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Industrials

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IKM is familiar with both the key opportunities and challenges that face manufacturers operating in the marketplace. Our broad local, regional and international perspective leaves us well-placed to manage the diverse legal issues that industrials face. 

The firm advises manufacturers on various legal issues that arise during operations, including: company set-up, structuring, compliance, patent registration, labor law matters, health and safety, environmental, mergers and acquisitions disputes. 

Through our many years of experience in the sector, we have worked with clients spanning a cross-section of industries: 

  • Building materials
  • Chemicals
  • Clothing
  • Electrical supplies
  • Hardware
  • Motor vehicle
  • Paper
  • Steel
  • Plastics
  • Vehicles

Experience has included advising: 

  • A regional investment fund in relation to the acquisition of an equity interest in an agricultural supply chain platform aimed at connecting smallholder farmers with high-quality agricultural inputs in Kenya.
  •  An international engine manufacturer in a joint venture transaction with a regional automotive and equipment distributor.
  • A regional automotive company, part of a global group, in the sale of its business assets to another regional distributor.
  • LafargeHolcim in conducting legal due diligence on a Kenyan target listed on the NSE in relation to a proposed acquisition A multinational building materials company on conducting legal due diligence on a Kenyan company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in relation to a proposed acquisition.
  •  A regional automotive company on its acquisition by a Dubai-based conglomerate through the capital markets takeover legal framework.
  • Conducted a tax authority audit of a company in the automotive/heavy equipment industry
  • A leading cement manufacturer in a claim for USD 18 million as indemnity and compensation for the insured loss which the client sustained as a result of the collapse of a silo at its plant
  • Numerous tobacco producers on intellectual property and trademark matters