With a pan-African presence in the market, the corporate team at Bowmans, which is jointly led by Rainbow Field and Joyce Karanja, is commended by clients for its ‘strong expertise in M&A and commercial law’. Field specialises in corporate and commercial transactions, as well as joint ventures, while Karanja is well-versed in competition merger control. Paras Shah is experienced in private equity and capital markets work, and Kendall Evans is a key member of the team for matters related to corporate restructurings. Other key contacts in the group include venture capital expert Vruti Shah, private M&A specialist Christina Nduba-Banja, Yusra Butt, Richard Harney, and Wathingira Gituro.
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Position
Managing Partner, Kenya
Career
Paras Shah is the managing partner of Bowmans' Kenyan practice. He specialises in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance law, privatisations, M&A, capital markets and real estate law. He has advised on some of the most important M&A and financing transactions, IPOs and takeovers, listings and PPP transactions in Kenya. He has a Diploma in Legal Practice (cum laude) from the College of Law, UK, a Diploma in Management from Henley School of Management, UK, and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Kenya School of Law. He is an English-qualified solicitor and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
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‘We have worked with the Bowmans team on several occasions during the review period as our offshore counsel. Their collective expertise and responsiveness are unparalleled, enabling our Sri Lankan clients to enter and expand within the African market with confidence and ease. Our positive experience with the team has led us to consistently recommend Bowmans to all our clients seeking to invest or establish operations in Africa.’
‘We have worked extensively with Paras Shah, Vruti Shah, and Yusra Butt. The team demonstrates strong expertise in M&A and commercial law matters and has effectively guided our clients in establishing their initial ventures in the African market.'
Key clients
- Amethis Milling, Arrandale Holdings Ltd, Merec Financial Corporation
- Actis
Work highlights
Advised the Amethis Private Equity Fund, Merec Financial Corporation, and Arrandale Holdings Ltd (as the Sellers) on the sale of the entire issued share capital of Stratton Africa Holding Ltd, the Mauritius holding company of the Merec industries, to Dubai-based Invictus Investment Company Plc, a listed company on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.