SKC Advocates LLP brings a distinctive perspective to construction and engineering disputes. Two of the Firm’s founding partners have a combined over 30 years’ professional experience in the built environment as Quantity Surveyors, giving them deep technical insight into project economics, risk allocation, and construction realities. This dual legal and technical foundation enables us to identify issues early, assess claims rigorously, and pursue strategies that align with both contractual and commercial objectives
We advise and represent clients in complex disputes arising from major infrastructure, energy, transport, and industrial projects in Kenya and across the region. Acting for employers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, developers, state agencies, and financiers, we provide end-to-end support from pre-contract risk planning through dispute resolution and project close-out.
Our practice covers claims relating to delay and disruption, defects, variations, acceleration, loss and expense, and termination. We routinely handle technically sophisticated disputes involving Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers, and other experts, including matters under standard and bespoke construction contracts, such as FIDIC-based arrangements. We represent clients in domestic and international arbitration, adjudication, dispute boards, mediation, and negotiated settlements, as well as in the enforcement or challenge of arbitral awards before Kenyan courts .
We also act in construction and commercial litigation before the Courts and specialised tribunals, including procurement disputes, regulatory and land-related challenges, injunctive relief, and urgent applications affecting project continuation or termination. Complementing our disputes practice, we advise on contract drafting and negotiation, risk allocation, claims management, dispute avoidance, and regulatory compliance across environmental, procurement, land, energy, PPP, and infrastructure frameworks.
Our approach integrates legal expertise with practical construction knowledge to deliver timely, cost-effective solutions that protect project delivery, cash flow, and long-term commercial interests.
