To effectively cater for its clientele, Mohammed Muigai LLP is organized into four complementary departments according to our areas of practice. These are the; Commercial Department, Real Estate Property Transactions (Conveyancing) Department, the Litigation and Arbitration Department, and the Legal Advisory and Consultancy Department.
The four Departments work harmoniously, taking full advantage of the collective expertise and experience of the staff across the board to successfully complete assignments and transactions. The Firm strives to ensure that our clients’ interests are protected and promoted by taking a pragmatic and strategic approach to problem solving.
Today we have seven partners, ten associates and a dedicated team of support staff offering expert legal advice to corporate entities, banks, insurance and financial institutions, governments and private clients. Our members have varied educational and professional backgrounds with exposure to Kenyan and other legal systems helping the firm to find innovative solutions to client challenges.
Mohammed Muigai LLP are involved in day to day litigation and arbitration before both domestic and international courts and tribunals. With a hard-to-rival success rate, Mohammed Muigai LLP remains the firm to consult in respect of complex litigation and arbitration matters within the East African region.
The firm’s partners are recognized authorities on public procurement law, constitutional and administrative actions, security realization, media law, tax law and intellectual property law. In a number of cases, the firm advises on alternative dispute resolution and participates in structured dispute resolution proceedings. This department is involved in the first ever dispute referred to the Petition Committee under the Public Private Partnership Act of 2013, arising out of the 960MW Coal project in Lamu.
The Real Estate and Property Transactions Department undertakes all forms of real estate transactions including advising on high value and complex commercial property schemes, development of large scale housing estates, negotiating and structuring financing and development agreements and drafting all necessary security documentation.
A large number of private and public entities, financial institutions, construction companies, property developers as well as individual sellers and buyers continue to rely on the Firm’s expertise and advice at all stages of real estate and property transactions. The Services offered by the firm in respect to the aforementioned transactions include undertaking due diligence, advising on development conveyancing, preparation and perfection of commercial and residential leases, security documentation, procuring completion documents, registration formalities and ancillary services.
The Firm also advises private individuals on legal estate planning as an element of wealth management. Under this department, Mohammed Muigai also advises on the settlement of Trusts for various charitable purposes.
The Firm provides a wide range of commercial transactional and advisory services to clients including undertaking due diligence, negotiating restructurings, advising on public listing, rights issues, asset sales and financing through single lender or syndicate loans. The Firm has developed expertise in Corporate Restructurings and Privatizations, Energy and Infrastructure, Legal Due Diligence of Private and Public Entities, Banking Law and Financial services and Media, Communications and Technology Law.
Mohammed Muigai LLP also has a well-earned regional reputation as leading lawyers for banks. The Firm advises banks, financial institutions and borrowers on all kinds of banking and financial transactions including corporate finance, project financing and loan syndications which in turn have exposed the firm to a selective clientele and a variety of commercial and corporate transactions.
In addition, firm members regularly act for several international banks and financial institutions in transactions involving lending to Kenyan companies and state corporations and have advised on the transfer of sovereign debt. Exposure to these transactions placed the Firm in a position to engage in various investment projects and continue to create unique structure to facilitate the same.
