Healthcare
Hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, medical-device manufacturers and digital-health platforms.
Understanding the healthcare operating environment.
Kenya's healthcare sector is professionalising rapidly. Regulatory bodies, the Data Protection Act and a maturing clinical-liability jurisprudence each demand more sophisticated counsel than the sector was previously asked to commission.
Hospital groups are consolidating, digital-health platforms are scaling into multi-country footprints, and pharmaceutical distribution is being restructured around regional manufacturing strategies. At the same time, NHIF reform, SHA implementation and tighter PPB oversight have raised the stakes of every commercial and regulatory decision.
We act for the operators, investors and clinicians inside that shift. Our work combines corporate, employment, data-protection and disputes capability so that clinical-governance, workforce and patient-data questions are answered together rather than in sequence, particularly when the matter is sensitive enough to demand absolute discretion.
- Licensing
- Clinical liability
- Data privacy
Opportunities we structure and protect.
How our practices serve this sector.
Corporate & Commercial
End-to-end counsel for the lifecycle of a modern African business.
EXPLOREEmployment Law
Workforce counsel for employers operating to global standards.
EXPLOREIntellectual Property
Securing, defending and commercialising the ideas that build businesses.
EXPLOREWhy healthcare clients choose us.
Partners leading this industry.
Margaret L. Kishoiyian
Partner. Combines a Master of Laws in Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy with strong commercial and advisory experience.
SEE FULL PROFILESector commentary and updates.
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The Employment Restructuring Playbook for 2026
How to run a fair, defensible restructuring under the Employment Act without ending up in the ELRC.
IP Enforcement Across African Markets: A Coordinated Strategy
Trademark, copyright and anti-counterfeiting actions only work when sequenced regionally. Here is how.
Sector questions, answered.
Do you advise on clinical-data flows under the Data Protection Act?+
Yes, including DPIAs, cross-border transfer mechanisms and incident response.
Can you handle medical-device licensing and distribution?+
Yes, including PPB engagement and cross-border commercial arrangements.
Do you defend clinical-liability claims?+
Yes, with the discretion expected of high-profile hospital groups, and with experience of running parallel regulatory, insurance and media workstreams when a matter becomes public.
Can you support hospital group consolidation and PPPs?+
Yes. We act for operators, investors and counties on transaction structuring, regulatory clearance and the workforce and clinical-governance integration that follows.
How do you advise digital-health platforms scaling regionally?+
We combine licensing, IP, data-protection and corporate capability so platforms can launch with a defensible commercial model rather than a stitched-together compliance overlay.
Talk to counsel who knows this sector.
Whether you require a confidential consultation or a free case evaluation, our partners are ready to listen.