Disputes & Arbitration · Practice

Enforcement

Turning judgments and awards into recovered value — locally and across borders.

Overview

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
Firm Perspective

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.

Capabilities

Enforcement across every route to recovery.

Every mandate draws on the same integrated bench — corporate, regulatory, tax, and disputes — sequenced by a single partner.
Domestic Enforcement

Warrants, garnishee, attachment, and receivership across Kenyan and regional courts.

Foreign Judgments

Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments under domestic and treaty regimes.

Arbitral Awards

Enforcement of ICSID, New York Convention, and East African arbitral awards.

Freezing & Preservation

Mareva-type injunctions, worldwide freezing orders, and asset preservation.

Asset Tracing

Cross-border asset tracing with investigations partners and forensic accountants.

Enforcement-Led Settlement

Leveraging enforcement pressure to secure enforceable settlements.

How We Work

A disciplined path from concept to close.

  1. 01
    Commercial Alignment

    We start with the commercial map — economics, control, contributions, and outcome — before drafting a single clause.

  2. 02
    Structural Blueprint

    A structuring memo sets out the vehicle, jurisdiction, tax treatment, and regulatory path, benchmarked against comparable matters.

  3. 03
    Documentation

    Bespoke documentation drafted as an integrated instrument set — designed to survive later scrutiny.

  4. 04
    Approvals & Closing

    Regulator engagement, condition-precedent management, and a disciplined closing choreography.

  5. 05
    Stewardship

    Ongoing counsel through the life of the matter — governance, calendaring, and dispute-prevention.

Key Contacts

Partners leading the practice.

Hudheifa Aden
Hudheifa Aden
Managing Partner
Jacktone Nengo
Jacktone Nengo
Partner
Related Practice Areas

Where this work connects.

Insight
Enforcing New York Convention awards in East African courts.
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