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Position: Managing Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Kenya
Practice Areas:
Banking
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Biography

Pamella is a Partner in the firm and also heads the banking & finance and real estate practice areas. With over 19 years of experience, Pamella has advised local and international clients in syndicated lending, debt finance, project finance but is well-regarded for her capital market and conveyancing expertise.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised lenders on the establishment of a capital market structured Water Pool facility to finance water infrastructure projects in Kenya.
  • Drafting several facility agreements for a leading manufacturer of Fast Moving Consumer Goods in East Africa valued at USD 50 million for development of its infrastructure and working capital. There were several lenders including a Bretton woods institution. 
  • Advising an international humanitarian organisation in the acquisition of property in Nairobi worth USD 25 million as well as drafting all transactional documents with external consultants and seeking government approvals.
Practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Structured finance/securitisation
Sector specialisation
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Financial services
  • Insurance
  • Real estate
Bar admissions
  • Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
Association memberships
  • Law Society of Kenya
  • East Africa Law Society
  • Federation of Women Lawyers
  • Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association
Academic qualifications
  • Master of Laws, Auckland University, 1998
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Waikato, 1995
  • Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law, 1997
Address:
Nairobi
Tel:+254 709 250 000/709 250 704 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.oraro.co.ke