Employment | Global

Anjarwalla & Khanna has a dominant reputation for transactional employment work, frequently advising on employee transfers and contract renegotiation in the wake of M&A deals. The team is highly adept in managing significant restructuring and redundancy mandates, as well as advising employers on unfair termination claims and union disputes. It possesses stellar expertise in employee share ownership plans, as well as acting on immigration matters, work permitting and HR policy. The firm also has recognised expertise in assisting domestic and international clients with the structuring of pension and benefits schemes in Kenya.

Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews is a highly respected law firm with an impressive employment practice in Kenya. It has a particularly strong contentious employment practice, representing employers in trade union disputes, and in single claimant and multi-claimant unfair dismissal cases, discrimination cases and various other disputes. The team is additionally strong in immigration and work permitting for foreign nationals, and remains a popular choice of counsel for large-scale redundancies following company reorganisations. The firm represents a diverse pool of clients featuring energy suppliers and healthcare and security companies, among others.

The team at Kaplan & Stratton is recognised as a powerhouse in employment disputes, with an eminent employee benefits practice. The firm demonstrates significant experience in wrongful termination, discrimination cases and also fraud allegations, notably handling forensic investigations. Its lawyers act for a number of major pension funds on compliance, set-up and administration, as well as assisting clients with employee transfers. The team is well versed in assisting employers with the entire redundancy process, with experience featuring in landmark judgments centred on redundancy exercises.

Bowmans houses a distinguished employment group with tried and tested expertise in both transactional and contentious mandates. The team demonstrates prowess in significant employee transfers and redundancies, as well as handling ESOP structuring for both listed and non-listed companies. The group is well placed to handle terminations and claims, including for wrongful dismissal, as well as advising on employee incentive programmes. Bowmans has the capacity to handle multi-jurisdictional employment mandates, with further support provided through its network of offices in South Africa, Tanzania and Mauritius.

Munyao Muthama and Kashindi operates a respected employment and labour relations practice which handles a breadth of contentious and non-contentious work. The team's notable disputes capabilities cover issues such as constructive dismissal and terminations, with extensive experience appearing before the Employment and Labour Relations Court and Appellate Court. This is complemented by its advisory practice. The firm advises a range of public and private organisations from the education, manufacturing and governmental sectors.

Oraro & Company Advocates has a market-leading dispute resolution practice with formidable expertise in high-profile employment litigation. The firm is renowned for handling significant class actions, as well as union disputes and other multi-claimant cases. The team possesses diverse expertise in the field, spanning from contested redundancies to collective bargaining and employee benefits. The group is particularly active assisting employers with unfair dismissal cases, touching on all manner of issues such as allegations of fraud, industrial action and employee contract conversion. The Nairobi-based team represents both employers and major trade unions.