Chege Kibathi & Company Advocates LLP is a well-established corporate law firm with significant national presence through a network of branches in key economic centers throughout the Republic and all throughout East Africa through strategic networks. Our expertise pans across various areas of corporate and commercial such as; banking and finance, commercial law, intellectual property law, corporate law, real estate law and commercial litigation.
Our client base includes corporates, multinationals across a broad range of sectors, financial institutions public sector organizations.
We have taken a leading role in the creation of a new generation multi-disciplinary law firm that addresses the needs of their clients following a holistic approach. We have a team of creative and dedicated professionals with a rich experience in law and business which provides comprehensive, concise and commercial advice. We assist businesses to achieve their objectives efficiently while minimizing the legal and regulatory risks.
Founded in 2013
50 people in their team
We have ably represented our clients in relation to various conveyancing transactions and real estate development projects. We walk hand in hand with our clients to meet their goals of acquiring homes, property and completing their development projects. In the process, we help them navigate legal and regulatory requirements, ensuring they have no worries even as they meet their targets.
Our expertise is in:
We have assisted thousands of clients in conducting of due diligence on properties at the relevant land registries and survey offices: reviewing and negotiating of the terms of sale of property, preparation and registration of transfer documents, registration of titles in the name of the clients, and post-registration due diligence.
We offer bespoke services to our corporate clients involved in high value commercial transactions with both general and specialized needs. These services include formation and registration of all business entities, corporate agreements including mergers and acquisitions, joint venture agreements, asset acquisition, supply contracts, share purchase Agreements and shareholders’ Agreements., drafting designing and reviewing of complex legal documents.
The firm assists existing and startup companies in ensuring efficient compliance. Services offered are filing of annual returns advice on tax compliance, corporate governance advice, legal audits and due diligence, compliance with labour laws, regulatory compliance audits and management as well as training in all these areas. The firm has significant experience in dealing with various government bodies and expeditiously and innovatively finds solutions for clients.
The firm incorporates local companies and also acts on behalf of foreign companies seeking to set up corporate presence in Kenya within the various sectors of the economy such as agriculture, insurance, construction and real estate. Further legal services are also provided to clients to enable the newly incorporated companies begin their operation such as the processing of the relevant tax files (for Value Added Certificate and Tax Identification Number Certificate) and processing of work and residence permits. Upon incorporation, we have successfully maintained an ongoing relationship with the incorporated entities which engage the firm to offer company secretarial services on a retainer basis
Experience and Achievements:
We negotiated advantageous terms for the buyout of a retiring partner from his two business partners.
We have a dedicated litigation team that represents our clients in a broad variety of disputes including class suits, labour disputes, contractual claims, insolvency, real estate, environment, intellectual property and regulatory compliance litigated in all Courts with their respective divisions as well as tribunals across the country. We recognize that litigation can be disruptive to our clients’ businesses and equally time consuming and we thereby work closely with clients and devise strategies that will ensure minimal disruption and less contentious means of resolving disputes to ensure that commercial business relationships are not severed in the process.
With the welcomed introduction of court mandated mediation, the firm prides itself in negotiating out of court settlement of disputes.
Our Advocates are highly trained in their various means of interaction to ensure professional standards are maintained and cooperation of clients is achieved resulting in maximization of productivity and client satisfaction.
The firm offers legal advisory services in all areas of intellectual property including protection through registration of patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, image rights and related licensing requirements, Anti-Counterfeit Procedures and litigation, drafting and reviewing IP contracts such as license agreements and deed of assignments. We understand that intellectual property, like other forms of property, are invaluable to our clients and we assuage their fears of loss by fiercely protecting them legally and pride ourselves in having represented several businesses in the protection and assertion of their intellectual property rights.
Our experience in trademark registration is well flexed in registrations in Kenya and Africa at large through African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) and the African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI).
Our advocates are admitted as Patent Agents by the Kenya Industrial Property Institute.
Employers and employees, in all sectors of the economy are the lifeblood of a country’s income revenue. We believe that representing clients on both divides of the employer-employee relationship is fundamental to our economy.
Our firm has a strong presence in the realm of employment and labour law matters and has acted for both individual and corporate clients in several labour disputes. The firm also offers advice to Corporate Clients on compliance requirements as per the relevant Laws and Regulations and in effect protects clients by averting potential adverse claims and ensuring conflict in the workplace is reduced or eradicated in totality. On the other end, we represent individuals and offer advice pertaining to wrongful termination, sexual discrimination, claims related to employee benefits and other related cases. We also negotiate settlement between employees and employers to reach an amicable settlement by employing alternative means of dispute resolution.
We help our clients avoid litigation by ensuring proper drafting of the Letters of Engagement, Termination Letters and Employment Contracts for our clients and advice on Collective Bargaining Agreements. We also apply for work permits and special permits for expatriate employees.
We have advised and assisted an international organisation with its Kenyan program in mediating termination of employment claims.
Insolvency and debt recovery procedures are crucial to a well performing financial sector as credit provisions itself. Aligned with this belief, we work together with companies, lenders, funds, licensed insolvency practitioners and individuals on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters. We provide legal and advisory services in complex collections and debt recovery, debt restructuring, composition and schemes of arrangement and reorganizations, attachment sequestration and seizure procedures as well as legal representation in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.
We can guide you through the corporate and personal insolvency process and provide alternatives for debtors and companies to work through financial difficulties within your budget.
