Time has proven that investment in real estate is highly rewarding and all together gratifying. We strive to offer our clients a smooth sail through the pitfalls associated with the intricate legal and transactional processes of acquiring, owning and/or otherwise dealing or developing property in Kenya.
Our team has a vast wealth of experience in navigating through the bureaucracies connected with real estate transactions giving concise, timely and comprehensive legal advice to our clients thus securing their best interests.
Our team provides assistance in some of the following matters:
- Advisory services on acquisition and sale of properties:
- Due diligence on properties at the various land registries
- Facilitating cadastral surveys & verification and/or replacement of beacons
- Drafting and reviewing sale agreements
- Registration of transfers of properties and transfer of utilities e.g. land rates, land rent, electricity, water
- Advising, negotiating, preparing and registering of various contractual agreements with regard to limited interests in property such as Leases, Licenses, Tenancy Agreements, Wayleaves etc.
- Advising real estate developers in the construction, financing and sale or letting of commercial; residential; or mixed use commercial & residential developments
- Real estate financing which includes acting for both lenders and borrowers/purchasers in drafting and registering various instruments such as Legal Charges (mortgages) and Discharges
- Advising and facilitating property management services to clients
- Advising clients on land use, planning, zoning and user restrictions, including environmental laws & regulations and various regulatory compliance matters involving properties throughout Kenya
- Advising and overseeing on renewal and extension of government leases, change of user, extension of user, sub-division and amalgamation processes
- Advising foreign investors (including corporates and governments) in connection with various legal ways and channels of acquiring and owning property in Kenya
- Advising on establishment and regulatory compliance with regard to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Carrying out legal research on various aspects of property law and keeping clients up-to-date with any changes and developments
