Our Services
EKC Advocates has a passionate, dedicated and professional team of lawyers, legal assistants, admin assistants and customer care service champions who deliver high quality services to our individual, corporate and non-profit clients in diverse industries. Our main services include: –
ESG, Climate Change and Responsible Business Services
- Strategic ESG and Compliance Advisory: We provide tailored legal and strategic consulting services to multinational organizations, NGOs, and social enterprises across Africa. Our expertise includes compliance with global frameworks such as the UNGPs, ESG regulations, and the CSDDD. We support businesses and organizations to integrate sustainable, ethical practices into their operations and navigate complex regulatory landscapes.
- Human Rights Due Diligence and Impact Assessment: Assisting businesses in conducting human rights impact assessments, designing governance structures, and developing customized compliance frameworks. Our work includes advising on corporate responsibility initiatives and aligning business practices with international standards to ensure accountability, integrity, and respect for human rights.
- ESG Reporting and Capacity Building: Supporting organizations with ESG reporting, national action plan development, and capacity building for legal professionals, corporations, and SMEs. We partner with governments, international NGOs, and law firms to implement effective policies and frameworks that drive sustainability and social impact.
- Climate Advisory: Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs): We guide clients on the development and management of carbon offset projects under VCMs. Our expertise covers project validation, verification, carbon credit issuance, and market transactions, helping organizations reduce their carbon footprint while meeting environmental standards.
- Retainer and Long-Term Support Services: We offer retainer services for businesses seeking consistent support in ESG strategy, governance, and human rights compliance. Whether through ongoing consulting engagements or strategic partnerships, we ensure our clients achieve long-term sustainability and regulatory compliance while fostering positive social and environmental impact.
Commercial Transactions
- Drafting, reviewing and managing commercial contracts including sale agreements, leases, employment contracts, distribution/agency agreements, share purchase and subscription agreements, joint venture agreements, investment agreements, shareholders’ agreements, deeds of trust, partnership agreement, non-disclosure agreements etc.
- Providing pre contract due diligence and transaction advice to manage risks and add value to our clients’ decisions/operations.
- Advisory on transactions for individuals, companies. businesses. non-profit, international organizations, state agencies, investors, energy and infrastructure projects etc.
Real Estate, Property and Conveyancing
- Facilitating sale, purchase and lease of commercial and residential properties including land, plots, apartments, villas, houses, offices, stalls, shops, commercial buildings and residential developments.
- Undertaking searches at government registries and conducting due diligence to verifying particulars of properties and parties.
- Drafting letters of offer, sale agreements lease agreements etc.
- Facilitating diaspora investment and supervision of projects
- Facilitating real estate investments including scouting for properties, contracts management, transfer and handover on behalf of clients.
Capital Markets and Securities Licences
- Advising on offshore, forex, capital market and securities licencing and compliance requirements for licenced traders.
- Advising on new regulations and guidance notes from Capital Markets Authority and Nairobi Securities Exchange.
- Applications for market subsidiaries/brokerage licences.
Intellectual Property
- Facilitating registration of trademarks, patents, copyrights, industrial designs etc in Kenya and in regional IP offices.
- Advising on telecommunication, media, entertainment and information technology projects and investments.
- Defence and enforcement against breach of intellectual property rights including drafting and serving cease and desist letters, periodic searches in IP journal and renewing licences.
Tax and Governance
- Providing tax, audit, company secretary, risk, governance and regulatory compliance advisory services.
- Tracking and updating clients on legal reforms and implication of new laws/policies on their tax and governance compliance.
- Facilitating registration/compliance with tax and exemptions
Banking and Finance
- Acting for various banks and microfinance institutions in undertaking due diligence and drafting letters of offer, loan agreements, charge, debenture, guarantees and undertakings.
- Facilitating registration of security documents at various land registries throughout Kenya.
- Enforcement of loan default and debt collection including drafting demand letters and statutory notices.
- Advising banks on syndicated financing arrangements
- Advising financial institutions on structured trade and project finance transactions.
Disputes Resolution (Litigation in Courts and Tribunals)
- Providing pre litigation legal opinion to advise clients on options.
- Legal advice and representation in courts, tribunals, forums etc.
- Employment and insurance claims management
- Succession and estate administration (probate
- Civil and commercial litigation in Magistrate Courts, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
- Children and Family law: custody/maintenance, marriages, divorce, separation and matrimonial property
- Employment and labour relations litigation
- Debt collection and management
- Criminal and white-collar crimes defence
- Probate, succession and drawing wills
- Insurance claims prosecution, defence, negotiation and settlement
- Environment and land court litigation
- Constitutional petition and judicial review
- Representing clients in procurement, energy, business premises, environment, media and other tribunals.
Business Restructuring (Mergers and Acquisitions)
- Providing transaction advisory and drafting/reviewing transaction documents for mergers and acquisitions including investment agreements, term sheets, share purchase and subscription agreements, shareholders’ agreements, deeds of trusts, powers of attorney, disclosures, share transfer and compliance.
- Overseeing compliance with conditions precedent and enforcement of warranties in transaction documents.
- Facilitating registration of changes and restructuring businesses, companies, trust, NGOs and other legal entities
Private Clients and Consultancy
- Supporting policy and legislative drafting
- Undertaking legal and regulatory compliance audit
- Developing company policies (HR, data protection, leave etc), board charters, board orientation, and board performance review.
- Investment due diligence and transaction advisory
- Energy oil and gases, real estate and infrastructure projects transaction advisory and project risk management advisory.
- Intellectual property, ICT & entertainment law policy compliance
- Mergers and acquisitions, structured trade and project finance.
- Wills, estate planning, succession, wealth management (offshore)
- Work permits, passes, permanent residence, licence and approvals
- General counsel for various local/global companies/non-profits
Pro Bono and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
At EKC Advocates, we are deeply committed to making a meaningful contribution to society through our Pro Bono and CSR initiatives. We leverage the legal expertise from our firm’s lawyers, clients’ in-house legal team, and other partners to support individuals and organizations driving social impact. We believe that through long-term partnerships with NGOs, academia, civil society organizations, and our clients, we can amplify our collective impact to deepen access to justice, strengthen the rule of law, and foster sustainable development in Kenya, Africa, and globally. Through our foundation, the Responsible Business Institute Africa (www.