Enforcement
Turning judgments and awards into recovered value — locally and across borders.
From judgment to recovery.
Winning is only half the battle. We convert judgments, arbitral awards, and settlements into actual recovery — through disciplined enforcement, asset tracing, and cross-border coordination.
Our team combines litigation firepower with commercial insight into how debtors move assets, and how to move first.
- Domestic enforcement proceedings
- Recognition of foreign judgments
- Arbitral award enforcement
- Asset tracing and freezing
How we approach this practice.
Our Restructuring practice focuses on preserving value for distressed businesses and maximising recovery for creditors, leveraging the Insolvency Act to deliver creative solutions — from corporate rescue and administration to creditor representation, distressed M&A, and proactive liability management.
Enforcement across every route to recovery.
Warrants, garnishee, attachment, and receivership across Kenyan and regional courts.
Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments under domestic and treaty regimes.
Enforcement of ICSID, New York Convention, and East African arbitral awards.
Mareva-type injunctions, worldwide freezing orders, and asset preservation.
Cross-border asset tracing with investigations partners and forensic accountants.
Leveraging enforcement pressure to secure enforceable settlements.
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 enforcement mandates.
A partial view of the mandates we have advised on — sanitised for confidentiality, but indicative of the scale and complexity of our work.
- 01
Enforced a USD 120m ICC award against a state-linked debtor, including asset attachment proceedings.
- 02
Secured worldwide freezing orders in aid of a cross-border fraud recovery action.
- 03
Enforced an English commercial judgment against Kenyan-held assets through registration and execution.
- 04
Led a multi-jurisdictional asset tracing exercise resulting in negotiated settlement.
Partners leading the practice.
Where this work connects.
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