• Town House, 8th Floor, Room 815 Kaunda Street
  • Mon - Fri 8.00am - 5.00pm. Sat: 9am - 12pm

About Us

Introduction

B. J. SAWE COMPANY ADVOCATES

We are a legal firm situated in Nairobi. It brings together experienced advocates with an excellent reputation in legal, professional and business acumen. The firm’s mission is to deliver to the client’s high quality service with precision, timeliness and integrity, and to be at all times responsive to clients’ needs. The Advocates are backed by external consultants diversely qualified and experienced in consultancy and diverse professional fields. These consultants together with the managing partner are easily accessible and within reach at all times to offer quality consultation on matters which are complex and highly specialized.
The firm currently has a total of two (2) advocates, and is looking to recruit other lawyers to enhance specialty and to help the firm continue to offer timely and efficient legal services with a high rate of turnaround time thereby assisting clientele to achieve their objectives promptly. The advocates are backed up by a strong administrative and secretarial support staff who are well qualified and experienced.
The advocates have requisite experience in handling a broad portfolio of work. Particular strength lies in corporate legal work, Conveyancing, Legal consultancy services in diverse fields of law including Insurance law (particularly General Insurance), Succession and Estate administration, Family Law, property law, commercial law, administrative law, constitutional law, contracts and labour law, land law, Mediation among others.
The advocates, both individually and collectively with the support staff have created a good rapport and continue to do so, with a broad range of personalities within the public sector as well as the business community.
The Firm provides legal services to both Kenyan and international clients.

Select clientele that the firm has handled:

Select portfolio of clients, past and present, among other esteemed clients include:

  1. Kenya Film Classification Board
  2. Independent Election and Boundariesa Commission
  3. Global Infrastructure Limited
  4. Mwalimu Trading Company
  5. Dreampower Ricciardi and Consulting & Engineering (S.R.L)
  6. Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena
  7. Lavington Security Limited
  8. Phenyo Investment Limited
  9. Skyline Panoramic limited
  10. Elgeyo Agripark and Saw Mills Limited
  11. Hundreds of valuable individual clients represented for over 17 years of the firm’s existence.

Client Confidence:

The firm is bound by the requirements of Advocate –client confidentiality in all dealings, correspondences and discussions with clients. It is the firm’s business to safeguard client privacy and confidentiality at all times.

Client Update:

The firm furnishes its clients with regular progress reports on all matters entrusted to its conduct. The firm also renders legal opinions immediately upon delivery of judgements and endeavor to stay execution in all matters in cases where stay of execution is required, for such reasonable time as will enable the client to arrange to settle the judgement debts or lodge appropriate appeals. We also negotiate and seek easier (installment-based) settlement terms for all judgement debts, subject to client instructions and acceptance.
For non-court matters, we furnish the progress reports fortnightly.

Data and computer system in the office:

The firm has put in place adequate computer system:-

  1. Client and office accounting system put in place by qualified and experienced system programmer.
  2. Internet connection on 24-hour basis to facilitate efficient communication with clients and research on complicated areas of law.
  3. Personal computers for all the key staff: PC to staff ratio 1:1
  4. Centralized computer printing systems.
  5. Adequate computer backup system.
  6. Databank of all standard documents and forms (including trust deeds, standard form contracts and agreements, charges,  mortgages, debentures, discharges, debt collection, letters, company forms) and other policy documents.

Details of representation in other locations:

  • The Firm’s registered office is based in Nairobi.
  • We have put in place an effective arrangement with lawyers in all major towns in Kenya including; Kisumu, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyeri, Kisii, Kiambu, Kajiado, Malindi and Machakos who are useful particularly in attending to matters that do not require our personal attention.

Professional indemnity:

  1. The Firm has in place a professional Indemnity Insurance cover of Ksh.100,000,000/=.
  2. The amount of cover is kept under constant review with a view of increasing it to meet the exigencies of the firm’s business.    

Legal and Consultancy fees:

The fees are charged as per the Advocates Remuneration Order or as agreed in writing between the Firm and the client, in view of the nature and complexity of the work.

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