Establishment of representative
offices for amongst
others Commonwealth Development
Corporation (CDC),
ACTIS, Rolls Royce, Huawei
Development Limited,
HSBC, Equator Bank, Woodside
Petroleum, Star Petroleum,
IBM, African Lakes.
Incorporation
of many Kenyan companies
including De La Rue
Security, Engen Kenya,
Vodafone Kenya, AIG Investment
Company East Africa Limited,
Pfizer Kenya and establishment
of EPZ operations.
Acting
for the promoters and
developers of several
multi-national hotels.
Acting
for International Finance
Corporation (‘IFC’)
in connection with its
investment in and Establishing
K-Rep Bank Limited as
Kenya’s
first micro-finance bank
and corporatising various
micro finance enterprises,
including K-Rep Bank
Limited, Faulu Kenya & Care
International.
Advising
in connection with
the Kenyan implications
of the de-merger and
reconstruction of Lonrho
PLC, including undertaking
the very extensive Kenyan
legal due diligence in
preparation for the London
listing of Lonrho Africa
plc. Also acting for
various Lonrho companies
in Kenya on a wide
variety of matters.
Acting in
respect of a formation
of a very large property
company for the ownership
of land by its shareholders.
Advising upon and drafting
the terms of the Shareholders
Agreement and Articles
of Association of the
property company.
Legal
Advisers to Woodside
Petroleum of Australia,
holders of a majority
of Kenya’s
Offshore Petroleum
exploration licences.
Acting as
legal advisors in relation
to a wide range of
corporate and commercial
matters for many companies
including several listed
on the Nairobi Stock
Exchange, including Barclays
Bank of Kenya, BOC, British
American Insurance Company,
CFAO Group, CFC Bank,
CMC Motors Group, D
T Dobie and Company
(Kenya) Limited, Diamond
Trust Bank, Exel Contract
Logistics, Exel Holdings,
Huawei Telecommunications,
Investment Promotion
Services, Jubilee Insurance,
Kenya Commercial Bank,
Lafarge Group, National
Industrial Credit Bank
(NIC), Old Mutual,
Safaricom Limited,
SDV Transami, Standard
Chartered Bank, Total
Kenya and Tourism Promotion
Services.
Acting
for a number of large
financial institutions
dealing extensively
with land and associated
securities for example
Housing Finance Company
of Kenya, East African
Building Society, Kenya’s
largest residential Mortgage
Lenders, various
life insurance companies,
such as Old Mutual
Insurance Company Ltd
and Jubilee Insurance,
lending on mortgages
and many major banks
and financial institutions
and pension funds including
international lending
and foreign investment
agencies including CDC
Capital Partners , DEG,
ECGD, Exim Bank, FMO,
IFC,OPIC.
Acting as consultants for KPMG on their detailed review of the financial and legal affairs of the Kenya Electricity Generation Company in respect of a financing project.
Establishing Employee Share Ownership plans for both Safaricom Limited and Scangroup Limited.
Acting for Virgin Atlantic Airways on their establishment of operations in Kenya.
Acting for Renaissance Capital on the establishment of an Investment Bank in Kenya.
Acting
for Vodafone Group
Limited in relation to
its joint venture with
Telkom Kenya into Safaricom
Limited, Kenya’s
first mobile telecommunications
License.
Acting for Beverage
Services Kenya Limited
on the establishment
of a new joint venture
between various Kenyan
Coca Cola bottlers, advising
upon and drafting the
terms of the share subscription
and shareholders agreement
and new articles of
the joint venture company.
Acting
for Howse and McGeorge
Limited, a major pharmaceutical
business in Kenya in
connection with the disposal
of its pharmaceutical
business and the establishment
of a joint venture company
for the running of
the business, re-structuring
of securities following
the disposal of the
business to the joint
venture company.
Acting
for the Tamarind Group
on the establishment
of a joint venture company
for the operation of
a restaurant, preparing
of the Shareholder Agreements,
Article of Association
and other supplementary
agreements related
to the joint venture.
