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Practical legal training that changes how teams work.

Training for in-house teams, HR, management and lawyers — built on real Kenyan scenarios and hands-on exercises, not lectures.

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Taught by practitioners

Led by the partners and lawyers who handle this work for clients every day.

Built on real scenarios

Exercises drawn from the questions Kenyan businesses actually face.

Plain language

Participants leave knowing what to do, and when to ask for help.

Certified completion

Course materials and an FMC certificate for every participant.

FOCUS AREAS

Five areas, tailored to your team.

Each programme runs in-house, online or as a webinar series, adapted to your sector and the people in the room.

  1. 01

    AI & Data Privacy

    For staff who handle personal data, and for leadership and legal teams adopting AI.

    Data controllers, processors and the ODPC · Handling personal data day to day · AI governance and responsible use · AI-assisted drafting and review for legal teams

  2. 02

    HR & Employment

    For HR teams, line managers and leadership.

    Contracts and HR policies · Fair performance and disciplinary processes · Terminations and redundancy · Executive mobility and work permits

  3. 03

    Anti-Money Laundering

    For compliance, finance and customer-facing teams in regulated sectors, including gaming and fintech.

    AML obligations in Kenya · Customer due diligence and KYC · Spotting and reporting suspicious activity · Record-keeping and internal controls

  4. 04

    Corporate Governance

    For boards, directors, company secretaries and family business owners.

    Directors' duties and board practice · Shareholder rights and agreements · Family business governance and succession · Statutory compliance

  5. 05

    Due Diligence & Risk

    For property, legal, finance and procurement teams who check land, companies and counterparties before committing.

    Property due diligence: title, searches, approvals and encumbrances · Company and counterparty checks, including beneficial ownership · Due diligence for acquisitions and investments · Spotting fraud and red flags · Reporting findings and allocating risk in the contract

TRAINING WE HAVE DELIVERED

Recent programmes.

A selection of in-house sessions, webinars and briefings led by our partners. Client organisations are described, not named.

  • IN-HOUSE · A HOSPITALITY BUSINESS

    Employment training for managers

    Three sessions for managers across two properties: good managerial practice, fair disciplinary hearings, and managing exits and post-employment risk.

  • PROGRAMME · LAWYERS AND IN-HOUSE TEAMS

    Identifying and allocating risk

    How to read a transaction for commercial, legal, professional and strategic risk, and how contracts allocate it, using real scenarios from off-plan sales, tokenised property, digital trade, family trusts and regulated sectors.

  • PANEL · BUSINESS OWNERS

    A Risky Affair? Guarantees and indemnities

    What guarantors and indemnifiers actually sign up for, their rights against the creditor, and how to limit exposure before agreeing to back someone else’s debt.

  • IN-HOUSE · A PROPERTY GROUP

    Data privacy and AI for business units

    Unit-by-unit sessions on how personal data moves through sales, leasing, facilities and marketing, and how to use AI tools without exposing client or tenant data.

  • PROGRAMME · PROPERTY BUYERS AND IN-HOUSE TEAMS

    Purchaser conveyancing controls

    The checks that protect a purchaser before money moves: searches, title verification, completion documents and fraud red flags.

  • WEBINAR · HR AND LEGAL LEADERS

    Executive mobility in African jurisdictions

    Immigration and work mobility across Africa: Fidel Mwaki led a cross-border panel with Primerio International’s in-country partners on work permits, tax residence and moving senior people across borders.

  • IN-HOUSE · A HEALTHCARE NETWORK

    Health data and patient privacy

    Patient confidentiality, consent, health data as sensitive personal data, DPIAs and the ODPC’s enforcement approach, tailored to clinical and administrative staff.

  • WEBINAR · KPDA MEMBERS

    Technology and data in the built environment

    How developers and property managers collect, use and share buyer and tenant data, and where the Data Protection Act bites in real estate.

  • PROGRAMME · COMMERCIAL, PROPERTY AND DISPUTES LAWYERS

    Practical AI prompting for lawyers

    AI-assisted drafting, analysis and review, with exercises on analysing matters, structuring opinions and keeping professional judgment in charge.

  • BRIEFINGS · AN INTERNATIONAL NGO AND A DESIGN CONSULTANCY

    The Data Protection Act and the employee’s role

    Staff briefings on consent, cross-border transfers, commercial use of data and what each employee must do to keep the organisation compliant.

SIGNATURE PROGRAMMES

Privacy and data protection compliance.

Our most requested data programme. We select the modules that fit your sector and your people, from a one-hour staff briefing to a full compliance workshop for management and data protection officers.

Every session draws on recent ODPC decisions, so participants see what non-compliance has actually cost Kenyan organisations.

DELIVERED WITH

Ai Kenya, our collaborator on AI training and events, and industry bodies including the Kenya Property Developers Association.

  1. 01Legal foundations of privacy and data protection
  2. 02The Data Protection Act, the GDPR and the ODPC
  3. 03Lawful grounds for processing
  4. 04Sensitive personal data
  5. 05The data protection principles
  6. 06Data subject rights and how to handle requests
  7. 07Valid consent
  8. 08Transfers of data out of Kenya
  9. 09The data lifecycle: collection to deletion
  10. 10Governance: privacy by design, DPIAs and records
  11. 11Data breach management and notification
  12. 12Automated decision-making and profiling
  13. 13Deploying AI in line with data protection law
  14. 14Contracts: data processing and sharing agreements
  15. 15Sector rules: health, finance, education and property

SIGNATURE PROGRAMMES

Managing people fairly.

A three-session programme for managers and supervisors, built around the decisions that most often end up before the Employment and Labour Relations Court.

Participants work through real scenarios, from the first conversation about performance to a disciplinary hearing and a clean exit, using templates they can take back to work.

LED BY

Diana Wariara, with associates from our Employment practice.

  1. SESSION 1

    Good managerial practices

    Onboarding that sets expectations · Supervision, KPIs and coaching · Healthy workplace communication · Fair and consistent governance · Employment records as a management tool

  2. SESSION 2

    Conducting a fair disciplinary hearing

    Substantive and procedural fairness under the Employment Act · Investigation and suspension · Notices to show cause and hearing notices · Running and minuting the hearing · Proportionate, reasoned decisions

  3. SESSION 3

    Managing the exit

    Notice and handover · Clearance, terminal dues and certificates of service · Confidentiality and post-employment risk · Lessons from Employment and Labour Relations Court decisions

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