Our lawyers in Kenya regularly advise senior lenders, mezzanine lenders, equity investors, investment funds and companies on all aspects of syndicated and bilateral debt financing, including acquisition and leveraged finance, refinancings, new debt raises, public to private transactions
Experience has included advising:
- The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) jointly with DLA Piper, in connection with facilities to be granted to Acorn Holdings Limited, which is a leading real estate developer in Kenya for financing 10 mixed-use development projects.
- Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited, which is the lead arranger and the facility agent, in a transaction involving financing of the construction of a large housing development.
- East African Breweries Limited, as to Kenyan law facilities in connection with the financing of the construction of its new brewery in Kisumu.
- The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), in a transaction where TDB is underwriting a syndicated term loan of USD250 million.
- TDB on a term loan facility to the Kenyan government to refinance an existing facility.