O'Bang Law

22/04/2026

Let us meet at Nairobi, Kenya, this April! Ombo Malumbe will represent O'Bang Law during AVCA - The African Private Capital Association's Annual AVCA Conference & VC Summit next week. Ombo will be happy to network and discuss foundational transactional insights as O'Bang Law's ALFAI network expands across seven African countries.

23/03/2026

Looking for a new venture? Join our Litigation & ADR Team to explore new opportunities. O'Bang Law is a regional law firm with a global footprint in over 60 countries. O'Bang Law is a proactive law firm focused on providing strategic legal solutions tailored to current and future client needs. The firm specializes in strategic litigation and alternative dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law, property and banking law, and strategic legal consultancy. With expertise in areas such as corporate governance, government licenses, intellectual property, environmental law, and mergers and acquisitions, the firm serves local and international clients from China, India, the UK, the United States, Germany, South Africa, and beyond. O'Bang Law prides itself on efficient service delivery and fostering strong relationships with its diverse clientele.

26/01/2026

O'Bang Law's FinTech services, covering regulatory compliance and license acquisition, have been highly beneficial to the law firm's esteemed Clients, resulting in the law firm being ranked by Chambers & Partners (FinTech 2026). Our awareness of Client expectations, and provision of preemptive and preventive legal strategies that have advanced our Clients' interests to ensure business continuity.

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08/12/2025

O'Bang Law steps onto the scene!

We are delighted to share that O'Bang Law (Ong'anya Ombo Advocates LLP) has been recognised by the recent Chambers and Partners ranking for FinTech Legal 2026, whereby we are ranked under FinTech Legal 2026 (Band 3).

We are thankful to our clients, team, and colleagues for their roles in enabling us to achieve this milestone.

Chambers FinTech identifies the leading payments, blockchain, cyber security and data protection specialists globally, offering an invaluable resource for start-up and scale-up FinTech businesses, incumbent tech and financial services firms, and PE/VC investors in the sector.

Read more about our FinTech Practice: https://obang.law/practice-areas/banking-financial-services/

Read more about our Blockchain & Digital Assets Practice: https://obang.law/practice-areas/blockchain-digital-assets/

11/11/2025

The article explains how property developers acquire land in Kenya: perform due diligence (official, physical, historical searches), ensure land rent and taxes are cleared, obtain permits and NCA approvals, complete transfer and registration, pay stamp duty, and observe zoning rules; foreign investors are limited to 99-year leaseholds under Kenyan law.

Insights Property Developer: Purchasing of Land to Develop October 17, 2025 Introduction. A citizen of Kenya can possess land under the freehold or leasehold tenure system. A foreign investor is restricted to a leasehold interest only for a maximum of 99 years, but under freehold, the land interest....

21/10/2025

Ong'anya Ombo Advocates LLP is proud to be ranked by ITR World Tax 2026: Tier 3 in Tax Controversy and Active in General Corporate Tax. Our Tax & Financial Reporting practice has previously secured a KES 1.4B audit resolution in three months and recovered multimillion VAT and Drawback refunds from Kenya Revenue Authority and continues to offer strategic, compliant advocacy for complex tax disputes.

20/08/2025

We are honoured to host a distinguished delegation from Hunan Province, China, at our Nairobi office through Kilimall, our valued long-term corporate client, which establishes the consistency and reliability of our cooperation.

During their visit, we had a meaningful discussion about a market sector valued at about US$2.5 billion in Kenya alone, excluding the East African Community Partner States. This conversation projects Kenya's strategic position and its role as a gateway to East Africa and parts of Central Africa.

We explored how to work together to create a safe, transparent, and easy process for new market entrants to access the Kenyan market by improving safe investor entry through partnerships that support business growth and scalability. Ideally, this is the main goal for all stakeholders.

This underscores our October 2024 presentation to Changsha's China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), where we presented on cutting-edge insights into Kenyan investment and trade-related subjects to audiences including entrepreneurs, judges, lawyers, and legal professionals in China.

We appreciate the insights shared by our guests and our team, which helped facilitate such a productive conversation.

Team: Ombo Malumbe and Faith Ngarama

21/07/2025

O'Bang Law has been shortlisted by ITR World Tax in four categories of its tax awards for the Kenyan jurisdiction. Over the years, O'Bang Law has expanded its range of legal services, including the handling of both contentious and non-contentious tax matters at both local and cross-border levels. We are excited by and thankful for the steadfast support from our team and Clients.

Ombo Malumbe, Partner, said, “It is a positive development for O’Bang Law’s team and a clear reflection of our Clients' needs being fulfilled. It is our long-term plan to further enhance our Clients' tax-related interests in and outside Kenya.”

16/07/2025

On June 28, 2025, we, in collaboration with Audi Fun Club, KE, visited Kakunga Primary School, located in Kakamega County, Kenya, approximately 400 kilometres from O'Bang Law's office in Nairobi, Kenya.

We participated in a tree-planting event, followed by a warm welcome from the School Administration, Local Administration, and Pupils at Kakunga Primary School. Thereafter, O'Bang Law donated various new sports equipment and merchandise that will be used for football, netball, and volleyball. The sports equipment and merchandise we donated include football jerseys, handball jerseys, branded volleyball jerseys, soccer boots, long socks, club soccer balls (FIFA Standard), volleyball balls, handball balls, shin pads, agility ladder, goalkeeper gloves, sports bids, among other things, and offered to take up a maximum of five needy cases that affect the pupils in terms of pro bono Court representation.

12/06/2025

We are excited to collaborate with on its annual Charity Drive, whereby the members of the Audi Fun Club contribute to society in the best way they can. This year, the beneficiary of the Charity Drive is Kakunga Primary School, based in Malava Constituency in Kakamega County.

The journey to live and survive in society has various pivotal moments. By collaborating with Audi Fun Club (Kenya) on its Charity Drive, we believe we may positively impact a child’s journey towards achieving personal goals as one progresses through various milestones.

07/05/2025

Data Privacy, unlike various areas of law, has proven to be rapidly evolving. This has resulted in regulatory authorities taking measures to ensure they are up to speed with the most current developments, which requires data controllers and processors to always be on the lookout to reduce exposure to various statutory penalties or lawsuits.

ALFA International - The Global Legal Network presents the latest developments on Data Privacy in Bahrain, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Kuwait, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.

To read about Data Privacy in the countries highlighted above, please access this link: https://www.alfainternational.com/home/the-latest-developments-in-data-privacy-across-african-middle-eastern-countries/

28/04/2025

Brian Ong'anya and Ombo Malumbe were first-year law students in 2012 when they came up with the idea of establishing a law firm together. They launched in May 2018 with their parents’ support. They had zero clients then, and so they decided to cast their net wide. They did not have the luxury of specialising in one area. Ultimately, this has ended up shaping them as a full-service law firm.

Read more on Business Daily: https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/sponsored/-intellectual-property-law-and-what-o-bang-law-offers-5018258

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