Silvana & Associates Advocates

We provide ace class legal solutions for Real Estate Development projects, Land sale transactions and dealings on interests and rights inland.

We ensure our clients get sound and timely legal advice and that all legal documentations are perfect and in line with the law.

We prepare and register leases, Agreements for Sale, Transfers of leases and sub-leases, Licenses, Tenancy Agreements, Property Management Agreements, Charges, and Loan Agreements.

We also advise our clients on Contracts and terms in the Bank’s Letters of offer and other credit facilities sought by them.

How can we help?

• Due diligence of title.
• Drafting, negotiating, and finalization of loan agreements related to real estate acquisition.
• Drafting and negotiation of construction contracts.
• Purchase of property.
• Sale of property.
• Lease & renting.
• Mortgage and other modes of creating security

In this area, we provide in-depth attention to the drafting of commercial contracts of all types and providing commercial legal advice to businesses due diligence and investigations, transaction advisory services in sale and purchase of shares and securities.

We also offer advisory and drafting services on all areas of securities law, public offers and listings, privatizations, rights issues, equity, and debt issues, and continued listing and compliance obligations.

How can we help?

• Formation of Companies
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Reorganization and Reconstructions
• Liquidations
• Import & Export Code
• Foreign Investment Proposals
• Privatization
• Franchising
• Joint Ventures / Shareholders Agreement
• Asset Acquisitions
• Joint Venture
• Trade Arrangement and Technology Transfers
• International Trade
• Statutory Filings under Company Law

Our Intellectual Property team has expertise in all areas of trade or service mark, trade secret, copyright and patent law.

We advise our clients on the selection, availability, use, and registration of trade or service marks, patents, and copyright applications within Kenya and abroad.

How can we help?

• Registration Renewal of trade or service marks, copyrights, patents, and designs.
• Initial investigations into potential patentability of inventions.
• License agreements including shrink-wrap and click-wrap licenses.
• Merchandising agreements.
• Assisting clients in obtaining and protecting domain names.
• Infringement and Passing-off action.
• Counterfeit Product Investigation or Seizure.
• Trade secrets.
• Confidentiality of trade secrets.

We provide legal advice on the legal requirements that govern the employer-employee relationship.

This includes preparation of employments contracts and in the case of dispute during the sustenance of the contract legal advice to solve such disputes. We also represent our clients in cases that may emanate from such disputes.

We help our clients in preparing wills and general administration of property in inheritance.

We also assist to structure family trusts for effective and efficient management of family properties. We give tailored solutions in dealing with inheritance properties with a view to avoiding deadlocks.

We offer specialized services in arbitration and mediation with a view to concretely solve matters between disputants whilst maintaining relationships. The services are cost effective and timely.