Meru Office - Brief Profile

Location

HKM Associates Advocates Meru Office is located in Meru Town on the 5th Floor of Hart Towers, Right Wing, at the junction of Jomo Kenyatta Highway and Njuri Ncheke street, opposite Meru police station and the Nyayo Monument.

Services Offered

1. Family Law and Succession

We strive to perform the “Facilitative Function” among families to ensure smooth resolutions of disputes if any and regulation of family reactions. Our services include the following; –

a. Children Custody and Maintenance;

We assist in ensuring the continuance of this shared responsibility by helping our clients establish a proper mode in which each parent plays their role the child’s development. We assist our client in the following;

Child custody and maintenance applications.
Child custody negotiations.

b. Divorce

As a firm, we have experienced advocates who assist parties in such marital wrangles attain amicable solutions. Some of the areas we handle include;

Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
Divorce and Separation
Financial, Domestic and Cohabitant’s Claims

c. Succession

When a family loses a loved one there is need to ensure that each member of the family can benefit from property that the deceased may have accrued in the course of their lifetime. We aid our clients to plan for the future through; –

Drafting of Wills and Last Testament
Asset Protection
Application for Grant of Letters of Administration Testate and Intestate, Grant of Probate with Will annexed and Confirmation and Revocation of Grants;
Procuring and Succession Law and Transmission of the Properties to The Beneficiaries; and
Gift Intervivos.

2. Company Secretarial Services

We provide top-notch and comprehensive Company Secretarial services to our clients to ensure among others factors; that our clients maintain good corporate governance, they are able to effectively administer their business and that they comply with the requisite legislations, laws and regulations governing business operations through provision of the following services;

Incorporation of Companies, Trusts, Business Names, Societies and other statutory entities;
State regulatory compliance for Foreign Companies;
Preparation and Filing of Statutory Returns;
Transfer of Shares, Increasing or Reducing Share Capital and Allotments;
We aid in striking out of companies and cessation of business name from the register
Facilitating Company Annual and General Meetings, Taking Minutes, Extracting Resolutions and Filing the Same;
Establishing new businesses and restructuring of existing businesses;
Procuring National Government and County Government Trade Licenses, Business Permits and any Business Regulatory Certifications;
Striking Out of a Company/Business Name from the Register; and
Advising Clients on Company Compliance Requirements in Accordance with the Law.

3. Real Estate and Conveyancing

At HKM, we continue to adapt to the new developments which enables us to provide unrivalled real-estate solutions including but not limited to;

Negotiating agreements for clients;
Preparing Long and Short Term Leases;
Drafting of Tenancy Agreements, Transfer Instruments, Licenses, Cautions, Prohibitions, Restrictions, Easements and Powers of Attorney;
Drafting of Charges, Discharges, Replacement Charges and Mortgages as well as perfecting of securities;
Sub-Division, Amalgamation, Change and extension of Use over properties;
Preparation and Interpretation of Construction Service Level Agreements;
Procuring payments of Land Rates and Rents clearances on behalf of clients;
Applying for and Obtaining on behalf of our clients Various Consents and development Approvals from the National government, County governments, Land Control Board, Kenya Railways Corporation and Kenya Airports Authority as required under the Law;
Regularly updating Clients on Changes in Land Laws and Procedures;
Transmission of properties from administrators to beneficiaries;
Conversion of title numbers issued under the old regime into new title numbers in accordance with the new Government directives;
Preparation of Extension and renewal of Leases;

4. Commercial Transactions;

We are fully equipped to meet the following commercial needs of local, regional and international companies such as: –

Preparation and Interpretation of Commercial Agreements such as Royalty Agreements, Equipment Leasing Agreements, Service Level Agreements and Hire Purchase Agreements;
Drafting of Supply and/or Sale of Goods Contracts;
Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring;
Drafting Joint Venture Agreements;
Advising Clients on Tax and Labour Laws;
Preparation of Employment Service Agreements, Contracts of Employment and Termination Letters;
Preparation of Trust Deeds; and
Preparation of powers of attorney to manage personal affairs and property

5. Litigation and Dispute Resolution

We offer comprehensive dispute resolution mechanisms such as ADR or negotiation since we are alive to the fact that court litigation is often costly and time consuming. Notwithstanding, our proficient litigation team is devoted to providing legal advisory and representation on matters before courts, tribunals, and statutory bodies with a commitment to finding swift, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to our clients in matters of;