Acting
on the following Mergers:-
Mergers
of Glaxo Kenya with
Welcome Kenya;
Merger of Pfizer
Laboratories with
Warner Lambert;
Merger of the
Heritage Insurance
Company with Africa
International Insurance
Company;
Merger of Ambank
with NIC Bank;
Merger of Commerce
Bank Limited with
Girobank Limited;
Merger of Universal
Bank with Paramount
Bank.
Acting
for Vodafone Group in
relation to its investment
into Safaricom, Kenya’s
first mobile telecommunication
licensee and the subsequent
Bond Issues by Safaricom,
Kenya’s
largest listed CEMTN programme.
Advising Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (a trans-national bank), on the establishment of their operations in Kenya and advising EABS Bank Limited (a domestic bank) on its sale of shares to Ecobank Transnational Incorporated.
Advising Lafarge Group in relation to proposed Joint Venture between Bamburi Cement and East African Portland Cement Company.
Acting on behalf of EABS Bank Ltd. in respect of their acquisition of East African Building Society.
Advising
Coca-Cola Sabco Limited
on its acquisition
of various bottling companies.
Acting
for the Seaboard Corporation
in its strategic investment
in the Unga Group of
Companies.
Acting
for Commonwealth Development
Corporation on its
acquisition of The Junction.
Acting
for CFAO S.A. on its
acquisition of D. T.
Dobie (Kenya) Limited.
Acting for Barclays
Bank Bank of Kenya
on its acquisition of
the Barclaytrust Custodian
Business.
Acting
for Old Mutual Asset
Managers on the acquisition
of the Barclaytrust Fund
Management Business.
Acting
on the disposals
of the closed life funds
of the Pearl, Norwich
Union, Legal & General
and Prudential Insurance
Companies.
Acting for Industrial
Promotion Services
(IPS) Group subsidiary
in the acquisition of
Farmers Choice Limited
a major producer and
supplier of meat products
in Kenya.
Acting
for a major petroleum
company on an acquisition
of assets.
Acting on a number
of share sales involving
the disposal of property
companies.
Carrying out
all requisite corporate
and asset due diligence
and providing requisite
legal opinions.
Acting for Safaricom Limited on the acquisition of One Communications Limited.
Acting for and advising Telkom South Africa Limited on their bid for Shares in Telkom Kenya Limited.
Advising Agility Logistics Limited on its acquisition of Star Freight Logistics Limited.
Advising Karuturi Networks Limited on their successful takeover of the Sher group of companies - one of the biggest rose farms in the world.
Advising IPS on their investment in Botanical Extracts EPZ Limited.
Kenyan
Legal Advisors to International
Finance Corporation (IFC),
Common Wealth Development
Corporation (‘CDC’)
and DEG, the lenders to
the Tsavo Power Company
Kenya’s
first IFC Project financed
Independent Power Project
(Kipevu II).
Kenyan
legal advisors to the
lenders to the proposed
project financing of
the Lanet and Eldoret
Power Projects.
Acting
for CDC and DEG in
the project financed
development of the Nairobi
Airport Regional Cargo
Centre and its subsequent
disposal.
Safaricom
Limited Advising upon
and drafting the terms
of a Project Finance
Agreement for the development
of a turnkey building
for Safaricom Limited
and acting for Kenya
Commercial Bank in connection
with the financing thereof.
Establishment
for UK’s
Department For International
Development (DFID)
of the Financial Sector
Development Trust.
Advising the World
Bank on the project
implementation plan for
the Kenya Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises
Competitiveness Project.
Acting for IFC on its
agreements to provide
loan financing and funding
to Co-operative Societies
and banks including
Kenya Commercial Bank,
for the purpose of financing
Photovoltaic based energy
services in Kenya, preparing
the securities and ancillary
documentation in connection
with the implementation
of the Project.
Acting
for CFC Bank Limited
in relation to its
U.S. Dollars line of
credit from the African
Development Bank and
provision of associated
legal opinion.
Acting
for CDC and DEG in
the project financed
development of the Nairobi
Airport Regional Cargo
Centre and its subsequent
disposal.
Undertaking
Project Financing
of various hotel and
other development projects.
Acting
for many Kenyan Banks
and financial institutions
in connection with
banking securities
Providing
Banks advice on Kenyan
Law aspects of various
types of financial
derivative transactions.
