WHAT WE DO

This department assists clients in negotiating and drafting all types of commercial contracts. The members of this department are comfortable and conversant with all kind of contractual arrangements such as non-disclosure and secrecy, licensing, distribution, outsourcing, agency and franchising, leasing and factoring, sales and commercial leases. This department is uniquely qualified to negotiate and prepare highly specialized contractual documents.

This department has a reputation for its representation of major private companies on all aspects of corporate activity, including mergers and acquisition, joint ventures, management buy-outs, etc. as well as providing specialist support in areas such as pensions and employee benefits. This department also advises on securities offerings, on disclosure and corporate governance matters, on corporate and securities regulatory issues and transactional structuring. This practice is actively involved in creating and developing sophisticated corporate structures and financial instruments.

All counsel in the firm is involved in litigation, handling a diverse range of commercial and personal disputes. The firm has handled tax matters that have been litigated upon in this jurisdiction, right up to the Court of Appeal.

The Firm handles a wide variety of domestic and international commercial disputes relating to construction, defamation, employment, financial and corporate matters, insolvency, insurance, etc. Our litigation department has substantial experience in a wide variety of business and commercial litigation and arbitration including in sectors such as infrastructure, banking and financial institutions, construction, communications and insurance.

KW KAPINGA & PARTNERS is actively involved in handling applications for trademarks and patents, including contentious and non-contentious work, such as licensing and franchising, trademark infringement, passing off and opposition proceedings, copyright and design right, confidential information disputes and protection. In addition, the Firm has, since its inception, provided services to commercial and private clients in a wide variety of transactions involving real property. The services include conveyance, mortgages of land, leases and title opinions and title actions.

The firm has advised and produced numerous papers in the information and communications technology sector. It has also been involved with facility management and outsourcing contracts in the computer industry.

This largely involves the filing and procurement of work permits, expatriate residents permit and national identification cards on behalf of clients. 

These services include Taxation, Immigration, Information & Communications Technology and             Intellectual Property. They vary: from the procurement of government permits to the filing of statutory documents at government regulatory departments.