HMS Advocates LLP is considered the foremost innovative and full-service Law Firm in Kenya. Our Clients navigate and transact in diverse sectors with new and evolving opportunities. Our services to our Clients extend across the globe with a major presence in over 22 countries. In a constantly changing environment, we apply a bespoke approach to resolving the legal challenges posed across industries and jurisdictions ensuring the best possible results for our clients.  

Our Firm was founded in 2016 by leading independent Legal minds and industry professionals who are united by a shared vision and dedicated to acheiving excellence legal practice. We nurture a forward thinking mindset, collaboration and corporate responsibility and are committed to creating a better future for our clients and the communities around us. 

We are achieving our Firm’s vision through an inclusive outlook which guarantees tailor made solutions for our valued Client’s and our team has developed expertise in the following areas:

  • Banking, Financial Services & Insolvency
  • Corporate and Commercial Law
  • Employment and Labour Relations Law
  • Tax Law
  • Real Estate and Construction Law
  • Immigration
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Intellectual Property
  • Technology, Media and Telecommunications
About HMS Advocates

Founded in 2016

50 people in their team


Practice areas
Business
Employment & Labor
Real Estate
Immigration
Lawsuits & Disputes
Intellectual Property

Languages spoken
Swahili
English

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Practice areas

Business

Service areas

  • Incorporation of Business Set Ups
  • Capital Markets
  • Competition Law & Antitrust
  • Renewable Energy & Infrastructure
  • Private Equity
  • Public Private Partnerships
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Forensics, Risk & Compliance
Tax Increment Financing
Administrative
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Financial Services Regulation
Government Relations & Lobbying
Business Registration
International Trade Law
Contract
Nonprofit & Charitable Organizations
Due Diligence
Employer
Franchising
International
Investment
Legal Document
Licensing
Merger & Acquisition
New Business Formation
Office Solutions
Oil, Gas & Energy
Tax

Employment & Labor

Service areas

  • Disciplinary proceedings and termination processes
  • Due diligence and strategic planning
  • Employee share options and other incentive schemes (ESOPs)
  • Employment law contracts, policies and compliance
  • Forensics and investigations
  • Immigration
  • Labour relations, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) and trade union engagement
  • Redundancies and transfer of employees
  • Training
Employment Rights
Hiring & Firing
Job Discrimination
Labor Law
Pension
Retirement
Sexual Harassment
Social Security
Wage & Hour
Wrongful Termination
Employment Benefits & Executive Compensation

Real Estate

Service areas

  • Construction
  • Conveyancing
  • Project financing
  • Joint ventures
  • Property acquisition and development
  • Leasing
  • Operations management
  • Tax and equity structuring
  • Physical planning and land use
Brokerage
Commercial Real Estate
Foreclosure
Housing, Construction & Development
Land Use & Zoning
Landlord & Tenant
Mortgage
Natural Resources
Real Estate Contracts and Negotiations
Real Estate Due Diligence

Immigration

Service areas

  • Visa and Exemption Services
  • Consular Services including Dual Citizenship and Regaining Citizenship
  • Temporary Permits
  • Work Permits and Passes
  • Permanent Residences
  • Citizenship Services
  • Investigations and attending to any Immigration matters
Asylum
Business Visa
Citizenship
Dependent Visa
Permanent Residency
Retirement Visa
Work Permit

Lawsuits & Disputes

Service areas

  • Commercial litigation
  • Competition
  • Constitutional law/ Business and Human Rights law
  • Crisis management
  • Economic crime
  • Employment
  • Intellectual property
  • International arbitration
  • International trade
  • Insolvency
  • Land & environment
  • Procurement
  • Regulatory
  • Shareholders’ disputes
  • Tax
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
ADR Mediation & Arbitration
Appeal
Class Action
Litigation

Intellectual Property

Service areas

  • Anti-counterfeit procedures
  • Copyright
  • Disputes
  • Distribution agreements
  • Franchising deals
  • Industrial designs and utility models
  • Patents
  • Plant breeders’ rights
  • Sponsorship agreements
  • Trademark licensing
Copyright
Patent
Trademark
Art & Cultural Property Law

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