The Firm · People

Partners and senior counsel behind our mandates.

Our bench is deliberately small — but every partner is a first-chair operator. Each mandate is led personally, from first call to closing.

Partners

Leadership across every core practice.

Every mandate is partner-led. Associates and paralegals support — never substitute — the partner running your matter.
Yusuf Hudheifa
Yusuf Hudheifa
Managing Partner · Corporate · M&A

Two decades advising sponsors and boards on the region's most consequential transactions, with a particular focus on regulated industries and cross-border structuring.

Admitted: Kenya · England & Wales
Aisha Nengo
Aisha Nengo
Senior Partner · Capital Markets

Leads the firm's debt and equity capital markets practice, advising issuers, sponsors, and arrangers on landmark listings, sovereign issuances, and structured products.

Admitted: Kenya · New York
David Otieno
David Otieno
Partner · Disputes & Arbitration

A first-chair advocate in commercial and treaty arbitration, with a track record of high-value awards recovered across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Admitted: Kenya · Uganda
Wanjiku Mwangi
Wanjiku Mwangi
Partner · Private Equity · Funds

Advises regional and international sponsors on fund formation, GP-led restructurings, and complex minority investments in growth-stage African businesses.

Admitted: Kenya · New York
Ibrahim Osman
Ibrahim Osman
Partner · Banking & Finance

Leads on syndicated lending, project finance, and Islamic finance mandates for borrowers, sponsors, and DFIs operating across sub-Saharan Africa.

Admitted: Kenya
Nadia Kimani
Nadia Kimani
Partner · Regulatory & Competition

Advises regulated firms on licensing, merger control, and enforcement — with deep experience before Kenya's financial and competition regulators.

Admitted: Kenya · South Africa
Samuel Kariuki
Samuel Kariuki
Partner · Real Estate & Projects

Runs the firm's real estate, hospitality, and infrastructure development practice — from site acquisition through construction and secured lending.

Admitted: Kenya
Fatima Abdalla
Fatima Abdalla
Partner · Technology & IP

Advises technology companies, fintechs, and platform operators on product structuring, data protection, and cross-border commercial arrangements.

Admitted: Kenya · England & Wales
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