Through its association with DLA Piper, Iseme, Kamau & Maema Advocates is able to draw on a large network of resources in bringing scale and expertise to energy-related real estate transactions and advice. The practice regularly assists with acquisitions, regulatory approvals, structuring and development, leasing, and exercise of land rights. The team benefits from the leadership of all-round real estate expert Anne Kinyanjui, and also includes Norah Mutuku, who offers pertinent advice on large-scale development projects. Amrit Soar retired in December 2022, but remains with the firm in a consulting capacity.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘IKM is a very professional firm that has demonstrated consistency in effective delivery of matters that they have handled for me in the past 15 years. They are steadfast in making sure that the client is kept abreast of all the aspects of the process as it progresses and follow through to ensure that the matter is closed within reasonable time scales.’

  • ‘They have a people-centric system in place that is reassuring to a client.’
  • ‘I particularly like the fact that the individuals I have dealt with make me feel valued and that they are patient when it comes to breaking down complex legal issues to me in a way that I can easily understand.’

  • ‘That they are very accessible and ready to attend to me, sometimes on very short notice, is itself the more reason why I feel happy to engage IKM.’

Key clients

  • Kipeto Energy Limited
  • Hydrobox Kenya Limited
  • Cool Breeze Development Limited
  • Karume Holdings Limited
  • British American Tobacco Kenya PLC
  • Benaa Limited
  • Nutreco International B.V
  • Tuffsteel Limited
  • Centum Real Estate Limited
  • Art-Caffe Coffee & Bakery Limited
  • Baptist Mission of Kenya
  • Unilever Tea Kenya Limited
  • East Africa Breweries Limited
  • Munga Holdings Limited
  • Jacaranda Hotel Limited
  • Mass Discounters t/a Game and Dion Wired
  • The Boston Consulting Group (Kenya) Limited
  • International Fund for Animal Welfare
  • Hotel Utu Limited
  • Hua Xiang Development Company Limited
  • Kenya Simba Investments Company Limited
  • Executive Concepts Limited
  • Greenhills Investment Limited
  • East African Portland Cement Company PLC
  • Ramco Group of Companies
  • The Salesians of Don Bosco Registered Trustees Kenya
  • Atlas Kenya Limited

Work highlights

  • Acted for Kipeto Energy PLC (KEP) in its exercise and enjoyment of land rights in connection with a 100MW wind power project over an area of approximately 70km2 in Esilanke, Kajiado County.
  • Acted for Hydrobox Kenya Limited in its project on the development of a 5MW hydro power project in Murang’a County, Kenya, including advising on the acquisition of land rights for the project site as well as the transmission line and co-ordinating the acquisition of various land related consents, permits and approvals for the project.
  • Acted for Tuffsteel Limited, a leading steel, cement and hardware distributor, in the acquisition of a prime property along Mombasa Road on which the client has constructed a mixed-use development including a mall, retail outlets, restaurants, petrol service station and lube bay.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anne Kinyanjui

Other key lawyers

Norah Mutuku, Bonface Abuya, Amrit Soar