Set priorities
Identify business objectives, live matters, recurring decisions and urgent deadlines.
Growing businesses need a consistent legal point of contact. We provide a defined external counsel mandate that helps management prioritise decisions, manage recurring legal work and know when a matter requires a separate specialist instruction.
Discuss your routeWho this is for
Built around the proposed activity.
- Founders and management teams without a full-time in-house legal function
- Fintech and regulated businesses coordinating commercial and compliance work
- Foreign groups needing a Kenyan legal contact for their local operation
Typical work sequence
A practical rhythm for recurring legal work.
Agree the mandate
Define included work, monthly capacity, response arrangements, exclusions and fees in the engagement letter.
Manage the work
Maintain a matter list, document owners, decision records and a regular management review.
Review and adapt
Review usage and upcoming risks; agree any additional project before expanding the scope.
Core readiness areas
What the work normally needs.
- Entity and ownership details for client acceptance checks
- A named management contact and authorised decision-makers
- An initial matter list and known deadlines
- Priority commercial contracts and governance records
- An agreed monthly scope and capacity allocation
- Secure arrangements for documents and instructions
Common pressure points
Problems to resolve before they become delays.
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Using an unlimited-work retainer without defining capacity
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Sending urgent instructions before the firm has accepted the matter
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Leaving business decisions and document ownership unclear
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Assuming that every transaction, dispute or foreign-law issue falls within one monthly fee
How the firm assists
A defined mandate, not a generic package.
The mandate can cover contract review, governance support, employment advice and regulatory coordination. Litigation, major transactions, specialist foreign-law advice and disbursements are identified separately. Kenyan advice is provided by the firm; other jurisdictions require appropriately qualified counsel.
Send a non-confidential enquiryFrequently asked questions
Useful starting answers.
What is included in a monthly legal retainer?+
The engagement letter defines the services, capacity, review cycle and response arrangements. We agree the scope around the business’s actual recurring needs.
Can you work alongside our compliance team or existing lawyers?+
Yes, with clear allocation of responsibilities, appropriate permissions and conflict checks.
Does a retainer include court proceedings?+
Only if expressly agreed. Litigation and substantial projects are normally scoped separately so the business can understand the work and cost before committing.
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