Practice

Private Wealth & Family

Continuity for families and the enterprises they built.

Practice lead

We advise founders and families on succession, trusts, philanthropy and family governance, and on the sensitive disputes that sometimes follow. We plan in generations, not quarters.

How we help

01Succession and estate planning
02Trusts and foundations
03Family governance and constitutions
04Philanthropy
05Contentious probate
06Family office structuring

Representative experience

Three generations

Family governance and trust structure

A founding manufacturing family

Designed a family constitution, trust and holding structure that secured a smooth succession across three generations.

Private Wealth & Family·Agribusiness·2025

Key contacts

Catherine Mbithe Mwende

Partner

Real Estate & Land · Nairobi

Joseph Mutua Musyoka

Partner

Private Wealth & Family · Nairobi

Insights

Perspective 19 May 2026

The quiet risk in family enterprise: succession without structure

Most family businesses do not fail in the market. They fail in the transition. Governance is the remedy.

Joseph Mutua Musyoka 7 min read

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