Protecting Intellectual Assets, Strengthening Market Position
Swanyalaw Advocates is widely recognized as a leading firm in intellectual property law in Kenya, providing strategic and client-focused legal solutions that protect and enhance the value of intangible assets. We are committed to helping innovators, creators, and businesses secure their rights while leveraging them for commercial growth.
Our expertise covers patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, trade secrets, plant breeders’ rights, and utility models. We offer end-to-end support in registration, enforcement, and commercialization through key regulatory bodies such as KIPI, KECOBO, KEPHIS, and ARIPO, ensuring that our clients’ intellectual property is effectively protected both locally and regionally.
- Our Services
Efficient Execution & Seize Opportunities
Intellectual Property Law
At Swanyalaw Advocates, we help clients protect, manage, and enforce their intellectual property rights. Our services include trademark and copyright registration, patent protection, licensing, and dispute resolution. We ensure that creative works, innovations, and brand assets are legally safeguarded, giving our clients the confidence to grow and compete in an innovation-driven marketplace.
Technology, Media and Telecommunications
We provide legal solutions at the intersection of technology, media, and communications. Our team advises on regulatory compliance, licensing, digital platforms, broadcasting rights, e-commerce, and data protection. By combining industry insight with legal expertise, we support clients in leveraging emerging opportunities in the fast-evolving digital and media landscape.
Cybersecurity Law
With the rising risks of cyber threats and data breaches, Swanyalaw Advocates offers legal support to help organizations strengthen their cybersecurity frameworks. We advise on compliance with data protection regulations, risk management strategies, and incident response planning. Our goal is to minimize liability, protect sensitive information, and ensure business continuity in a digital-first economy.
Asset Allocation
We assist individuals, families, and businesses in structuring asset ownership and allocation strategies that align with their long-term objectives. Our services include advisory on trusts, succession planning, investments, and wealth distribution to ensure that assets are protected, efficiently managed, and transferred smoothly to future generations.
We provide strategic, transformational, and technical offerings in risk and compliance
- How We Work
Our approach
Strategic Protection Across All IP Domains
We expertly navigate Kenya’s IP landscape and regional frameworks, ensuring robust protection in patents, trademarks, copyrights, utility models, and traditional knowledge. Our practice aligns with global standards such as TRIPS and ARIPO protocols, combining local insight with international best practice to safeguard your creative and innovative assets.
Kenya-Rooted, Globally Informed
Grounded in Kenya’s constitutional IP protections and evolving legal regime, we balance thorough familiarity with domestic laws and regulatory agencies alongside a sophisticated understanding of international IP norms—strengthening your position locally and across borders.
Commercially Minded Counsel
Recognizing IP as a vital business asset, we support brand strategy, licensing, technology transfers, franchising, and R&D collaborations—helping you monetize intellectual property while maintaining legal rigor and market relevance.
