Lobbying & Public Policy
Legislative and executive advocacy for institutional investors, sponsors and multinationals operating in Kenya and across East Africa.
Policy is a deal term. We negotiate it.
Capital does not fail in Africa for want of legal documents — it fails on policy risk: a tariff order, a licensing moratorium, a finance bill amendment, a procurement reversal. We advise clients on the political economy that surrounds their transaction, not only the contract that records it.
Our public policy practice combines statutory advocacy, regulatory strategy and institutional relationships to move a client's position through committee, ministry and regulator — lawfully, transparently, and on the record.
- Legislative and committee advocacy
- Ministerial and regulator engagement
- Policy drafting and impact submissions
- Compliance-first lobbying protocols
How we approach this practice.
We are one of the few Kenyan firms that runs government affairs as a core transactional discipline rather than a peripheral service — because for institutional capital, the regulator and the legislature are counterparties.
Every engagement is run under written compliance protocols and full disclosure, so an investment committee can diligence our advocacy as readily as our legal opinions.
Advocacy built on institutional fluency.
Position papers, committee submissions and structured engagement through the parliamentary calendar.
Engagement with ministries, state corporations and county executives on policy affecting investment.
Technical drafting of clauses, regulations and regulatory impact assessments.
Sequencing approvals, consents and licences alongside a live transaction timetable.
Industry associations, chambers and multi-sponsor coalitions aligned behind one policy ask.
Anti-bribery, FCPA and UK Bribery Act guardrails on every engagement we run.
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 public policy 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
Advised a consortium of institutional investors on legislative amendments affecting a USD 850m public-private partnership programme.
- 02
Represented a global technology platform in ministerial engagement over a proposed digital services levy.
- 03
Led an industry coalition submission on financial-sector regulations, securing material amendments before gazettement.
- 04
Advised a DFI-backed energy sponsor on a tariff review before the sector regulator and the relevant parliamentary committee.
Partners leading the practice.
Where this work connects.
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