Corporate, Commercial & Tax Law Practice
CKR Advocates has a vibrant corporate and commercial law practice. We represent major public and private companies and institutions on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including:
- Formation of new companies and registration of foreign companies for purposes of doing business in Kenya
- Registration of joint ventures
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Corporate restructurings and rationalisations
- Privatisations and restructuring of state corporations
- Negotiating concessions
- Schemes of arrangements and the sale and purchase of private corporations and businesses
- Undertaking due diligence inquiries for intending investors and/or divestitures
At CKR Advocates we are awake to the fact that Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) constitute the core of the wealth of nations.
We offer legal advice to our clients on:
- The legal mechanisms for registration, and protection of their IPRs, trademarks, patents, utility models, industrial designs and plant-breeders’ rights
- Their copyright, the means of protection and ensuring the commercial realization of copyright.
This practice extends to prosecuting and defending proceedings, related to IPRs.
We advice, and guide, our clients against predatory and unfair trade practices that are frowned upon by competition law. We advice, and guide, our clients to offer goods or services to consumers that meet acceptable quality or standards espoused by consumer protection law.
In our experience tax law permeates all commercial and business transactions. We presume that Tax Law Practice is a necessary adjutant to any veritable commercial practice that gives value to clients.
CKR Advocates handles legal aspects of commercial banking. This includes:
- Offering support to borrowers, lenders, lead managers and transaction advisors on matters related to debt
- Advise on syndicated lending and trade finance
- Advise on services of debt securitization, management and recoveries
- Conduct due diligence checks on intended banking and financial transactions
- Advise micro-finance institutions regarding secured lending based on non-conventional securities in relation to financial arrangements with small and medium-sized enterprises.
- Advise on all legal aspects of banking and financial transactions.