Why East African Businesses Need a Corporate Commercial Lawyer

The last ten years have seen a significant improvement in the sophistication of commercial legal work in Kenya and the East African region. The legal landscape has become more complicated, with the distinction between a good corporate commercial lawyer and a great one becoming evident in the results their clients obtain.

When Generic Legal Advice Becomes a Liability

Many businesses hire lawyers in response to an event rather than designing transactions from the beginning with legal input. That is not the way to go in corporate and commercial work, which is usually costly. What may seem like reasonable terms at the heads-of-agreement stage can result in a lot of exposure downstream when the entire documentation is reviewed, and it is much more expensive to unravel a poorly structured arrangement than it is to get it right the first time.

The Full Scope of What Corporate Commercial Work Involves

A truly competent Corporate Commercial Lawyer has a wide and interwoven practice area. Growing businesses regularly deal with commercial law, including corporate finance advisory, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, shareholders agreements, commercial contracts, employment and immigration law, and real estate and conveyancing. A company that can manage this wide range of activities in an organized way takes the burden of coordination off of multiple specialist practices.

What KN Law LLP Brings to the Table

KN Law LLP is a boutique corporate and commercial law firm based in Nairobi and London, with a history of advising on transactions from seed-stage financing for Twiga Foods to a KES 23.5 billion housing project financing for Liaison Capital. They serve clients in Kenya and in international jurisdictions, including lenders, borrowers, issuers and corporates, and have a team with a genuine depth of subject matter knowledge and the commercial acumen to efficiently manage multi-party transactions.

Call KN Law LLP on +254 729 891421 or send an email to info@kn.co.ke today to discuss your need for a Corporate Commercial Lawyer.