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Regulatory and compliance

Proportionate compliance frameworks for data protection, AML, tax, employment and sector regulation, and a firm that acts when the regulator arrives.

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Overview

Kenya's regulatory environment is expanding in scope and increasing in enforcement. The Data Protection Act 2019 introduced a new compliance regime, overseen by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. POCAMLA imposes AML obligations. Tax legislation changes regularly. Employment law creates ongoing requirements for every employer.

For businesses, the challenge is building systems that achieve compliance without paralysing operations. Our regulatory practice helps businesses understand obligations, build proportionate frameworks, and respond when regulators come calling.

We do not approach compliance as box-ticking. Our counsel integrates legal requirements into the way a business actually operates.

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Four mandates in one firmAdvocates, Notaries Public, Commissioners for Oaths and Patent Agents
Counsel across East AfricaNairobi-based, advising on cross-border matters throughout the region

What we do

6 service lines. Choose one to see what it covers.

Tax Advisory

Corporate tax planning, VAT compliance, withholding tax, eTIMS configuration, transfer pricing, KRA audit representation, and tax appeals before the Tax Appeals Tribunal and High Court.

Most matters cross two or three of these

Describe the situation in your own words. We will tell you what it involves, which services it touches and what it will cost, before you commit to anything.

Describe your matter

Why clients instruct us for regulatory work

Proportionate compliance, not compliance theatre

Frameworks sized to your business, so a growing company is not paying for a multinational’s programme.

Across the regulators that matter

Data Protection Act 2019, AML and KYC, tax, insurance regulation, employment, and EAC and COMESA trade rules.

We act when the regulator arrives

Advisory work and enforcement response handled by the same team, so nothing is relearned mid-crisis.

Obligations mapped to dates and owners

Compliance calendars your board can actually use, rather than a memo that sits unread.

Regulatory and compliance insights

All regulatory and compliance insights
Corporate & Commercial

Can an Employee Director Be Independent? Kenya CMA Rules

1 Nov 2026, 5 min read
Financial Services

Merchant Acquirer and Card Scheme Licences in Kenya

29 Oct 2026, 4 min read
Financial Services

Money Remittance Licence in Kenya Under the 2026 Bill

29 Oct 2026, 4 min read
Financial Services

PSP AML, FRC and Data Protection Duties in Kenya

29 Oct 2026, 4 min read
Financial Services

Small E-Money Issuer Registration in Kenya: Who Qualifies

29 Oct 2026, 4 min read
Financial Services

Open Banking in Kenya Under the Payment System Bill 2026

29 Oct 2026, 4 min read

Tell us what the regulator wants

You will get a clear view of what the matter involves and what it costs before you commit to anything.

  • Your consultation fee is credited in full against your engagement fee if you instruct us within 14 days
  • Scope, approach and fee confirmed in writing before work begins
  • Our full fee schedule is published online
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