Corporate restructurings feature strongly in today’s corporate environment. Businesses are looking for original solutions that will help them to achieve their commercial objectives while mitigating risk exposure.
IKM has a formidable reputation for cutting-edge advice which has seen the firm involved in many novel and complex transactions.
Our corporate team works seamlessly with experienced colleagues from other practice areas in the firm to coordinate multifaceted transactions, deal with regulatory requirements, advise on tax matters, manage due diligence investigations and prepare all the required documentation.
Capabilities
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Providing structuring advice in regard to compliance with all legal formalities, including obtaining regulatory approvals such as authorization orders and consents/permits from various sector regulators
- Due diligence
- Preparation and negotiation of transaction documents, including share purchase agreements, subscription agreements, options agreements and shareholders’ agreements
Experience has included advising:
- Fanisi Capital Fund II LLC in its investment in Kitengela International School Company Limited, a company operating in the education sector.
- Finserve Africa Limited, a subsidiary of Equity Bank Limited – one of the largest banks in Eastern Africa, in its application and set-up as one of the mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) in Kenya.
- A leading bank listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange on the reorganization of its corporate structure with a view to making it more efficient through the introduction of a non-operating holding company.