Political Risk & Stakeholder Engagement
Political economy analysis, stakeholder mapping and reputational strategy for capital deployed in complex markets.
Understand the room before you enter it.
Investment decisions in the region turn on factors that never appear in a data room: county politics, community expectations, succession within a ministry, and the media environment around a sector.
We provide structured political-economy assessments and manage the stakeholder engagement that protects an asset through its full holding period.
- Political economy assessment
- Stakeholder and community mapping
- Crisis and reputation strategy
- ESG and social licence
How we approach this practice.
Our founding partners bring institutional, media and government experience that few transactional firms in the region can match.
That background lets us advise on how a decision will be received — not only whether it is lawful.
Protecting the asset, not just the contract.
Written assessments of policy, electoral and regulatory risk for investment committees.
National, county, community and industry stakeholders identified and prioritised.
Coordinated legal, regulatory and communications response when a matter becomes public.
Message discipline and engagement strategy across media and institutional audiences.
Consultation frameworks, benefit-sharing and grievance mechanisms for projects.
Devolved-government approvals, levies and intergovernmental coordination.
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 engagement 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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Prepared the political risk assessment underpinning a global fund's first Kenyan platform investment.
- 02
Managed the stakeholder and county engagement programme for a large renewable generation project.
- 03
Advised a listed group on legal and public-affairs response to a regulatory investigation reported nationally.
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Built a community benefit-sharing framework for a mixed-use development on contested land.
Partners leading the practice.
Where this work connects.
Considering a matter? Speak with the partner who will run it.
A confidential, no-obligation conversation with a partner — usually within one business day.