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Position: Managing Partner, Head of Commercial & Property Department
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
  • Women Leaders
Bar Admissions:
Kenya
Practice Areas:
Banking
Capital markets : Equity
Corporate and M&A
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Swahili
Biography

Esther enjoys the practice of law, a governance auditor and serves as a Company Secretary on various boards. She has represented clients in various transactions including mergers and acquisition transactions, real estate and mixed use development structuring, private and equity deals and infrastructure projects.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised on the restructuring of HFC Group. 
  • Advising on the structuring of Tatu City, which has been declared a project of strategic national importance in Kenya.
  • Advised Iber Africa on PPAs with Kenya Power and Lighting Company for a 52.5 MW power plant in Phase I, II and III.
Practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • M&A
  • Real estate finance 
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Trade finance
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Real estate
  • Tech and telecoms
Association memberships
  • Law Society of Kenya 
  • Institute of Certified Secretaries
  • Institute of Directors
  • Kenya Property Developers Association
  • Kenya Association of Manufactures
  • Reits Association of Kenya
Academic qualifications
  • Certificate in Leadership in Law Firms -Harvard Law School - 2017
  • Diploma in Financial Law – south africa - 2013
  • ACCA, Level 1 - 2009
  • Corporate Governance training - Institute of Directors - 2006
  • Certified Public Secretary - ICS - 2001
  • Diploma - Kenya School of Law -1998
  • Law degree - University of Nairobi -1996
  • Alliance Girls high School -1987 -1990
Address:
Nairobi
Tel:+254 722 381 529 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://mmcafrica.law