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Islamic Finance

• Advised on and structured an Ijarah logbook financing facility which was the first-ever Shariah-compliant logbook financing product in the Kenya financial market for a major microfinance financial institution.
• Advised on and structured the first-ever Shariah-compliant Takaful (Insurance) Premium financing product (underpinned by the Shari’ah concept of Tawarruq) in the Kenya financial market for a major microfinance financial institution.
• Advised on and structured a Murabaha facility product being offered by a Canadian non-profit organization with a presence in Kenya to the Muslim community in Kenya to enable them to purchase assets from suppliers within and outside Kenya.

Finance

• Acted for a Polish entity in setting up Kenyan subsidiaries, that have invested in the digital and mobile finance and credit market in Kenya, and provided them with a wide spectrum of legal services, that is, setting up, regulatory and compliance, commercial, immigration, labour, capital raising legal advisory services, among others.
• Acted for a Latvian corporation owned by a Luxembourg entity with operations in over 15 countries around the world, in setting up Kenyan subsidiaries that have invested in the motor vehicle logbook finance and credit market in Kenya, as well as, regulatory and compliance, commercial, immigration, labour, capital raising legal advisory services, among others.
• Structured a loan syndication for a PE fund in the multi-billion-shilling acquisition of an international education institution with an expansive campus whose assets were securitized as collateral in the transaction.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Involved in the acquisition of a major Insurance Agency from a Pan-African Bank by the Bank’s parent company (which is listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange) as part of the group restructuring process.
• Involved in the acquisition of a controlling stake in an Asset Management firm by one of Africa’s top investment companies, in a transaction valued at over KES 1 Billion.
• Involved as lead counsel in the acquisition of a controlling stake in a major beverages company undertaking bottling and distribution for a global soft-drinks entity.
• Provision of legal due diligence services to a tier-one asset manager when it had sought to purchase a multi-billion Business Park from a Mauritian PE fund.

Energy Law

• Involved in the USD 500 Million investment and private placement transactions by one of Africa’s top investment companies in relation to its investment in a 1,000MW coal power project.
• Conducted legal due diligence and acted as transaction advisor (including negotiating the Steam Supply Agreement, EPC and O&M Contracts, and the Power Purchase Agreement) for an investment in a 140MW geothermal power project in Kenya.
• Handled the incorporation of a liquified petroleum gas (“LPG”) company, a subsidiary of a regional LPG giant, which entailed undertaking legal due diligence on properties to be acquired and amalgamated for construction of the LPG plant and offloading berth, overseeing topographical and bathymetric surveys on the properties, advising on applicable Kenyan standards and regulatory requirements including on LPG production and sale, procurement of business permits and Energy Regulatory Commission (“ERC”) licences, registrations, immigration and labour.

Aviation Law

• Involved in the discussions and providing legal advisory services on the long term leasing of Boeing 737-400 Freighter, 747-400 Freighter and Fokker F27- Mk 500 Freighter by a leading regional air freight and logistics player leading to the eventual acquisition of the aircrafts by the entity.
• Acted for a successful leasing company, a subsidiary of a listed PE entity, in relation to a purchase of an aircraft by leasing company jointly with a Kenyan bank and subsequent leasing of the aircraft to a client of leasing company by way of a finance lease.

Corporate Governance Audits

• Acted as lead counsel in the conducting of a corporate governance audit of a multi-national financial services group and its three subsidiaries comprising of a life assurance subsidiary, a general insurance subsidiary, and an asset management subsidiary.

Private Equity

• Lead counsel in a debt-equity mix USD 2 Million investment by a Luxembourg headed PE fund in a major meat packing and related products entity conducting legal due diligence on the investee, setting up of a Mauritian special purpose vehicle (“SPV”), and preparing and negotiating investment and shareholders agreements.

Mining and Extractive Resources

• Counsel in charge of legal matters for Africa’s largest soda ash manufacturer, providing a wide range of transactional legal advisory services and support to its management team; procurement; operations, infrastructure and technical; ICT and communications; human resource; and finance departments.

Media, Entertainment, Film and Arts

• Involved as counsel representing the interests of the Kenyan film industry in the discussions around the review and proposed repeal of the Films and Plays Act, Cap 222 of the laws of Kenya to be replaced by a new industry-led Film Bill; and a new omnibus Creative Economy Bill encompassing the entire creative industry in Kenya.
• Retained by a celebrated multi-disciplinary arts collective based in Nairobi that has created critically acclaimed films and other works in music, fashion, visual arts and literature; and its associate Fund, Africa’s first business fund of its kind that invests in East Africa’s creative entrepreneurs, providing a wide range of transactional legal advisory services and support to their management team; artists, procurement; operations, ICT; human resource; and finance departments.

Public-Private Partnerships

• Involved in the provision of legal services as part of a consortium comprising of both local and international service providers with a special mandate to carry out a feasibility study and undertake legal due diligence on a Kenya Vision 2030 Public-Private Partnership Project to develop an international convention and exhibition centre on 83 acres of land.

Project Development, Real Estate and Conveyancing

• Involved in structuring a gated development community with 470 units and negotiating the terms of a joint venture partnership between the landowner and a real estate company as well as the terms of contracts with the project developer, tax consultants, surveyors and architects.
• Involved in the undertaking of legal due diligence and acquisition of multiple high-value properties including an established high-end business park in Nairobi, an international school in Karen, an island in Lake Naivasha, a commercial property in Hurlingham, 150 acres of land in Nanyuki for the development of a tourist resort, as well as multiple residential properties and holiday homes.

Funds

• Involved in structuring three funds (an income property fund, a private equity fund and a property development fund) for a major investment company and drafting the relevant documentation to facilitate incorporation and management of their special purpose vehicles.
• Involved in advising a tier-one asset manager in setting up of two property development funds, two income property funds and one private equity fund which involved the structuring of the funds (both legal and tax), relevant documentation to facilitate incorporation and management of their special purpose vehicles and provision of legal and tax advice throughout the process.

Competition

• Successfully undertook an application seeking exclusion in respect of regulatory requirements in a transaction entailing the acquisition of a Kenyan investment company by a Mauritian entity.
• Successfully negotiated the terms of an acquisition of an agribusiness entity.
• Involved in the take-over of seven branches of one of the then top four supermarket chains in Kenya by the then second-biggest supermarket chain in Kenya, a transaction that required applying to the Competition Authority of Kenya’s (“CAK”) to approve the deal.
• Involved in the successful acquisition of a controlling stake in the biggest soft drinks bottling company in East Africa by a listed PE entity from a state development bank, making the bottling company a subsidiary of the PE entity, whereby CAK approved the acquisition with no conditions.