Acting for Safaricom Ltd. on their K.Shs. 10 billion refinancing loan, Kenya's largest private sector refinancing.
Acting for Scangroup Limited in respect of its IPO and group restructuring, preparation of prospectus for public offer for sale and listing on the NSE, preparation of all documents for the restructuring of Scangroup and its subsidiaries, undertaking full due diligence on the group.
Acting for BOC Kenya Ltd. in advising on all legal issues in respect of their proposed takeover of Carbacid Investments Ltd. Advising in the regulatory process to be followed, drafting all documents to be issued and served in respect of the proposed takeover.
Acting for Vodafone and Safaricom on its CEMTN issue and listing on the NSE and associated ECA facility, the largest and first listed in Kenya.
Acting
for Vodafone and Safaricom
in relation to Safaricom’s
listing of Credit Enhanced
Medium Term Notes on
the NSE (the largest
and first listed in
Kenya) and the associated
Export Credit Facilities.
First
Kenyan IPO and NSE listing
of a London Stock Exchange
listed company, African
Lakes Corporation plc
and various corporate
acquisitions for African
Lakes
Legal
audit and preparation
for privatisation and
subsequent IPO floatation
of Kenya Airways, including
the negotiation of the
Strategic Investor Agreements,
still ranked as the leading
example of an African
Privatisation.
Acting
for East African Portland
Cement Limited on Nairobi’s
first publicly traded
rights issue
Acting
for Standard Newspapers
Group in respect of its
Rights Issue.
Acting
for of Barclays Bank
of Kenya Limited on its
Rights Issue.
Privatisation
of the Magadi Railway
and its financing by
International Finance
Corporation (IFC’).
Sales
of substantial shareholdings
in accordance with
CMA & NSE
takeover regulations
of various listed companies
e.g East African Cables
and Ol Pejeta Ranching
Co Ltd and its subsequent
delisting from the NSE.
Conducting
the Legal audit, due
diligence and privatization
and flotation of Tourism
Promotion Services Ltd.
(Serena Hotels).
Acting
for issuers on the
IPO’s
of Firestone EA Limited,
Athi River Mining Co,
Lonrho plc.
Advising
HSBC, Goldman Sachs and
other similar institutions
on Securities regulatory
issues.
Acting for Safaricom Limited and Vodafone PLC in relation to the Government of Kenya's public offer for sale of 25% of its stake in Safaricom Limited.
Advising
developers and financiers
and end users in relation
to a number of major
construction contracts
and associated property
developments:-
Tamarind
Village development
in Mombasa, a large
condominium type
residential complex
including structuring
the ultimate disposal
system for all units;
Williamson
House development,
a multi-storey office
development in Nairobi
including subsequent
disposal of units;
Capital Hill
Towers, a multi-storey
office development
in Nairobi and subsequent
unit sales;
Dhanjay Apartments,
a multi-storey residential
complex including
acting for provider
of long-term mortgage
funds;
Fedha Apartments,
a multi-unit residential
complex and acting
for provider of long-term
mortgage funds;
Riverside
Park Development,
a large residential
complex and other
developments for
the Insurance Company
of East Africa, Kenya’s
largest property
owning company;
Lonrho House,
a large multi-storey
office development
in Nairobi city centre;
The Rahimtulla
Tower a large multi-storey
office development
and currently negotiating
a sale of an undivided
ownership share;
Esso
(Mobil) Plaza, a multi-storey
office development in Nairobi.
Acting
for Safaricom Limited,
Kenya’s
leading mobile telecommunications
operator, a subsidiary
of the Vodafone in structuring
and advising on their
project financed turnkey
Head Office development.
A first in Kenya of this
type. Also acting on
its behalf in respect
of several hundred Base
Station Leases and Licences
Acting for Commonwealth
Development Corporation
(CDC) on the acquisitions
of the Dagoretti Junction
Shopping Centre.
Acting
as lawyers to a number
of large financial institutions
dealing extensively with
land and associated securities
for example, Housing
Finance Company of Kenya,
East African Building
Society, Kenya’s
largest residential Mortgage
Lenders, various insurance
companies such as Old
Mutual , lending on mortgages
and many major banks
and financial institutions
and pension funds including
international lending
and foreign investment
agencies.
