African Legal Awards 2018: Property and Construction Team of the Year: Bowmans

Finalists: Aluko & Oyebode; Anjarwalla & Khanna (highly commended); MMC Africa Law; PLMJ, Law Firm (highly commended); STBB – Smith Tabatha Buchanan Boyes

The creation of a brand-new modern city in Kenya helped land Bowmans the Property and Construction Team of the Year award.

The Tatu City development, part of Kenya's Vision 2030 economic transformation programme, is designed to ease congestion and pressure on resources in the capital Nairobi, and provide industry with efficient road routes to Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bowmans advised the developer Rendeavour on the project, which involved a complex series of transactions with multiple stakeholders and construction firms working on different elements of the development, such as residential and commercial property, and infrastructure. That meant drafting and negotiating various agreements, and establishing local utility companies to provide power, water and sanitation.