Joan Mukoya is a practicing Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Registered Notary Public and a Commissioner for Oaths with over 8 years experience as a legal practitioner. She holds a Master of Laws (Commercial Law) degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, as well as a Bachelor of Laws degree.
She has worked at two top-tier law firms in Nairobi and as Legal Counsel at a leading investment fund manager investing in Sub-saharan Africa and Latin America (Assets under Management exceeding USD 60M) – where she acted as fund counsel as well as providing legal support to private equity portfolio companies.
She is skilled at commercial law: both non-contentious briefs including tax, business set up, contract drafting, company law, real estate deals, insolvency, employment law and intellectual property registration; as well as dispute resolution. She further does advisory on venture capital financing (that is, debt, mezzanine and equity) and business legal set-up and operations advisory.
She regularly handles legal briefs before various Courts (all levels) and Regulatory Authorities including the Competition Authority and the Kenya Industrial Property Tribunal.
Joan is an Intellectual Property Law practitioner and a registered patent agent in Kenya with registration number 597 at the Kenya Industrial Property Institute.
Joan also deals with family law briefs such as divorce and children’s law and succession law briefs such as wills, inheritance and estate planning.
Joan is fluent in English and Kiswahili.
Founded in 2000
50 people in their team
We provide our clients with advice on setting up and operating companies and other incorporated entities including:
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:
Litigation
We advise and represent clients in company related litigation as follows
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
Industrial Designs, Utility Models & Technovations
Copyright Law
Patents
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:
Experienced succession lawyer for Wills, Probate & Administration.
Also talk to us about trusts, LLPs and any other family investment vehicles for estate planning.
Drafting Wills
KES 36,000 for Simple Last Will
Increased Flat Fees for Complex Will
Don’t let culture fracture your family. A will allows you to avoid the uncertainty and the inherently disputatious intestate succession legal process that comes into play when you die without a will. Estate planning is guaranteed to give you peace of mind. Let Koya & Co. draft your will while still alive to avoid foreseeable and unforeseeable disputes over inheritance of your estate. We make sure that the bequests you make are legally drafted and in keeping with the latest precedents under law and assure your peace of mind – that your Last Will is valid.
Succession, Probate & Inheritance
Legal Fees Payable are Determined under the Remuneration Order
Koya & Co. handles non-contentious probate and we help our clients to file the necessary documents and attend court hearings on your behalf. Talk to us for a speedy succession process.
We also handle intestate matters before court to allow you inherit the assets of a loved one who has died without a will.
Trusts and Powers of Attorney
Fixed Legal Fees Agreed upon Depending on the Scope of Work
Koya & Co. advises clients on the use of trusts to take care of family financial needs and any other beneficiaries. We register charitable trusts as well as set up trusts and LLPs for the purposes of the care of children; the eldercare of old parents; or just to manage family investments.
We also prepare durable powers of attorney for sick and elderly clients who wish to have their business affairs and dealings in their assets legally transferred to close relatives during the pendency of any sickness.
We do end-to-end transactional processing, enabling clients to obtain:
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:
