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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Kenya
Practice Areas:
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Biography

Andrew is a partner in the corporate commercial and real estate department of Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews with over 20 years of experience. He has extensive experience both local and internationally in mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance and project development both in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised Commercial International Bank of (Egypt) S.A.E in relation to its acquisition of 51% of the shareholding of Mayfair Bank Limited.
  • Advised Gulf Energy Limited on the sale of its entire oil marketing business to Rubis Energie including obtaining the required competition law approvals.
  • Advised Amethis Retail on the acquisition of 31.5% of the total issued share capital in Naivas International.
  • Acted as the Kenyan legal adviser of a private developer on the development, operation and maintenance of a dual carriageway overpass with Class A standard that connects Mlolongo town with James Gichuru Road along the median strip of the A8 National Road (the Nairobi Expressway) on a PPP basis
Practice areas
  • Banking
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Government and public policy
  • Mining
Bar admissions
  • Admitted as an Advocate, High Court of Kenya – December 1998
Association memberships
  • Law Society of Kenya
Academic qualifications
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law, (1997-1998)
  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Degree, University of Nairobi, (1993 - Aug 1997)
Address:
Nairobi
Tel:+254 020 3258 000 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.dentonshhm.com