如何将知识产权变为现金
2023 年 7 月 20 日0
导言：技术的兴起正在促使人们重新思考什么可以用作抵押品。资本提供者在要求担保时，将重点从有形资产转移到有价值的无形资产上。这些资产最常见的形式是知识产权，尤其是版权和商标。什么是知识产权？知识产权是指...
2021 年上市公司股份回购指引
November 22, 20210
Introduction The Guidelines on Share Buybacks for Listed Companies published in the Kenya Gazette on November 12, 2021 provide the framework for implementation of Part XVI of the Companies Act 2015 by listed companies. Section 447 of the Companies Act allows limited companies to acquire their own shares, provided certain conditions are met. The shares...
退休福利计划管理条例的最新变化
2021 年 11 月 16 日0
Introduction The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning has through Legal Notices Numbers 163, 164, and 165 of 2021 made changes to the regulations in respect of Individual Pension Plan Schemes (“IPPS”), Occupational Retirement Benefits Schemes (“ORBS”), and Umbrella Retirement Benefits Schemes (“URBS”). We analyse the changes below. Common Changes Where a retirement benefit...
The Public Private Partnerships Bill, 2021
May 31, 20210
The enactment of the Public Private Partnerships Act (No. 15 of 2013, Laws of Kenya (the “Act”) provided the participation of the private sector in the financing, construction, development, operation and maintenance of infrastructure projects of the government. The Act brought much-needed improvement and haste in the completion of infrastructure projects. The Act was lauded...
The Competition Authority of Kenya (“CAK”) has published draft Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) on Joint Ventures (“JVs”) to provide clarity and certainty on the competition regulatory framework in respect of JVs.
Investing in Kenya
September 8, 20200
Kenya remains an attractive investment destination for various reasons. The government has been undertaking various policy and legislative initiatives with a view to improving ease of doing business. The enactment of several business laws in the recent past, digitisation of company and land records, among other initiatives, have seen Kenya’s ranking improve from 61 in 2018 to 56 in 2019, among 190 economies in the ease of doing business.
The Business Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020 (the “Act”) was assented to by the President and commenced on March 18, 2019. The Act amended several Acts of Parliament.
The Finance Act, 2019 (the Act) was assented to by the President on November 7, 2019. The Act introduces policy and taxation measures for revenue generation in the financial year 2019/2020 for government’s expenditure as well as to support the Big Four Agenda.
Law of Contract (Amendment) Bill, 2019
November 7, 2019
In this briefing, we discuss the Law of Contract (Amendment) Bill, 2019, passed by Parliament on September 18, 2019 and now awaiting presidential assent.
Tax Alert
September 20, 2019
The draft Value Added Tax (Electronic Tax Invoice) Regulations, 2019 (the “Draft Regulations”) have been published by the National Treasury in compliance with the requirement for public participation under the Constitution
