling criminal matters in respect of the immigration Laws of Kenya including but not limited to unlawful residency, repatriation and deportation.
The firm provides key representation and advice on the sale, purchase and leasing of properties, international property transactions, landlord and tenant matters, acquisitions and joint ventures involving real estate, and property management advisory.
There are also numerous emerging taxation issues around the transfer of property in the areas of capital gains tax, Value Added Tax and Stamp Duty. We have advised on optimal property transfer options to minimize on adverse tax implications of the same.
A & S provides legal advice on employment and labour laws to corporate clients as well as individuals. More specifically, we have advised on employment contracts, labour relations, trade unions, recruitment, termination, redundancy, unfair dismissals, pension and retirement benefits, insurance, health and safety, non-disclosure and non-compete agreements, as well as claims and benefits. We also have experience in handling class action suits, whether prosecuting or defending, and have made a considerable contribution to the ever changing face of labour disputes before the Employment and Labour Relations Court.
A & S has considerable experience on the rules and practice of securing and enforcing legal rights to inventions, designs and artistic works which also includes, but not limited to registration of trademarks, patents and copyrights.
The Firm has provided and continues to provide advice and legal representation to clients in matters of family law which includes but is not limited to family relationships, adoption, divorce, alimony, child custody and maintenance. We are always alive to the fact that no two situations are alike, and we therefore strive to provide advice tailor made to suit the particular circumstances with the specific purpose of ensuring that our clients' objectives are met.
A & S has extensive knowledge and an impressive track record in matters relating to wills, probate and administration of estates. We provide legal advice with regard to drafting and execution of wills and powers of attorney, on the administration of estates, filing of Petitions for Grant of Probate be it with or without a written will, citation of executors, and the accounting by the administrators of the management of estates.
With the work we do in corporate and commercial matters, issues of debt recovery, receivership, bankruptcy and liquidation rarely fail to come up, and we have therefore in the course of business provided advice and legal representation to parties undergoing bankruptcy, liquidation and receivership, and in the converse, parties seeking to recover debts.
The firm has considerable experience in insurance law, including but not limited to providing advice on insurance policies and claims, and is competently able to handle matters pertaining to regulation of insurance companies and policies, claim handling as well as insurance fraud.
