Ongwenyi Mirieri & Company Advocates have considerable expertise in Capital Markets transactions.
Ongwenyi Mirieri & Company Advocates advises clients when buying and selling commercial, industrial
or residential property or in matters involving owners’ corporations. We are also experienced in matters
involving retail or commercial leasing. When dealing with property matters, our expertise in conveyancing, finance and refinancing, subdivisions, leasing and planning laws will serve to protect all client’s interests. You can also be assured that when property is affected by family or estate disputes, we have the relevant skills and expertise in resolving such matters.
Our key areas of expertise and experience:
• Residential Conveyancing
• Commercial and industrial Conveyancing
• Building contracts
• Creation and removal of caveats
• Creation and removal of covenants
• Creation and removal of easements
• Financing and refinancing
• Retail and commercial leasing
• Planning applications and disputes
• Subdivisions and developments
• Owners corporation
Family is the basic social unit which is vitally important and which brings with it important legal concerns. Many family related matters have significant legal implications and Ongwenyi Mirieri & Company Advocates seeks to help families deal with their issues well. We help families deal with legal matters ranging from marriage, adoption, divorce, reconciliation, succession, domestic violence and estate planning among other issues. We realize that dealing with family legal concerns is a very human undertaking requiring not just legal excellence, but also great care and compassion. If you or your families have a legal concern, please get in touch and let us find the best way to handle it.
Commercial and corporate Law are at the heart of the firm. Through vast experiences from the individual partners and associates, the firm has with time developed great knowledge in this field. The Firm has detailed knowledge of local practices concerning licensing, permits, regulatory supervision, local shareholder participation requirements and cross-border due diligence in sectors as diverse as energy, mining, telecoms, fast-moving consumer goods and agribusiness.
We advise on the structuring and implementation of significant financial transactions for major banks
including debt and equity issues and in relation to compliance with the local regulatory regime. We
regularly provide opinions on Kenyan law to lenders, the Kenyan Government, its departments and rating agencies world-wide. In addition, we advise on dealing with locally established counterparties in particular on netting, derivatives and security and we are regularly involved in the preparation of documents for swaps, options, foreign exchange transactions and stock lending transactions.
Ongwenyi Mirieri & Company Advocates offers a full range of employment and labour law services. Our multi-jurisdictional expertise range from everyday business matters to complex employee share ownership schemes and options plans. Ongwenyi Mirieri & Company Advocates regularly advise business enterprises, boards and company management teams on employment contracts and staff policy handbooks, labour relations and trade unions, employee transfer, and issues of recruitment, retention and termination.Our lawyers also have extensive experience in providing commercially focused advice on employment incentives. We have assisted local and international clients with implementation and structuring of pension schemes, share plans, and compensation claims and benefits.
Our advisory services cover all aspects of:
• Employment contracts
• Recruitment and retention
• Employee transfers
• Retrenchment, dismissal and redundancy
• Employment litigation and alternative dispute resolution
• Health and safety
• Immigration and work permits
• Non-compete provision agreements
• Employee incentive and share ownership plans
We advise international and local consultancies on legal regulatory and compliance, international
commercial law, public management, governance and joint ventures. We undertake local and international consultancies on due diligence, risk assessment and integrated logistics & financial planning. We advise on prevailing business environment and opportunities and also act for and advice international donor agencies on key regulations affecting private sector development in Kenya, franchises, foreign investment & immigration law.
The Constitution asserts that every person has the right to a clean and healthy environment. The Firm of
Ongwenyi Mirieri & Company Advocates is committed to ensuring that the environment is protected. We have represented several clients before the National Environmental Tribunal and the Environment and Land Court to ensure that client’s environmental rights are protected. We have also engaged in alternative dispute resolution processes to ensure that concerns raised by both parties are addressed.
With the discovery of Oil in Kenya, Kenya is increasingly becoming a destination for multinational corporations exploring for oil and gas as one of the areas of investment driven by the rapid increase in demand for these products worldwide. As a result, the firm is strategically placed in representing leading energy companies in the country and the Government on these matters.
“Human rights belong to every one of us without exception. But unless we know them, unless we demand they be respected, and unless we defend our right – and the right of others – to exercise them, they will be just words …” United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, Human Rights Day 2011. As an organization working every day in interpreting and applying complex laws, we know the importance of enforceable laws. We are passionate about using our professional expertise to give resonance to human rights; to ensure that they are not ‘just words’.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures, Family Law, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Procurement Competition, International Commercial Contracts, Debt Collection, Building and Engineering Contracts, Trade Finance and Commodity Disputes, Public and Private International Law, Privatization, International Commercial Arbitration, Maritime, Public Procurement, Wills and Administration of Estates, Carriage of Goods, Notarization and Commissioning of Documents and Sports Law.
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