The Thomson Reuters Foundation and BowmansKenya are thrilled to be hosting a pro bono legal workshop and networking event for social enterprises in Nairobi. Given our valued relationship with your amazing social enterprise, we thought it prudent to invite you to this first of its type workshop in Nairobi and give you the opportunity to interact with one of Africa’s best legal firms – free of charge!

This interactive workshop will explore some of the main corporate and commercial law issues encountered by social enterprises in Kenya. All participating social enterprises will receive high-level, preliminary insight on one or more of the following areas of common legal issues: corporate governance and structuring, intellectual property, commercial agreements and employment law.

TrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono service that connects NGOs and social enterprises to top law firms around the world to provide them with free legal advice and assistance. TrustLaw is the largest pro bono service provider in the world with a growing network of almost 4,000 NGOs and social enterprises, and 650 law firms across 175 countries.

Coulson Harney LLP, trading under Bowmans, is a Pan-African law firm.  Its track record of providing specialist legal services, both domestically and across borders, in the fields of corporate, banking and finance and dispute resolution is unmatched. Bowmans looks for opportunities to make the biggest impact and for the effects of the firm’s pro bono work to ripple through the communities it serves to the heart of vital societal problems. The firm helps non-profit organisations so that they in turn can help others. It collaborates with various organisations to assist small businesses and start-ups.  With six offices in four African countries and over 400 specialised lawyers, Bowmansis differentiated by its geographical reach and the quality of legal services the firm provides.

The workshop would be followed by a brief networking session over refreshments.

Please RSVP as soon as possible – participation is strictly limited.