Dennis Okumu
Associate | Nairobi
Contact
T: +254 11 721 5528
Overview
Jurisdictions worked in: Kenya
Languages fluent in: English and Swahili
Dennis has advised businesses on a range of legal matters, including employment law, mining law, and corporate insolvency transactions. He has extensive experience on entity setup options, navigating compliance requirements for regulated and unregulated entities, share capital restructuring, and implementation of corporate financing strategies to achieve desired outcomes for clients.
Experience
Dennis has advised:
Corporate:
- KCB Group PLC in connection with the sale of National Bank of Kenya to Access Bank PLC.
- Bank of Kigali on the closure of its representative office in Nairobi.
- RMA Motors Kenya on share capital restructuring.
- Pharo Foundation in relation to the set up of a company limited by guarantee.
- Futurelect in relation to the set up options and setting up operations in Kenya.
- Safaricom PLC various compliance obligations under the Companies Act.
- East African Breweries on various compliance obligations under the Companies Act.
- British American Tobacco PLC and its subsidiaries on various compliance obligations under the Companies Act.
- Establishing trust structures and provision of succession planning advisory services to family businesses.
- Providing insolvency and business rescue advisory services to creditors and borrower groups as well as providing direct support to inhouse insolvency practitioners in the administration and liquidation of various entities.
- Linking and update of corporate records of WPP Scangroup PLC and its subsidiaries.
- Provided advisory on setting up a non- profit entity in Kenya to Lumos Foundation and ongoing compliance obligations.
- Share capital restructuring of a large building and construction company operating in Kenya;
- Incorporation and deregistration of various private companies and foreign companies.
- Britam Holdings PLC and its subsidiaries on compliance obligations under the Companies Act.
- QatarEnergy on the compliance requirements for foreign companies in Kenya.
- Boehringer Ingelheim on set up and compliance requirements for foreign companies in Kenya.
Governance:
- A governance audit of Absa Bank Kenya PLC.
- Eaagads PLC on convening of committee, board and shareholder meetings.
- Safaricom PLC and its subsidiaries in respect of the committee, board and shareholder meetings.
- British American Tobacco PLC and its subsidiaries on various corporate governance issues.
- Scan Global Logistics on the removal of a director under Kenyan law.
Finance:
- FMO – Dutch entrepreneurial development bank and EDFI ElectriFI – The Electrification Financing Initiative, on a significant investment in Hydrobox, a Kenyan company pioneering innovative minigrid solutions.
- Nedbank Limited London Branch, on a financing transaction of up to USD 13 870 000 to Kenyan borrowers.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
- Post graduate Diploma, Kenya School of Law
Professional Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya
- Chartered institute of Arbitrators
INSIGHTS
Overview
Jurisdictions worked in: Kenya
Languages fluent in: English and Swahili
Dennis has advised businesses on a range of legal matters, including employment law, mining law, and corporate insolvency transactions. He has extensive experience on entity setup options, navigating compliance requirements for regulated and unregulated entities, share capital restructuring, and implementation of corporate financing strategies to achieve desired outcomes for clients.
Experience
Dennis has advised:
Corporate:
- KCB Group PLC in connection with the sale of National Bank of Kenya to Access Bank PLC.
- Bank of Kigali on the closure of its representative office in Nairobi.
- RMA Motors Kenya on share capital restructuring.
- Pharo Foundation in relation to the set up of a company limited by guarantee.
- Futurelect in relation to the set up options and setting up operations in Kenya.
- Safaricom PLC various compliance obligations under the Companies Act.
- East African Breweries on various compliance obligations under the Companies Act.
- British American Tobacco PLC and its subsidiaries on various compliance obligations under the Companies Act.
- Establishing trust structures and provision of succession planning advisory services to family businesses.
- Providing insolvency and business rescue advisory services to creditors and borrower groups as well as providing direct support to inhouse insolvency practitioners in the administration and liquidation of various entities.
- Linking and update of corporate records of WPP Scangroup PLC and its subsidiaries.
- Provided advisory on setting up a non- profit entity in Kenya to Lumos Foundation and ongoing compliance obligations.
- Share capital restructuring of a large building and construction company operating in Kenya;
- Incorporation and deregistration of various private companies and foreign companies.
- Britam Holdings PLC and its subsidiaries on compliance obligations under the Companies Act.
- QatarEnergy on the compliance requirements for foreign companies in Kenya.
- Boehringer Ingelheim on set up and compliance requirements for foreign companies in Kenya.
Governance:
- A governance audit of Absa Bank Kenya PLC.
- Eaagads PLC on convening of committee, board and shareholder meetings.
- Safaricom PLC and its subsidiaries in respect of the committee, board and shareholder meetings.
- British American Tobacco PLC and its subsidiaries on various corporate governance issues.
- Scan Global Logistics on the removal of a director under Kenyan law.
Finance:
- FMO – Dutch entrepreneurial development bank and EDFI ElectriFI – The Electrification Financing Initiative, on a significant investment in Hydrobox, a Kenyan company pioneering innovative minigrid solutions.
- Nedbank Limited London Branch, on a financing transaction of up to USD 13 870 000 to Kenyan borrowers.
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