Bowmans — Kenya

Nairobi28 lawyers

About

Bowmans Kenya: Bowmans’ Kenyan Practice is one of the largest and best-known corporate law firms in Kenya. Bowmans’ Kenyan team specialises in Kenyan law but also has foreign-law expertise especially in English law banking and finance matters and corporate and commercial transactions. Other specialist areas include intellectual property, technology, arbitration, tax, energy, project finance, capital markets, investigations and corporate services. The team advises a wide spectrum of clients in the private sector, institutional and multi-national organisations, foreign investors and governmental institutions. - Awards - EAVCA Awards: Outstanding Legal Advisor, 2020 to 2024 - Nairobi Legal Awards: Large Law Firm of the Year Kenya, 2023 and 2024 - Managing IP Awards EMEA: Kenya Law Firm of the Year, 2024 - Chambers Africa Awards: Kenya Law Firm of the Year, 2022 and 2025 Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Awards: Outstanding Legal Advisor, 2022 About Bowmans: Bowmans helps its clients manage legal complexity and unlock opportunity in Africa. Its enviable track record of providing legal services to the highest professional standards on the continent, spans corporate, finance, competition, taxation, employment, technology and dispute resolution matters. With over 650 specialist lawyers, Bowmans draws on its unique knowledge of the business and socio-political environment in Africa to advise on a wide range of legal issues. The firm delivers integrated legal services from nine offices (Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Johannesburg, Lusaka, Moka, Nairobi, Swakopmund and Windhoek) in six countries (Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia). Everywhere it operates, Bowmans offers its clients a service that uniquely blends expertise in the law, knowledge of the local market, and an understanding of their businesses. The firm’s aim is to assist its clients to achieve their objectives as smoothly and efficiently as possible while minimising the legal and regulatory risks. The firm works closely with its Alliance firms Aman & Partners LLP in Ethiopia and Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie in Nigeria. Bowmans has a non-exclusive co-operation agreement with French international law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel that provides access to lawyers in francophone west and north Africa; regularly works with other leading independent law firms across the rest of Africa; and is a representative of Lex Mundi, a global association of independent law firms in more than 125 countries. Clients include domestic and foreign corporates, multinationals, funds and financial institutions, across a range of industry sectors, as well as state-owned enterprises and governments. - Offices - Kenya: Nairobi - 5th Floor, ICEA Lion Centre, West Wing, Riverside Park, Chiromo Road, Nairobi, Kenya - T: +254 20 289 9000 - E: info-ke@bowmanslaw.com - Mauritius: Moka - 3rd Floor, The Dot, Avenue De Telfair, Moka, Mauritius - T: +230 460 5959 - E: info-ma@bowmanslaw.com - Namibia: Swakopmund No. 6 Antonius Garten, c/o Hendrik Witbooi Str & Theo-Ben Gurirab Avenue, Swakopmund, Namibia - T: +264 64 406 320 - E: info-na@bowmanslaw.com - Namibia: Windhoek - 5th Floor, Courtside, Freedom Plaza, Rev Michael Scott Street, Windhoek - T: +264 83 728 2700 - E: info-na@bowmanslaw.com - South Africa: Cape Town - 22 Bree Street, Cape Town, South Africa - T: +27 21 480 7800 - E: info-cpt@bowmanslaw.com - South Africa: Durban Ground Floor, Compendium House, 5 The Crescent, Westway Office Park, Harry Gwala Road, Westville, Durban, South Africa - T: +27 31 109 1150 - E: info-dbn@bowmanslaw.com - South Africa: Johannesburg - 11 Alice Lane, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa - T: +27 11 669 9000 - E: info-jhb@bowmanslaw.com - Tanzania: Dar es Salaam - 2nd Floor, The Luminary Cnr Haile Selassie and Chole Roads, Masaki, - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - T: +255 76 898 8640 - E: info-tz@bowmanslaw.com - Zambia: Lusaka - 3rd Floor, Evexia Commercial Building, Plot Number 1014, Church Road, Lusaka - T: +260 21 135 6638 - E: info-zb@bowmanslaw.com - Key areas of specialisation - Banking and financial services regulatory - Commercial property - Competition - Corporate investigations - Corporate services - Data protection - Debt capital markets - Dispute resolution - Employment and benefits - Environment, sustainability and climate change - Equity capital markets - ESG - Finance - Fintech - Governance, compliance and investigations - Government contracting and public procurement - Intellectual property - International arbitration - Litigation and arbitration - Local content and broad-based black economic empowerment - Media, entertainment and broadcasting - Mergers and acquisitions - Oil and gas - Pensions law - Private equity - Project finance - Regulatory services - Restructuring - Shipping, aviation and logistics - Tax - Technology - Telecommunications - Key areas of practice - Aviation - Construction - Consumer goods - Education - Energy - Financial institutions - Hotels and leisure - Industrials - Infrastructure - Insurance - Mining - Pharmaceuticals and healthcare - Ports, rail and logistics - Technology, media and telecommunications ### Languages - English ### Memberships - Lex Mundi - The World's Leading Association of Independent Law Firms ### Staffing Figures - 0 Total staff

Office locations

Nairobi

Bowmans 5th Floor, Icea Lion Centre, West Wing, Riverside Park, Chiromo Road Po Box 10643 Nairobi 00100 Nairobi Kenya

+254202899000 info-ke@bowmanslaw.com

Practice areas

Corporate and CommercialBanking and FinanceCapital MarketsProject FinanceEnergyIntellectual PropertyTechnologyTaxCompetitionEmploymentDispute ResolutionInvestigations