Innovative Legal Counsel




Our Team
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We have selected a strong legal team which is experienced, qualified and trained with the ability to deliver high quality legal representation and provide professional advice. Brief profiles of the key team members are included below.
We believe you set high performance standards for the professional adviser you select for the company, and will expect nothing less from your advocates than the best quality service. You need a team of advisers who can proactively use their cumulative knowledge of your industry to proactively address the issues you face.
Services
The firm and its associates presently comprise Two principal advocates who are partners, Two Associate Advocates, and a support staff of Three.
Our capabilities are further trengthened by strategic alliances with a wide panel of consultant experts including professionals in various fields, investigators, and research assistants from whom we draw a great deal of expertise and knowledge on a need to basis. We have associate firms around the country and East Africa.
Owaga and Associates Advocates provides a comprehensive service founded on legal expertise and built around Clients’ needs and expectations.
Contact Us
FOR A FREE CONSULTATION
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+ 254 20 271 4309
+ 254 20 521 1636
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Upper Hill, Ragati Road, Hillside apartments, 3rd Flr suite 8.
Tel: 0202714308/9.
P.O Box 14826-00100, Nairobi
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Areas of Practice
Litigation
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Commercial
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Property Law /Conveyancing
Why Us.......


Our legal services are of a high standard and we focus on understanding your business, identification of risks and developing a legal approach that specifically addresses these risks.
We specifically plan to provide yourselves with value added services as part of our business interaction. We will work together with you to develop our legal plan to ensure that we cover all the areas that you may feel require specific attention.
We believe that our proposed fees for legal services brings benefits to you and us; and provides you with a large range of personalized and value added services, and it gives us sufficient scope to carry thorough legal consultancy with the highest services standards.
Areas of Service
Intellectual Property
Franchiesing Law
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Commercial Law
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Child Care Law​​​​​
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Conveyancing​​​​​
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Housing Law​​​​​
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The Notary Public​​​​​​​​​
Legal Updates......
APRIL 2016
New Draft Kenya Trade Marks Bill and Trade Mark Rules Published for Public Comment8ompanies Bill 2015 Signed into Law
President Kenyatta signed into law the Companies Bill 2015 that does away with the Companies Act Chapter 486 of the Laws of Kenya.
In March 2015, Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) announced that it had prepared Drafting Instructions to overhaul the Trade Marks Act. These Drafting Instructions, which were published for public comment on KIPI’s website, were to be forwarded to the Attorney General’s Office for the necessary action.
This month, KIPI has published the revised Drafting Instructions repealing the Trade Marks Act along with Drafting Instructions to repeal the Trade Mark Rules. According to KIPI, both these drafts will be forwarded to the Attorney General’s Office for drafting. In the meantime, KIPI requests for any public comments on the drafts to be sent to KIPI via email at info@kipi.go.ke on or before 30th April 2016.
Copies of the revised drafting instructions to amend the Trade Marks Act and Trade Mark Rules are here and here respectively.
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Last Year....... 2015
New Rules for Intellectual Property Business as Companies Bill 2015 Signed into Law
President Kenyatta signed into law the Companies Bill 2015 that does away with the Companies Act Chapter 486 of the Laws of Kenya.
The new Acts include the Companies Act, the Insolvency Act and the Special Economic Zones Act, the Business Registration Service, the Companies and Insolvency Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2015 and Finance Act amendments 2015.
Highlights and Further Reading:
President of Kenya official Website Intelectual Property Kenya (IP Kenya)
The New Companies Bill 2015