Kenneth Kamaitha > Kaplan & Stratton Advocates > Nairobi, Kenya > Lawyer Profile
Kaplan & Stratton Advocates Offices
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Kenneth Kamaitha
Work Department
Corporate Commerical
Position
Partner
Career
Ken has been a partner at Kaplan & Stratton since 2012. Ken practices in the corporate commercial department of the firm and his work involves advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, regulatory and compliance in the energy and mining sectors and business establishment. He also heads the firm’s company secretarial service.
Some of the notable transactions Ken has been involved in include: acting for KLM in the debt restructuring of Kenya Airways; acting for Panalpina Welltransport in establishing its perishables logistics business in Kenya through acquisition of two leading logistics companies in Kenya; acting as local counsel to lenders to Base Titanium Limited in the ongoing financing for the Kwale Mineral Sands Project.
Languages
English
Kiswahili
Memberships
Law Society of Kenya
Education
2005 Kenya School of Law Qualifying Examinations
1999 – 2003 University of Nairobi, LLB (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
Kenya > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Kaplan & Stratton Advocates‘s acts for a high-profile roster of domestic and multinational corporations from sectors including energy, telecoms, media and tech, insurance, banking, FMCG, and aviation, with the team having significant expertise in complex M&A, internal restructuring, and shareholder agreements. Sarah Kiarie-Muia, whose specialism lies in advising development finance institutions, leads the team alongside Joseph Ng’ang’ira, who is an expert in M&A transactions. Capital markets work is the remit of Kenneth Kamaitha, and Mercy Chemutai distinguishes herself in competition law matters.
Kenya > Privatisation and projects
Proving most valuable to private sponsors and lenders with a growing focus on PPP projects, Kaplan & Stratton Advocates is involved in many large-scale infrastructure projects in the energy and transport sectors. Ken Kamaitha, who advises on many significant road and mining projects, heads the practice, with Sam Wainaina lending the weight of his energy sector experience to power projects and financing.