Bowmans (Coulson Harney)

 

Coulson Harney LLP (Bowmans Kenya), founded in 2008, is a full corporate and commercial law firm providing legal advice and transaction services to a wide range of international and local clients in Kenya. We have 26 partners and directors and over 70 lawyers with qualifications and work experience drawn from private legal practice and both the public and private sectors in Kenya, the United Kingdom and Australia.

We are part of Bowmans, an international legal practice comprising Coulson Harney LLP (Kenya), Bowmans (Mauritius) Limited (Mauritius), Koep & Partners (Bowmans Namibia), Bowman Gilfillan Incorporated (South Africa), Bowmans Tanzania Limited (Tanzania) and B & M Legal Practitioners (Zambia). 

All six firms trade under the ‘Bowmans’ brand name, while still retaining their legal identities.  We work closely with our alliance firms, Aman & Partners LLP, in Ethiopia, and Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, in Nigeria and our best friends in Mozambique (Taciana Peão Lopes & Advogados Associados). We also have strong relationships with other leading law firms across the rest of Africa.

We are highly ranked in major international legal directories such as Chambers Global (Tier 1), Legal 500 (Tier 1) and IFLR1000 (Top Tier). We have also earned several accolades such as Chambers Africa Awards, 2025: Law Firm of the Year: Kenya, Gold Category from the World Trademark Review (WTR) 2024, East Africa Venture Capital Association’s (EAVCA’s) Legal Advisor of the Year Award, 2024 and Africa Law Firm of the Year (Large Practice) by Africa Legal Awards 2024.


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Bowmans (Coulson Harney)
www.bowmanslaw.com

Address
5th Floor, West Wing, ICEA Lion Centre Riverside Park, Chiromo Road, Nairobi
Kenya
+254 20 289 9000

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