Moka Advocates
About Us
We are a modern, progressive law firm that strives to meet the ever changing unique and diverse needs of our clients hence clearly ear-marking us as the preferred corporate firm of choice. MOKA Advocates sets itself apart through its people, culture and its attitude to change. We have the unique capability to handle a wide range of legal matters in a manner that blends and balances excellence, pin-point precision and timely delivery of affordable services.
We are committed to providing effective, efficient and quality professional legal services, by incorporating a blend of youthfulness, specialization and unbridled passion in providing tailor-made solutions that are responsive to our Client’s broad range of legal needs. We also supplement our internal capacity by developing strategic partnerships and consortia with leading professionals in specialized sectors of the economy, both locally and regionally in order to offer our clients added value.
Our dedicated professional team has sufficient bandwidth to handle cutting edge and complex briefs in the areas of corporate and commercial matters, banking and finance, corporate structuring & insolvency, ICT law, corporate/board secretarial services, oil and energy law advisory, infrastructure and construction, project finance, public procurement, employment law and employee benefits, immigration, property and real estate developments, mergers and acquisition, private equity, legal consultancy, legislative drafting, legal audit and compliance, governance audits, intellectual property, dispute resolution, debt recovery, security enforcement and realization, succession and estate planning.
MOKA Advocates being a member of the Law Society of Kenya, we are also a Member of the East African Law Society and the International Commission of Jurists.
Practice Areas
DISPUTE RESOLUTION DEPARTMENT
We specialize in debt recovery, security enforcement, regulatory compliance, election petitions, constitutional petitions, judicial review, competition law, real estate and construction disputes and general civil matters before tribunals such as the Political Parties Tribunal, Environment Appeal Tribunal, Cooperative Tribunal, Public Procurement Admin Review Board, other tribunals as well as the Magistrate’s Courts, the High Court and related Courts and the Court of Appeal.
GENERAL COMMERCIAL PRACTICE
Our competent team of Certified Company Secretaries deals with incorporation of various business entities, listing and post listing support, annual compliance, corporate governance advisory, domesticating foreign companies, conversion of entities eg partnerships to companies, conversion of entities eg partnerships to companies, administration and management of dividends, maintaining company’s register of members and other matters affecting shareholding, preparation of documents and submissions to the Registrar e.g. appointment, removal and resignation of a director, change of shareholders, local and foreign investment regulation, progressive application of Companies Act, 2015 and corporate restructuring.
POLICY AND COMPLIANCE
Under our policy and compliance department, we carry out legal audits to ensure that institutions and organizations are well established between the required legal framework. Such advisories include but are not limited to: Preparation of Human Resource policies; Filing of annual returns and tax claims and Statutory licensing.
The Advocates
Kelvin Onkendi
Managing Partner
He is the Managing Partner and heads the Corporate, Commercial & Transactional Practices Department. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Moi University, Kenya School of Law, Diploma in Law and a program of negotiations from Harvard University Law School. He is an experienced business lawyer with a specifc bias in the areas of corporate & commercial law, property law & conveyancing, banking law and securitization and regulatory compliance.
He possesses a sound understanding of the business environment and more so in specialized industries, thus translating their broad range of legal needs into viable tailor made solutions.
Email: konkendi@mokaadvocates.com
Caroline Njari-Anyona
Associate
She is a sharp visionary thinker with a knack for staying ahead of the pack. She is a strong and driven advocate who lives for challenging matters and dives into work with excitement. Her main areas of Practice include commercial litigation, constitutional & administrative law, election law, employment law, criminal law, family law, judicial review, Commercial Arbitration, Regulatory Advisory and Compliance and general litigation practice. During her years of practice, she has handled matters ranging from commercial dispute, judicial review applications, environmental and land disputes, probate and electoral disputes.
Email: wnjari@mokaadvocates.com
P.K. Smartt
International Business Consultant
Mr. Smartt is a resident of the United States, Africa, and Europe. He currently works as managing director of African Global Development, SARL, an investment and infrastructure development firm. He has practiced law since 1998 with a focus on corporate finance, real estate development, and banking. Mr. Smartt is licensed to practice law in multiple jurisdictions within the United States, including the Federal Courts. Mr. Smartt worked as a prosecutor and then transitioned into the private sector, establishing his firm in 2001.
Njeri Kagucia Omesa
Consultant
She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya working in Tanzania, East Africa, first with the East African Law Society (EALS) and then with the Community for Children’s Rights (CCR). She is a child protection professional and human rights advocate with 10 years experience in policy advocacy. Further she is a skilled facilitator with the ability to use various models for design and implementation of face to face and digital processes with a variety of stakeholders.
She has extensive experience in conducting community based research with a human development focus on telling stories that matter. She has been involved in building a community of practice on community based child protection and in building a coalition on care reform in Tanzania.
She is passionate about protection of the rights of every individual and ensuring access to quality life and empowering civic action. She is a member of the Transform Alliance Africa and a fellow of the prestigious International Human Rights Training Program with Equitas.
Contact Us
KELVIN ONKENDI
Head Office:
Kose Heights – Apartment F7.6 ,Kose Lane, Hurligham.
P.O. Box 51602-00100, Nairobi.
Tel: +254 721 636 774 | +254 722 437681
E-mail: info@mokaadvocates.com
mokaadvocates@gmail.com