Corporate Governance & Advisory
Strategic legal and corporate governance advisory for businesses seeking stronger structures, clearer decision-making, operational stability, and long-term continuity.
Effective corporate governance structures help businesses mitigate risks, enhance decision-making, manage growth, and ensure business continuity and succession planning.
What We Do
We advise founders, SMEs, family businesses, and growing companies on the frameworks, ownership structures, decision-making systems, succession planning and legal risk management tools that reflect their goals.
We help build a customised corporate governance plan tailored to your business’s needs, aligned with the business’s commercial realities, on a one-time basis or on an ongoing basis as external counsel.
Governance Structures
- Governance frameworks
- Board and management advisory
- Shareholder governance
- Decision-making structures
- Internal governance protocols
Performing Governance Audits & Reviews
- Governance assessments
- Founder dependency reviews
- Operational risk analysis
- Continuity and succession reviews
- Structural risk identification
Providing Strategic Advisory
- Growth-stage governance
- Family business advisory
- Governance during expansion
- Business restructuring support
- Governance risk management
Structured, Strategic, Long-Term Corporate Governance
Effective corporate governance is not only about compliance. It is about creating clear decision-making structures, reducing operational risk, and supporting long-term business stability.
Strong businesses require clear structures for ownership, authority, accountability, and decision-making.
Governance systems should support business operations in practice, not merely exist on paper.
Effective governance helps businesses maintain operational continuity during growth, transition, disputes, or leadership change.
Early identification of governance weaknesses can reduce disputes, operational disruption, and long-term legal exposure.
Knowledge Hub
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Lawful Termination of Employees in Kenya
Introduction Under Kenyan law, when terminating an employee, an employer must have both a valid…
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LLP Agreements in Kenya: What to Include
Introduction Most partnership disputes do not begin when the disagreement happens. They begin much earlier,…
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Drag-Along and Tag-Along Rights in Kenya
A company can spend years building value, only for everything to unravel when one of…
Frequently Asked Questions
What is corporate governance?
Corporate governance refers to the structures, processes, and decision-making systems that guide how a business is managed and controlled.
Why is corporate governance important for SMEs?
Strong governance helps businesses improve decision-making, reduce operational risk, manage growth effectively, and prevent disputes between founders, directors, shareholders, or family stakeholders.
What is a governance audit?
A governance audit is a structured review of a business’s governance framework, ownership structure, operational risks, decision-making systems, and continuity vulnerabilities.
Do only large companies require governance advisory services?
No. Governance challenges often affect SMEs and founder-led businesses more severely because operations are usually concentrated around one or a small number of individuals, and many systems remain informal.