Acquisitions & Disposals
Investment-grade real estate acquisitions and disposals — commercial, residential, industrial, and mixed-use.
Real estate transactions, executed with certainty.
We advise institutional investors, developers, corporates, and high-net-worth individuals on real estate acquisitions and disposals across East Africa — from single asset transactions to portfolio-level deals.
Our team combines transactional discipline with practical land, planning, and tax insight, closing deals that stand up to later scrutiny.
- Single asset & portfolio deals
- SPV and share sale structures
- Title & land use diligence
- Cross-border investor coordination
How we approach this practice.
We handle the full spectrum of private transactions — share and asset purchases, divestitures, and corporate carve-outs — with a due diligence process rigorous enough to surface the red-flag risks that move valuation, from land title defects to undisclosed liabilities.
On the public side, we advise on takeovers, schemes of arrangement, and delistings involving companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, ensuring strict compliance with capital markets regulation.
End-to-end transactional capability.
Offices, logistics, industrial, and mixed-use asset acquisitions and disposals.
Hotels, serviced apartments, and residential portfolio transactions.
Freehold and leasehold land acquisitions for development and long-term holding.
Title, planning, and land use diligence — including sensitive land regime analysis.
Asset and share sale structures optimised for tax, transfer duties, and control.
Inbound real estate investment structuring for foreign institutional capital.
A disciplined path from concept to close.
- 01Commercial Alignment
We start with the commercial map — economics, control, contributions, and outcome — before drafting a single clause.
- 02Structural Blueprint
A structuring memo sets out the vehicle, jurisdiction, tax treatment, and regulatory path, benchmarked against comparable matters.
- 03Documentation
Bespoke documentation drafted as an integrated instrument set — designed to survive later scrutiny.
- 04Approvals & Closing
Regulator engagement, condition-precedent management, and a disciplined closing choreography.
- 05Stewardship
Ongoing counsel through the life of the matter — governance, calendaring, and dispute-prevention.
Selected real estate mandates.
A partial view of the mandates we have advised on — sanitised for confidentiality, but indicative of the scale and complexity of our work.
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Acted for an institutional investor on the acquisition of a Grade A office portfolio in Nairobi.
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Advised a hospitality group on the acquisition of a landmark hotel asset.
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Represented a developer on the disposal of a mixed-use scheme to a regional REIT.
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Counsel to a family office on a large-scale land acquisition for phased development.
Partners leading the practice.
Where this work connects.
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