About Us

“Africa will never develop if we continue to elect thieves, hyenas, and buffoons into leadership.”

Professor PLO Lumumba

Introduction

GEM Advocates is a modern and innovative business law firm that strives to meet the ever changing, unique and diverse needs of our clients hence clearly ear-marking us as “the preferred corporate firm of choice”. Our philosophy is always to strive to add value to the transactions/briefs on which we work by being more than just providers of legal advice.

Our multi-disciplinary team of lawyers including the (5) five partners and 2 (two) Consultants have skillset and experience in areas of Mining and Natural Resources Law, Banking and Finance, Construction Law, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Project Finance, International trade, Employment and Employee Benefits, Corporate Governance and Advisory, Tax, Real Estate, Intellectual Property.

The practice competes successfully with the largest and best firms in the market in its areas of expertise, supported by the previous experience of its lawyers who worked at top law firms in the city, and top fin-tech firms in the Industry. The Partners have developed skills and experience that enable us to deliver high quality work in a timely manner with high level of professionalism.

Core Values

Team Work

We capitalize on the creativity, energy, and passion that working together creates. Working together creates a more enriching work environment and generates better results.

Excellence

We always strive to be the best in everything we do. We improve our performance continually and stress the importance of quality and productivity.

Accountable

Holding ourselves accountable for results is a reflection of our personal commitment to our mission.

Solutions, Not Blame

Blame has no place in a high-performance organization. We fix mistakes by focusing on solutions, not on whose fault it was. We use these situations to learn, and we apply that learning by improving our processes to reduce the likelihood of repeating the mistake.

Innovative

We exist in an ever-changing world where the needs of our clients and our business never stay the same. We are always coming up with new ideas and new methods.

Integrity

We are not willing to violate our identity at any cost.

How we make it happen

Our Approach

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Corporate Restructuring Advisory

We routinely advise on corporate restructuring and tax planning matters, represent borrowers and lenders in bank and private financing and equity offerings, and advise buyers and sellers in real estate and corporate asset purchases. Our lawyers, are well-versed in the tax implications of corporation strategies at different stages of maturity.

Navigating Business Complexities

Businesses trust GEM Advocates to handle their corporate transactions and navigate business complexities because our lawyers understand business, we get deals done and we take our clients’ business personally. Our seasoned business and corporate lawyers have extensive experience guiding companies through a wide range of business transactions and corporate governance issues, from simple contracts to sophisticated multi-party mergers and asset sales. We regularly counsel entrepreneurs, family business owners, private and publicly held corporations, and local, regional and national businesses.

Personalized Client Engagement

At GEM Advocates, we take a personal approach to every client engagement. Our lawyers invest the time to learn our clients’ business and industry so that we can proactively offer sound advice and effective planning strategies throughout the development and evolution of our client’s business. As a result of the trusted relationships we build with clients, many businesses come to utilize our firm as their outside general counsel. Moreover, several have asked our lawyers to join their corporate advisory boards, to regularly attend board of directors’ meetings, or in some cases to set regular office hours at the client’s operational headquarters. This personal approach to our clients’ business fosters long-standing client relationships.

Minimizing Risk to Enable Progress

Our clients expect not only sound advice, but also valuable results. Our attorneys have an impressive track record for consistently closing business deals. While other business lawyers focus too heavily on the elimination of risk and ultimately “kill the deal” with delays or concerns, our lawyers help clients understand and minimize risk to an acceptable level so that the deal can close and business can progress. Our creative solutions enable our clients to operate their businesses, remain competitive, and achieve success so they can feel confident and assured.