Certified Secretaries,
Arbitrators & Patent Agents
        MUSILI & GATHURA ADVOCATES

Our practice areas

We are committed to working closely with clients to develop shared goals and clear strategies that will produce efficient and successful results, as we recognize that litigation, whether complex or routine can be expensive and disruptive.

Our staff are trained and experienced in various forms of litigation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, which in many cases can provide a faster, less expensive and less contentious means of resolving disputes, particularly where the parties involved are in a continuous commercial relationship.

Our areas of specialty in litigation are in the following areas:

  • 1.Industrial Relations, Unions and Employment Law
  • 2. Personal Injury and Insurance Law
  • 3.Debt recovery
  • 4.Tax
  • 5.Land, environmental and natural resources law
  • 6.Tenancies and leases to real property

The firm appreciates the need to safeguard the interests of every party to a transaction involving real property. We therefore provide our clients with the following services:

  • 1.Conduction of due diligence in real property
  • 2.Drawing and registration (if applicable) of

      • - Charges on real property
      • - Lease and tenancy agreements
      • - Agreements for sale
      • - joint venture and partnership agreements
      • - Agreements for Hire Purchase
      • - Cautions and caveats on land

    • 3. Consultancy in land use, subdivision and planning
    • 4. Consultancy in tax relating to sale and use of property


    The world of commerce is quickly evolving, bringing in many forms of asset-financing and projects. This has also attracted many forms of accompanying securities from the financial institutions. We have positioned ourselves to appreciate these new developments as they play a great role in economic development. The firm offers services that facilitate these transactions such as perfection and discharge of securities, and consultancy in the financial services sector.

    We offer a range of corporate secretarial services to organizations in the public and private sector such as:

    • 1. Registration and conversion of various forms of business establishments
    • 2. Regulatory and Compliance services including Statutory Returns
    • 3. Consultation in Corporation Tax
    • 4. Management of Meetings and Boards
    • 5. Custody of documents
    • 6. Representation in Insolvency and Winding-up proceedings for companies.
    • 7. Declarations of trust and Trust Deeds
    • 8. Contract negotiation, drafting, management and execution

    The firm offers a full range of services in registration, promotion and protection of intellectual property (IP) rights. This is done through:

      1. Registration of trademarks and other aspects of IP such as patents, industrial designs and utility models
      2. Public Policy, Regulatory Affairs & Compliance.
      3. Enforcement of these IP rights through relevant Government Agencies
      4. Representation in commercial aspects of IP such as.
      • - Drafting of license agreements, deed of assignments and franchise agreements
      • - IP audits
      • - Valuation of IP
      • - Due diligence

    Family ties, being the basic unity of the society needs to be protected at all times. However, like all other human relations, they are a fertile ground for conflict. Our staff takes pride in resolving these disputes as they arise in ways that preserve these relations or serve the interests of the vulnerable such as children. The family division is involved in the following forms of proceedings:

    • a) Probate and administration of estates, wills and trusts
    • b) Divorce, separation and maintenance of spouses
    • c) Custody and maintenance of children
    • d) Legal consultancy in adoption of children

    The firm recognizes the importance of protection and promotion of human rights in the country, as a way of promoting development in the Kenyan society. To this end, the firm identifies members from vulnerable groups (such as refugees, children, persons living with disability and women who are in dire need of legal services, but due to their economic status, may not afford legal representation. We take up their cases and address their plight with the relevant authorities on pro bono. This forms the mantra of our Corporate Social Responsibility.

    At Musili and Gathura advocates, we offer professional Immigration support services in compliance with the Kenyan Immigration Laws.
    We assist our various clients with professional solutions and guidance with the requirements and procedures of applying for immigration residence status which includes: work permit, special passes, alien registration, permanent residency, re-entry passes, dependent passes, student passes and visas for visitors and expatriates in Kenya.