Aleem Tharani > Bowmans > Nairobi, Kenya > Lawyer Profile

Bowmans
5TH FLOOR, ICEA LION CENTRE, WEST WING, RIVERSIDE PARK, CHIROMO ROAD
PO BOX 10643
NAIROBI 00100
Kenya

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Partner; Co-head Infrastructure, Kenya

Career

Aleem Tharani is a partner in Bowmans’ Nairobi office and co-heads the firm’s Infrastructure Sector.

He specialises in projects/ infrastructure law and is increasingly acting on significant energy projects in various African countries.

Aleem has experience in project, corporate and property finance transactions across a range of sectors, including transport, ports, telecommunications, energy, financial institutions and industrials.

He has an LLB (Hons) from the University of Manchester and a LPC from the Nottingham Law School (with distinction). He has also completed the Leading Professional Services Firms Programme run by Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Lawyer Rankings

Kenya > Privatisation and projects

(Next Generation Partners)

Aleem TharaniBowmans

Bowmans sets the pace in novel infrastructure and project development particularly in the energy sector, assisting a range of domestic and foreign investors and developers. Portfolio acquisition, PPPs, investment proposals, infrastructure development, and energy transitions count among the practice’s key strengths. Highly regarded for his work on renewable energy deals and project financing, Aleem Tharani leads the practice, with support from Edwin Baru, whose work in C&I power projects, PPPs, energy transition, and procurement matters earned him a partner promotion in March 2023, and Matthew Arrumm, who has strong project finance credentials.