Executive Summary

Our understanding of your company comes from information provided to us by your office. We do have good overall view of its operations, its structure and issues. We do however recognize that we will still have a lot to learn about you and will focus on obtaining an in-depth knowledge, if appointed. This will enable us not only provide you routine legal services but also be your strategic business advisors and partners.

Our legal services are of a high class standard and we focus on understanding your business, identification of risks and developing a legal approach that specifically addresses these risks. We specifically plan to provide yourselves with value added services as part of our business interaction. We will work together with you to develop our legal plan to ensure that we cover all the areas that you may feel require specific attention.

• We believe that our proposed fees for legal services brings benefits to you and us; and provides you with a large range of personalized and value added services, and it gives us sufficient scope to carry thorough legal consultancy with the highest services standards.

• We would be proud to be associated with you and look forward to working with you for our mutual benefits.

WHY AGIMBA & ASSOCIATES ADVOCATES?

• An Engagement Partner specifically in charge of a Client’s legal matters.• A guaranteed expeditious turnaround to legal assignments.• Practice areas specialization enabling client focused legal expertise• A strong industry-focused legal team dedicated to delivering incisive advice.• An extensive panel of industry focused specialists including analysts, actuaries,

insurance experts, credit reference bureaus, debt collectors, investigators etc• Work-in-progress service.• An integrated information technology strategy enabling real-time interaction.• Legal service availability 24hrs.• Efficiency in bulk service delivery.• The availability of a network of Correspondent Law firms in Kenya & the East

African region.• Peer review, consultation and assessment of legal assignments.• Company Secretarial services.• Compliance with Statutory requirements, to wit, KRA, NSSF, L.S.K, I.C.P.S.K,

NHIF and NCC.

Your requirements Our response

•A focused legal analysis of the company

The Directors expect an effective external legal consultant for the company. We will give an opinion on all the legal requirements and statutory legal compliance for the company.

•Our legal approach will be conducted in accordance with the practice and procedure of all applicable laws within our country. Our legal approach will cover all contracts prepared by the company and issue our legal opinion.

•A value added legal consultant: As directors you will require feedback from the legal process in respect of recommendation for improvement to the company’s overall governance and systems of internal controls

• While the legal analysis is not specifically designed to identify all weakness in governance matters, we shall communicate to you in writing through our management report, any recommendations for improvements that come to our notice in the process of carrying out our normal legal procedures. This will involve reviewing the contractual systems with a view to assessing and testing the controls so that the extent of reliance on these controls can be determined.

Your requirements Our response

• Commercial understanding of the business: As advocates the directors will expect the team to understand the commercial aspects of the business so as to provide value added advice on various aspects that emanate from the legal perspective.

• We go beyond the normal requirements of the legal consultant to understand the commercial intricacies of your business. During meetings we discuss all commercial and operational aspects of the company at the highest levels to identify areas which can be strengthened to boost the performance of the company.

•Commercial, Conveyancing and Litigation advocates

• We will provide a capable team of advocates who are experts in the three main branches of laws. In addition we can advise and undertake ongoing work in these areas. We will also provide services on legal health checks with a view to highlight areas of concern or identify legal planning opportunities

• Keeping you current on legal developments • As part of our continuous communication with you, we will inform you of changes in Kenyan laws and any other legal requirements that are likely to have an impact on the company and industry.

Our Profile

•Agimba and Associates Advocates was registered on 18th November, 1999.

•We provide a comprehensive service founded on legal expertise and built around Clients’ needs and expectations.

•We draw our team from a wide base of skills and expertise at all levels of experience to merge technically correct legal advice with sound business sense.

•This commitment to strategically sound advice requires Agimba & Associates, Advocates to understand both the broader issues at stake and to have a thorough understanding of our Clients’ needs. Through balancing these two factors with legal expertise, we provide effective, appropriate and efficient advice to solve the challenges our Clients’ face.

