From contracts to governance, we help growing businesses put stronger legal foundations under their commercial activity — reviewing agreements before they're signed, not after a dispute forces the question.
Growth-stage businesses reach a point where informal, ad hoc handling of commercial matters stops being sustainable. A commercial relationship carries legal implications from the moment it's entered into, whether or not those implications are visible to the business at the time.
We provide senior commercial legal judgment applied early, at the point of decision, rather than reactive input after a dispute has already emerged — without necessarily requiring a full-time General Counsel.
Scope includes: Contract structuring and review · partnership and supplier agreements · liability and risk allocation · commercial negotiations
Who this is for
Growth-stage SMEs signing supplier, partnership or customer contracts, and international businesses structuring commercial terms in Kenya for the first time.
Typical situations
- Reviewing or negotiating a supplier or partnership agreement
- Structuring liability and risk allocation before signing
- Preparing for a commercial negotiation with a new counterparty
What the engagement is designed to produce
The decision
The business is about to sign, renegotiate or operationalise a commercial relationship whose liability, termination or performance terms matter.
The work
Gallant reviews the commercial objective, tests the legal position, identifies negotiation priorities and agrees the document or advisory work required.
The outputs
- A marked-up or revised agreement where included in scope
- A concise risk and negotiation-issues summary
- A decision record identifying open points, owners and next actions
The intended result
The business can decide with known trade-offs and a contract that reflects the commercial position it intends to take.
Book a consultation with the proposed agreement, decision deadline and commercial objective in mind.
Experience connected to this service
These are experience credentials, not promises of a particular result. Every instruction is assessed on its own facts, law and scope.
In-house commercial perspective
Her prior roles include legal work at Telkom Kenya and KCB Bank Kenya, alongside private-practice experience.
Relevant to clients who need advice that can be implemented inside a real operating business.
Complex financing experience
Her transactional experience includes advising on a USD 10 million IFC-backed financing transaction.
Relevant to investment, financing and commercial decisions that require disciplined review and coordinated execution.
Talk to Gallant before you make the decision
Not only after something goes wrong. If this touches your situation, we're glad to talk it through.