Anne Mumbi

Associate

Anne Mumbi is an Associate at the Firm specializing in areas of practice such as corporate, commercial, real estate, intellectual property and private client matters. She has experience in advising local and international clients on corporate and commercial aspect through preparation of commercial benefit agreement, loan agreements and deed of indemnity. Anne also has an interest in drafting articles about current legal affairs in Kenya and advising client on estate planning.

Corporate and Commercial

Advised an Irish technology company on a restructuring of its local Kenyan subsidiary including the acquisition of shares and the appointment of directors and company secretarial officials also advised the company about receiving and holding balance for customers on an account held with a payment service provider.
Advised on various commercial agreements including drafting of commercial benefit agreements, advising clients on issuing of third-party guarantees, preparing deed of indemnity and advising clients on obtaining an undertaking from the borrower.
Advised local companies on various company matters such as drafting of share forfeiture agreement, share purchase agreement, shareholders agreement, amending articles of associations, drafting articles of association for a new company and filing annual returns.

Employment and Human Resources

Advised a Sacco who were looking to standardize their employment contracts to ensure compliance with Kenyan labour laws. In addition to this, assisting the SACCO to develop a comprehensive Human Resource Manual and provided trainings for employees and employers on the Human Resource Policies and Procedures and assisted the SACCO in the quest to employ a Chief Executive Officer by preparing a job vacancy advertisement, conducting the selection process and overseeing the job interviews.
Assisted a local business entity in developing a human resource manual and drafting employment contracts for permanent and casual employees.

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Intellectual Property

Assisted a local betting company to register assignment of trademarks at Kenya Industrial Property Institute.

Assisted a local retailer to renewal one of their trademarks, register a trademark at Kenya Industrial Property Institute and advised on the guidelines for the registration of a Kenyan trademark at the regional level.

Assisted a local property developer to register a trademark at Kenya Industrial Property Institute.

Real Estate Development

Advised a local property developer in the purchase of land in Embakasi and Kiambu for the construction of low- income multi-residential development consisting of 104 and 475 units respectively. Advised the parties on joint venture arrangements and facilitated the negotiation of the joint venture agreement and the transfer of the land to parties.
Advised a local property developer on joint venture arrangements which lead to the purchase of land in Ongata Rongai and Mavoko for the construction of 104 low-income multi-use residential-cum-commercial apartment units and 110 student accommodations units
Advised a client by reviewing and amending their proposed Resident Association constitution for their association and registering the constitution with the Registrar of Societies.
Assisted real estate developers acquire land in Ngong, Ongata Rongai and Mavoko where they constructed their low-income housing projects.
Advised landowners and developers on their projects such as setting up of the project companies including the management companies, obtaining change oof user for the properties, preparation and registration of documentation such agreement for sale, transfer documents and sub-leases.
Advising developers and sensitizing investors on the sectional title regime and drafting sale agreements to be in conformity with the Sectional Properties Act of 2020.

Private Clients

Advised clients on estate planning by incorporating family companies which were used to register the client’s properties.
Advised clients on the tax implications in respect to transferring the properties to family companies
Advised a client on a family will that included issues to do with termination of life support.