Chambers Review
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FinTech Legal - Kenya
What the Team is Known For
Bowmans is a full-service firm which provides legal support on cross-border transactions and intellectual property matters in the FinTech industry. The team also advises on payments, blockchain, cryptocurrency and financial services regulation.
Strengths
Bowmans is knowledgeable and practical. When I ask how long a licence application will take, they can give examples of similar situations and tell us what we need to do to speed up the process.
Bowmans has good attention to detail and a good understanding of the market, which is good for practical guidance and context. They have top-notch experience in Kenya especially.
Work Highlights
Bowmans obtained a digital credit provider licence on behalf of Stichting Medical Credit Fund, a lender focused on small and medium-sized enterprises in the medical sector.
Notable practitioners
Dominic Indokhomi is a partner in the general finance and real estate group at Bowmans. He has extensive experience advising notable financial institutions and other clients on banking and finance, financial regulatory and capital markets mandates. His FinTech work includes payment services, digital lending and banking, and blockchain matters.
Dominic is commercial in nature, good at explaining positions, good at handling negotiations and very clear in explanations.
Ariana Issaias is part of Bowmans' intellectual property and technology practice. She has extensive expertise in commercial contracts and licensing, and advises FinTech clients on crypto-assets and blockchain matters.