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Wealth Protection for Kenyans Abroad: How Wills and Trusts Secure Your Kenyan Estate

Wealth Protection for Kenyans Abroad: How Wills and Trusts Secure Your Kenyan Estate

Wealth Management /

Based on the WAREN Law Advocates LLP webinar “Wealth Protection Plan for Kenyans Abroad,” held on June 9, 2026, featuring Janice Wachuka, Cecilia Njeri, and Ephraim Ndegwa. The Family Division registry in Nairobi currently holds more than 13,000 active succession cases. Some estate disputes have been in the Kenyan courts for over 40 years, long […]

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Case Summary: Third Party Complexities and the Preservation of Commercial Interests in Statutory Power of Sale by Banks in Kenya

Case Summary: Third Party Complexities and the Preservation of Commercial Interests in Statutory Power of Sale by Banks in Kenya

Conveyancing and Commercial Services /

Overview It is imperative for Court to consider whether Commercial arrangements exist before concluding that a sale could be compensated by damages. The value of such agreements should also be preserved before the main issues are heard and determined by Court Editor’s Note WAREN Law  Advocates LLP acted for the Applicant in Kinyua v Absa.

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How to Keep a Property Transaction Moving Without Taking on Legal Risk

How to Keep a Property Transaction Moving Without Taking on Legal Risk

Conveyancing and Commercial Services /

In Kenya’s property market, the deals that close cleanly are the ones that move in the right order. For buyers and developers operating in Nairobi and Kiambu, the question is how to move through the legal process without losing weeks to delays you could have prevented, or signing into risks you should have caught. The

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The Cost of Cheap Legal Structuring in a High-Value Kenya Investment

The Cost of Cheap Legal Structuring in a High-Value Kenya Investment

Investment and Business Law /

Why the smallest line item in the deal budget is, in the end, almost always the most expensive one. By the time the cost of cheap legal structuring becomes visible, the leverage to address it has usually already moved. A foreign investor enters Kenya for a mining, energy, or manufacturing project. The deal closes. The

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Investing in Kenya from the U.S., U.K., Canada, or Europe: What the Legal Process Actually Looks Like

Investing in Kenya from the U.S., U.K., Canada, or Europe: What the Legal Process Actually Looks Like

Wealth Management /

If you are a Kenyan living abroad and you have been thinking about investing back home for two, five, or ten years and still have not moved, this article is for you. I write it because I sit on the other side of these conversations every week. The first email is rarely about land or

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Entering Kenya’s Mining Sector: What U.S. and European Investors Should Verify Before Spending on Due Diligence

Entering Kenya’s Mining Sector: What U.S. and European Investors Should Verify Before Spending on Due Diligence

Mining and Energy Law /

Is Kenya open to new mining investment by foreign investors? Kenya’s mining sector has been open for new license issuance since October 2023, and capital from the United States and Europe is increasingly testing the market for lithium, rare earths, titanium, gold, and industrial minerals.  Before a foreign investor commits seven or eight figures to

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Beyond the Boardroom: Reflections from WAREN Law’s Visit to China

Beyond the Boardroom: Reflections from WAREN Law’s Visit to China

Investment and Business Law, Mining and Energy Law /

Some of the most consequential business conversations do not begin in a boardroom. They begin around a table. During my recent visit to China, I sat down for lunch at Crystal Jade in Beijing with partners, business contacts, and friends. Dishes prepared with the kind of intention that tells you, before anyone says anything, that

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Buying Property in Kenya from the U.S., U.K., or Europe

Buying Property in Kenya from the U.S., U.K., or Europe

Conveyancing and Commercial Services /

What You Need to Check Before You Commit A practical legal checklist for international buyers and diaspora investors navigating Kenya’s property market from abroad. You’ve identified a property. You’ve spoken to an agent. You may have even transferred a holding deposit. But before you go further, there is a set of legal checks that every

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What Foreign Investors Need to Know Before Entering the Kenyan Market

What Foreign Investors Need to Know Before Entering the Kenyan Market

Investment and Business Law /

A practical legal guide for corporate directors, international investors, and multinational companies planning to invest in Kenya’s mining, energy, manufacturing, and real estate sectors. Kenya is one of Africa’s most compelling investment destinations. A strategic location at the heart of East Africa, access to a regional market of over 300 million people through the East

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