Acting for purchasers
and vendors of several
very large ranching companies.
Acting
for Lonrho Agribusiness
on the sale of several
hundred farm plots.
The
following is an indicative
variety of litigation matters
handled:
Acting for a number
of large corporate and
banking clients including
National Industrial Credit
Bank Ltd, CFC Bank, Standard
Chartered Bank, Tiomin
Resources, Barclays
Bank Limited, SDV Transami
in major litigation matters.
Acting for East African
Building Society
in securities litigation
and injunctive matters.
Acting for Lonrho
Africa in major commercial
litigation.
Acting for major insurance
companies in personal
injuries cases.
Successfully acting
for the defendants in
a claim to set aside
a substantial ranch sale,
which involved several
novel points of law and
lasted five years.
Acting for Safaricom
Ltd in various injunction
and copyright matters.
Acting for a major
client on commercial
property recovery and
repossession, which involved
complex litigation.
Acting for FTSE company
in the United Kingdom
in various judicial
review matters.
Acting for the minority
shareholders in a
major minority shareholder
action involving
a valuable local company.
Acting for the Kenya
Anti-Corruption Commission
in constitutional matters.
Defending Employment
claims against major
corporate clients.
Advising multinational
corporate clients
with a substantial presence
in Kenya regarding
potential claims against
and relations with Government
of Kenya.
Several major commercial
arbitrations.
Representing the Kenya Police Force in the Waki Commission on Post Election Violence.
Acting for De La Rue Currency and Security Print Ltd in public procurement appeals and judicial review proceedings against the Kenya Revenue Authority.
The
following is an indicative
variety of matters
handled:
Advising Turkana Drilling Consortium (Kenya) Limited, an oil exploration company, in connection with their oil exploration activities in Kenya pursuant to a Production Sharing Contract concluded with the Government of the Republic of Kenya.
Advising Swissoil Holdings International Limited, a gas exploration company, in connection with their proposed gas exploration activities in Kenya through a pair of subsidiary companies.
Advising Dynamic Global Advisors in the establishment of a Kenyan subsidiary company for oil exploration and advising on the PSC concluded with the Government of Kenya.
Advising Aeolus Kenya Limited on its acquisition of shares in Ecogen Windfarm Limited in connection with its proposed operation of a wind farm and the grant of a sole source agreement from the Government of Kenya in respect thereof.
The
following is an indicative
variety of employment matters
handled:
Reviewing employment offer letters, employment policies, employment contracts and the Staff Handbook of the Department For International Development, Kenya and Somalia
.
Reviewing the terms and conditions of employment contained in the Staff Handbook of Visa International to ensure compliance with new Kenyan labour law legislation.
Updating and revising the Staff Handbook and employment policies of De La Rue Currency and Security Print Limited to ensure compliance with the new Kenyan labour law legislation.
Updating and revising the employment policies of Heidelberg East Africa Limited, including incorporating a grievance and disciplinary procedure, to ensure compliance with new Kenyan labour law legislation while maintaining compliance with aspects of Tanzanian and Ugandan labour law legislation.
Reviewing draft employment contracts for the Church of the Nazarene and advising on the sufficiency thereof.
Review of human resources policies, employment contracts and employment offer letters for Nesi Network, a non-governmental organisation.
Drafting employment contracts and reviewing an employment manual for AID Village Clinics Limited.
Redrafting employment policies and revising employment contracts for Afripayments (Kenya) Limited.
Reviewing the international employment policies and proforma employment contracts of Gateway Broadcasting Services Limited to ensure compliance with Kenyan labour law legislation.
Reviewing and redrafting proforma employment contracts for Film Safaris Limited.
Drafting and reviewing employment contracts for senior executives of various clients, including: Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited, Renaissance Capital Kenya Limited, Gulf Energy Limited, Prosperity Capital Management (Africa) Limited, Enablis Entrepreneurial Network East Africa Limited, Scangroup Limited, Starfreight Logistics Limited and Golden Spur Limited.
