About

Provided by Cavendrys (WAM Advocates LLP)

Firm Overview

Cavendrys WAM Advocates LLP advise clients on commercial transactions, infrastructure projects, licensing, compliance, governance and emerging technologies. Their strength lies in integrating commercial execution with regulatory clarity, backed by deep familiarity with the East African digital economy. Many of their matters involve global technology companies, investors and regulated digital businesses entering or scaling in East Africa.

Areas of Work

They assist a wide range of clients in different sectors with their compliance obligations across multiple countries. Additionally, they utilise their international affiliates to provide tailored services to clients operating in various jurisdictions. Some of the transactions they have handled include:

• Advising the largest short-term stay platform provider on various legal and regulatory matters

• Supports one of the world’s largest taxi-hailing platform providers on various legal and regulatory matters

• Advised, a UK-based professional association, on the implications of registering its intellectual property rights across various jurisdictions within the African region.

• Negotiated and structured fintech vendor contracts for a major pan-African bank, enabling seamless integration of digital banking solutions.

• Advised a digital lending platform on market entry and licensing as a Digital Credit Provider, handling regulatory approvals, operational structuring, and full compliance documentation.

Chambers Review

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FinTech Legal - Kenya

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Cavendrys is a boutique technology firm that advises incumbent financial institutions as well as disruptive FinTechs on a variety of matters including market entry and licensing requirements, ongoing regulatory and compliance issues, and transactions.

Work Highlights

  • Cavendrys acted as lead legal advisers to Latvia-based FinTech Moneza on its entry into the Kenyan market and licensing as a digital credit provider.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Janet Othero
3
Janet Othero
Head of FinTech Legal
3
Band 3

Janet Othero is the managing partner of Cavendrys. A well-respected TMT partner, she has expertise in financial regulatory matters, cybersecurity and data privacy governance.

Janet is reachable and a go-getter.

Ranked Individuals at
Cavendrys (WAM Advocates LLP)

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FinTech Legal

Janet Othero
3
Janet Othero
Head of FinTech Legal
3
Band 3

Members

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Catherine Kariuki Mulika

Head of Department

Janet Othero

Janet Othero

Head of Department

Industries

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Agricultural Technology

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Banking

CleanTech & Energy Innovation

Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure

Data

Digital Health & HealthTech

Digital Media

Digital Public Infrastructure

E-Commerce

FinTech & Digital Assets

Real Estate & Construction Tech

Software & SaaS

Technology

Telecommunications