Our Practice

Mining & Energy Law

Mining law

We provide a wide array of legal services with regard to mining and natural resources laws and their commercial exploitation. Our services under the mining department include –

• Conducting legal due diligence, investigations, and advisory;
• Environmental and social governance (ESG) advisory and compliance;
• Advising on property rights and access to land as well as physical planning, public participation, and stakeholders’ engagement issues;
• Handling and advising on applications for prospecting rights, reconnaissance licenses, exclusive prospecting licenses, special prospecting licenses, mining leases, special mining leases, mineral dealers’ licenses, and export permits;
• Liaising with the relevant Ministries, departments, agencies as well as County Governments for procuring the relevant approvals and authorizations;
• Handling and preparation or review of concessions or easements agreements

and other arrangements related to access to land and relevant infrastructure development;

• Corporate and commercial transactions including negotiating specific agreements, sales and purchases agreements, operating and maintenance agreements;
• Finance including debt financing, private equity, corporate finance, and commodity finance;
• Taxation and other statutory claims;
• Dispute resolution including litigation, mediation, and arbitration.

Energy law

We help our clients exploit opportunities in energy production from both renewable and non-renewable sources as well as offer our expertise in related transactional and compliance issues.

Our Advocates are well versed in areas of work which include:

• Oil and gas
• Power and utilities
• Renewable energy development
• Waterworks development

We have the expertise to advise clients on various energy-related issues including but not limited to the following:

• Transactions involving upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas operators including exploration, production, transportation, processing, and pricing;
• Liaising with the relevant ministries and government departments to seek approvals, letters of comfort among others;
• Renewable energy projects and transactions involving geothermal, hydro, wind, or solar energy sources;
• Grids, transmission, and other interconnection issues;
• Negotiation of power purchase agreements as well as other relevant agreements including joint venture and joint operations agreements;
• Energy law regulatory issues including development, financing, and licensing of power projects;
• Advising on environmental issues, public participation, and stakeholders engagements related to energy projects;
• Advising on waterworks projects including site acquisition, licensing issues, and stakeholders engagement;
• Handling and advising on labor, employment, and immigration law issues including the processing of work permits for investors and expatriate employees;
• Tax law advisory and other statutory compliance issues; and
• Dispute resolution-(litigation before the Energy and Petroleum Tribunal or Court of Law as well as mediation and arbitration).