We help organisations build and implement compliance programmes under Kenya's Data Protection Act, 2019, including alignment with international standards such as GDPR. Our advisory covers data governance policies, cross-border transfer protocols, privacy-by-design integration, and breach response planning.
We conduct comprehensive privacy and security audits for financial institutions, technology companies, telecommunications providers, and government entities, resulting in enterprise-wide data protection frameworks that are practical, enforceable, and regulatorily defensible.
We represent clients in regulatory investigations by the Data Commissioner, advising on response strategy, negotiating remediation measures, and managing the reputational and legal dimensions of enforcement proceedings. Our experience includes responding to investigations into large-scale data breaches.
We have acted for government departments in landmark constitutional petitions concerning data privacy rights, including the challenge to the Maisha Number digital identity programme. This experience gives us an unmatched understanding of how privacy rights are balanced against legitimate state interests in Kenya.
Our Data Protection practice covers the full lifecycle of data governance, from initial compliance programme design through to regulatory investigations and constitutional litigation. We have advised a leading telecommunications company on a group-wide compliance programme under the Kenya Data Protection Act, including cross-border data transfer protocols; conducted a comprehensive privacy audit for a major bank resulting in an enterprise-wide framework; represented a technology firm responding to a regulatory investigation into a large data breach; and acted for a State Department in a landmark constitutional petition concerning digital identity and privacy rights. We also assist government agencies in drafting regulations and guidelines under the Data Protection Act, contributing directly to national privacy policy development.
Data protection is no longer a compliance afterthought, it carries constitutional, regulatory, and commercial weight. Clients trust us in this space because we have operated at every level of the issue: we have designed enterprise compliance frameworks for corporates, represented the government in constitutional privacy litigation, assisted in drafting national regulations, and defended clients in front of the Data Commissioner. That breadth of experience, from the boardroom to the courtroom, means we understand data protection not as an abstract legal obligation but as a real risk with real consequences that we know how to manage.
We have handled very novel, complex and high stakes contentious matters in various dispute resolution forums including Courts of Law, Statutory Tribunals, Arbitral Tribunals and Public Procurement and Review Board. The matters span the breadth and width of commercial
disputes such a property disputes, contract, land, environmental cases, tax matters, construction law, employment and labour relation disputes, intellectual property proceedings, aviation disputes, capital markets, public procurement, data protection, etc.
The Firm benefits from the experience of the principal Partner who is a member of the Kenyan Standards Tribunal where he hears disputes on compliance to the Kenyan Standards by industry in Kenya.
The Firm, through its multidisciplinary team, advises clients on a broad range of International Trade Law matters, helping them navigate the complex legal and regulatory landscape of cross-border commerce. Our expertise spans trade policy, trade remedies (anti-dumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards), customs compliance, and regional trade agreements. We support clients in
managing risks, ensuring compliance with international obligations, and resolving trade
disputes. We have advised both private sector players and government agencies on matters relating to World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, regional integration (including the African
Continental Free Trade Area - AfCFTA), and bilateral trade agreements. The Firm has also
participated in donor and philanthropy-funded projects focused on trade facilitation and
regulatory reform.
In an increasingly regulated world, we are trusted advisors in public policy and regulatory
issues for our Clients in terms of protecting their interests and navigating the regulatory or
administrative enforcement minefield. We leverage strong working relationships and networks with key regulatory agencies in Kenya and East Africa. We also have deep knowledge on public policy and policymakers and have advised both national and county governments on development of legislation, regulations, policy design and other law reform measures.
Our principal Partner is a member of a Committee of Expert on the review of the PPP Act, Policy and Institution so as to leverage local financing.
Based on our significant expertise and experience we offer advise in the full spectrum of the
energy ecosystem and infrastructure in respect to both traditional and renewable energy as well as energy transition industries. We thus help our clients prepare themselves for the
future driven by energy transition imperatives to a lower-carbon environment. There is increased focus by governments in Africa towards transitioning energy including topical issues such as just energy transition. Whether our Client’s issues are transactional, regulatory or dispute-based, we are able to provide solutions to our Clients. These range from negotiation of PPAs, EPC contracts, O&M agreements, Hospitality Agreements, Project Development Agreements.
