Overview The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) recently published the Capital Markets (Licensing Requirements) (General) Regulations, 2025 (the 2025 Regulations) marking a significant development in Kenya’s capital markets framework that repealed the previous regime introduced in 2002. The 2002 regime was developed for a market characterised by clearly delineated intermediaries, exchange-centric trading and limited technological intermediation....
Kenya is considering introducing local content quotas for foreign companies operating in the country. While previous efforts to promote local value chains have been policy-based, the draft Local Content Bill seeks to introduce enforceable obligations backed by significant financial and criminal sanctions. It proposes to give affected businesses at least one year to plan for...
Kenya Corporate & Commercial Legal Landscape: 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook Overview The corporate and commercial environment in Kenya in 2025 was defined by execution catching up with policy. Legislative reforms that had been signalled for several years began to translate into transactions, enforcement activity, and capital deployment. Businesses operated in a more structured...
Immanuel Nzaku has over seven years of experience in corporate and commercial legal practice. His areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets and regulatory compliance. He has a demonstrated aptitude in structuring and executing complex transactions, cross-border deal advisory, joint ventures, group reorganisations and general corporate commercial work. Biography Immanuel advises...
We are proud to share that our firm has been recognized in the IFLR1000 2025 Rankings, reaffirming our strong position in the legal market and our consistent commitment to excellence. IFLR1000 2025 Firm Recognition 2025 IFLR1000 Recommended Firm 2025 IFLR1000 Recognized Firm Ranked for 3+ consecutive years Ranked Practice Areas Our expertise has been recognized...
A recent High Court decision (Stichting Rabo Bank Foundation v Ava Chem Limited & Another [2024] KEHC 9931 (KLR)) has reignited debate on whether foreign companies not locally registered can sue and presumably be sued in Kenyan courts. This decision was based on interpretation of provisions of the Companies Act, 2015 on the threshold for...
On August 02, 2022, an article written by Emmanuel Mueke, Partner was published on the Business Daily making a case for restructuring insolvent entities. The article demonstrated how giving a second chance to insolvent businesses can be a win-win for all stakeholders of a business; from suppliers and creditors to employees and shareholders. To find...
On the 25th to 27th of July 2022, KN Law, represented by Mugambi Murithi, Patricia Wanjama and Charles Kivuva, partnered with the Strathmore Law School’s Law Clinic in offering free legal services to the public during their Legal Aid week. This is part of Strathmore Law School’s 10th year anniversary celebrations. Not only did the KN Law team...
Tuesday 7th of December 2021 marked the fourth edition of the KN Law LLP sponsored Best Commercial Law Student category at the Strathmore Law School Annual Student Awards. As a premier commercial law firm, KN Law LLP sponsors this award category in a bid to inspire undergraduate students to take an interest in the study and...
2022 has kicked off on the right note, with yet another feather in the cap of KN LLP Consulting Partner Mugambi Nandi. MN, as he is known at the firm, has once again received recognition and ranking by Chambers Global for the year 2022. This marks the sixth year in a row that he has...
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