LEGAL SERVICES

1. BUSINESS / COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS

Every other day, businesses enter contracts with various parties within its value chain. To manage potential legal risks and exposure, all businesses should ensure a commercial advocate reviews any contract they enter into.

We help clients review or negotiate a wide range of contracts, including:

  • Share Purchase agreements

  • Shareholders agreements

  • Articles of Association

  • Deeds of Partnerships

  • Sale of business agreements

  • Share subscription/vesting agreements

  • Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure agreements

  • Joint venture agreements

  • Loan agreements

  • Service level agreements

  • License agreements

  • Consultancy agreements

  • employment and contractor agreements

  • Supply agreements et cetera

BOOK A CALL ON BUSINESS / COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS

2. STARTUPS LEGAL COMPLIANCE 

When launching your startup business you need to know the type of structure suitable for you and how that affects future ease of obtaining finance for the startup. We can advise you on:

  • Setting up and how to structure initial shareholding

  • Share plans and options

  • Capital raising for startups

  • Drafting & reviewing term sheets

  • Shareholders’agreements; including share options

  • Engaging the appropriate regulator

BOOK A CALL ON STARTUP’S  LEGAL NEEDS 

3. EMPLOYMENT REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

We are happy to review your Letters of Offer, Employee contracts, manuals & policies to ensure they are legally sound. Our consultants also advise on termination and redundancy in employment

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4. LEGAL COMPLIANCE AUDITS & REPORTS

Compliance with regulations is one aspect of managing legal risks. This is key considering that the regulatory landscape may significantly impact the commercial and operational activities of a business. We are happy to conduct legal health checks for your business and help you understand and comply with the regulations that apply to your business context.

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5. BUSINESS STRUCTURING

We examine what individuals and organizations are doing to stay relevant and competitive in this fast-paced world, and which ones are doing it best. We then strategize using smart tools and global ideas in order to understand the implications of every legal choice our clients can make. We also advise on the following:

  • Conducting searches on existing business/company names and trademarks

  • Registering a business name or a company locally

  • Designing a company structure

  • Setting up a foreign company locally (either as a branch or a subsidiary)

  • Foreign Direct Investment

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6. IMMIGRATION ADVISORY

This service mainly targets expatriates or professionals deployed to Kenya, organizations with employees of multicultural background working in Kenya and foreign nationals.

Since we are keen on ethical compliance, we will assist you and your company complies with the applicable Immigration Laws.

We will advice you on:

  1. Work Permits

  2. Residence Permits

  3. Special Passes

  4. Foreign National Certificate(Alien Cards)

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7. PRO BONO SERVICES

 

This is our pay it forward initiative. To increase our impact in this area, Legal Answers Consulting is a member of Trust-Law, the Thomson Reuters Foundation pro-bono referral organization.

To apply for Pro Bono assistance directly with us, please email us & we’ll send you the application form. We aim to revert with a response within 48 hours of receipt of all requested information.