BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL PRACTICE

Under this practice area SLM provides a comprehensive range of corporate and commercial legal representation to both local and international clients.
Advice on Capital Markets Authority requirements, employment and labour laws.
We provide services and support ranging from planning through investing, to doing business.
Our experienced corporate/commercial advocates walk clients through all the steps of business formation including advising on business entity selection and related tax issues;
drafting requisite shareholding agreements, partnership agreements and operating agreements;
drafting buy-sell agreements and more. We advise and assist clients on issues related to obtaining all registration, licenses and approvals.
We support our clients to meet all legal requirements for share allocation and business operation.
In addition we can take appointment as company secretaries for a client, attend board and shareholder meetings,
prepare and distribute minutes and prepare and register resolutions.
We assist our clients’ business contracts including negotiating, preparing and reviewing contracts; negotiating and reviewing commercial purchase and sale agreements;
negotiating and reviewing loan and financing agreements; and interfacing with financial institutions to negotiate and review lines of credit, among others.
We support clients’ business purchases and sale transactions by providing clients with proper guidance and advice from the beginning of each transaction to the end of the process.
We advise on tax consequences of each sale/purchase transaction, draft and review letters of intent and draft and negotiate assets or goodwill purchase agreements.
We also support our clients by conducting due diligence on the company’s assets and in preparing ancillary documents.

SUPPORT TO MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

SLM extends support to MSMEs and non-profit organizations that is uniquely tailored to their boards and executive management teams.
We enable them to better perform their oversight, accountability and management roles.
We are committed to listening and learning from the MSMEs to understand their unique needs so that we can tailor responsive support to their specific needs.
We work with the MSMEs to co-create targeted and innovative solutions that enhance their work and produce better outcomes.
SLM supports board leadership, governance practices, risk management, strategy and planning and performance management.
Our team of dedicated advocates offer a range of tools that include evaluation of practices, training, enhancing entrepreneurship and specific skills development.