Corporate & Secretarial Services

 

Otiang`a Owiti & Company Advocates (OO&Co.) in partnership with associate agencies offers a comprehensive company secretarial service for local companies. Our Corporate Services Practice specialises in providing company secretarial services, governance, advisory and compliance audit services, and other specialised corporate services in Kenya.

 

We draw on our knowledge of the local business environment and in-depth understanding of the socio-political climate to advise clients on a wide range of matters and thus our services offered include

1. all standard compliance requirements including convening and management of shareholders annual general meetings
2. preparing and filing all relevant statutory returns and notifications at the Companies Registry.
3. Tailored secretarial services such as conversions of private companies to non-private and vice versa
4. compliance reviews to ensure that corporate records and filings are up to date.
5. entity set-up and entity dissolution
6. governance audits, governance advisory and training
7. board evaluation, corporate trustee and administration and escrow agent services.

 

We have extensive experience in dealing with various regulatory bodies in East Africa including the Registrar of Companies, the Capital Markets Authority, the Nairobi Securities Exchange, the Central Depositories and Settlement Corporation (CDSC), the Central Banks, sector regulators, and the local tax authorities.