•Agimba and Associates Advocates firm grasp of the local business environment and in depth understanding of Kenya’s intricate socio-political environment is significantly aided by diverse skills, interests and backgrounds of our team.

•The firm and its associates presently comprise 6 principal advocates and a support staff of 12. Our capabilities are further strengthened by strategic alliances with a wide panel of consultant experts including professionals in various fields, investigators, and research assistants from whom we draw a great deal of expertise and knowledge on a need to basis. We have associate firms around the country and East Africa.

•The extensive experience of our team results in a skilled, enthusiastic and innovative team, which sets us apart from our competitors.

•Our legal skills and commitment to integrity, excellence and hard work combined with our dedication to servicing the needs of our Clients, enables Agimba and Associates Advocates to fulfill and frequently exceed our Clients expectations. .

•High quality work and impeccable ethics in all our dealing with clients, colleagues and stakeholders characterize our values and culture. We combine this with a deliberately informal tone and a staff make up of dynamic rounded individuals with a positive attitude and lifestyle.

Our proposed teamWe have selected a strong legal team which is experienced, qualified and trained with the ability to deliver high quality legal representation and provide professional advice. Brief profiles of the key team members are included below.

We believe you set high performance standards for the professional advisor you select for the company, and will expect nothing less from your advocates than the best quality service. You need a team of advisors who can proactively use their cumulative knowledge of your industry to proactively address the issues you face.

We believe that importance of rotation of staff on legal assignments is paramount to maintain staff independence and provide work exposure and also encourage new ideas which are taken aboard. Our rotation policy is once every three years. However, to ensure that there is some continuity, the partner-in-charge rotates at different three year intervals from the rest of the team

Furthermore, wherever necessary, we draw upon the resources of specialists panel in all areas relevant.

Our Team Structure

Engagement PartnerThomas Agimba

Managing PartnerAnne Mugwere-Agimba

AdvocateLitigation/Conveyancing/Commercial

SUPPORT STAFF

SPECIFIC PRACTICE AREAS• LITIGATION• Defense against general claims• Debt collection and securities realization• Winding-up proceedings • Labour Law Litigation• Defense against specialist claims • Out of Court Negotiations with claimants • Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution

• COMMERCIAL • Incorporation of Companies, Business Names, Trusts, etc.• Company restructuring • Mergers and Acquisitions• Due diligences• Creation of Debentures• Intellectual Property• Employment law• Insolvency law• Retirement Benefits law• Capital Markets Law• Taxation law

• PROPERTY LAW/CONVEYANCING • Charge/Discharge of Charge • Mortgages/Redemption of Mortgages • Sectional Property law• Residential/Commercial Conveyancing• Leases• Chattel Mortgages • Building & Construction Contracts• Property sale & acquisition agreements• Property subdivisions & consolidations• Financial structuring of property transactions

WILLS AND TRUSTSPreparation Of Wills And Trust DeedsEstate PlanningEstate LitigationConsultingPublic Sector Pensions Work Place Pension ReformThe Range Of New Duties That Employers Will Have To Comply With Under The Reforms.How Employers And Pension Schemes Should Implement The Reforms In Respect Of Existing And New Pension Provision.The Administration Issues Employers And Pension Schemes Will Need To Consider.•Plan Governance And Fiduciary Obligations•Benefit Administration•Investment Matters, Including Contract Review And Compliance Opinions •Asset Transfers And Plan Mergers •Plan Terminations And Annuity Purchases•Pension And Benefit Issues In The Context Of Mergers, Acquisitions And Insolvencies•Negotiating And Drafting Contracts With Third Party Service Providers, Including Investment Advisors, Consultants, Custodians, Trustees And Others.•Plan Amendments, Including Compliance Amendments, Benefit Changes And Extraordinary Changes •Preparation And Review Of Employee Communications •Strategic Advice With Respect To Regulatory Examinations And Investigations•Representation Before Pension Regulatory Authorities And All Levels Of Court•Pension Tax Issues•Litigation