Anjarwalla & Khanna

Senior Partner: Karim Anjarwalla

Co- Managing Partners : Rosa Nduati- Mutero and Daniel Ngumy

Number of partners:22

Number of lawyers:Approx. 126

Firm Overview:

Founded in 1954, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna has consistently been ranked as a top firm by leading global ranking agencies. The firm combines a global perspective with local expertise to help clients navigate new territories and capitalise on future opportunities.With over 100 lawyers we have expanded our footprint to Tanzania and the UAE, making us the first African firm to be licensed in UAE. Along the way we have established trusted partnerships with our clients, working alongside them as an extension of their own businesses to guide and advise.

In response to the market and as more clients asked us to take care of cross-border deals, in 2004 we founded ALN, an integrated alliance of the preeminent full-service corporate law firms in 14 African countries, to give us the agility and expertise to operate locally and across the pan African business and economic environment.

ALN Kenya’s transactional advisory offering is also supported by a Forensics Risk and Compliance Practice, which is unique in the region.

Main Practice Areas:

• Banking,Finance & Insolvency
• Capital Markets
• Competition
• Corporate M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment
• International Trade
• Private Client
• Projects & Infrastructure
• Real Estate & Construction
• Tax

Notable matters include acting for/advising:

• Equity Group Holdings in connection with the acquisition of Rwanda’s Compagnie Générale de Banque, Kenya’s Spire Bank, and the acquisition of an additional stake in DRC’s Equity Banque Commerciale Du Congo, having previously acted for them in the acquisition of a majorityshareholding in Banque Commerciale Du Congo and the subsequent amalgamation with Equity Bank Congo to form Equity Banque Commerciale Du Congo.
• DP World in connection with its 30-year concession agreement with the Tanzania Ports Authority, one of the few PPP projects implemented by the Government of Tanzania.
• Access Bank in connection with acquisition of a majority shareholding in Finibanco Angola.
• Moderna in connection with setting up the first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa
• Absa Bank Kenya in connection with an approximately USD 50.9 million asset-backed finance transaction with Acorn Project Three to fund the development of 10 separate purpose-built student accommodation Kenya over the next 3 years.
• National Government of Kenya (GOK) in connection with the issue of its USD 2 billion Eurobond, the largest sovereign debut debt issue in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as its subsequent USD 750 million tap.
• Vodafone Group and related entities in connection with a public interest suit filed at the High Court Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division by shareholders and users of the Mpesa mobile money platform.
• OLA Energy Uganda, a subsidiary of OLA Energy in connection with a cross-border dispute filed at the East Africa Court of Justice, against the Attorney General of Uganda.
• Absa Bank Kenya in connection with an approximately USD 50.9 million asset-backed finance transaction with Acorn Project Three to fund the development of 10 separate purpose-built student accommodation Kenya over the next 3 years.
• Sanlam Group in connection with the creation of a Pan-African Joint Venture between the Sanlam Group and the Allianz Group.
• Sponsors of the 300MW Turkana wind power project, the largest power generation project in Kenya.
• International Finance Corporation, in connection with the "first-of-its-kind" forestry bond that allowed investors to be paid using funds generated from carbon credits produced through forestry and conservation projects in Kenya.
• Centum in connection with Two Rivers, its five-year, 100 acre fully-integrated mixed use development, on 62,000 square meters, currently valued at USD 166 million, the largest of its kind in Kenya, comprising of a retail mall as well as a commercial and residential development.
• Actis in connection with the development of an A-Grade product-specific warehouse and logistics park, on a 103-acre piece of land along Nairobi’s Eastern Bypass.
• Kioo, a Tanzanian glass manufacturer in connection with a dispute before the East African Court of Justice against the Government of Kenya.