Practice Areas:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Energy and infrastructure
Project development
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Banking
Financial services
Government and public policy
Insurance
Social infrastructure
Languages:
English
Biography
Richard Omwela has been a qualified advocate for 40 years and is one of the most prominent and senior corporate and commercial law lawyers in Kenya. He has advised on a number of local, multi-national and cross-border transactions including financings, acquisitions and privatisations, Public Private Partnerships Projects as well as capital markets transactions.
Recent transactional highlights
- Advised Talanton with respect to a facility of USD1,071,000 offered to Educor Kenya limited.
- Acted as local counsel to Mobisol in obtaining competition law approvals in respect of its takeover by French energy company ENGIE
Practice areas
- Asset finance
- Banking
- Capital markets: Equity
- Competition
- Covered bonds
- Financial restructuring
- M&A
- Private equity
- Real estate finance
- Real estate funds
Sector specialisations
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banking
- Energy
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Oil and gas
- Pharma and life sciences
- Real estate
- Transport
Bar admissions
Council of Legal Education of Kenya. Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya - 1980
Association memberships
- Law Society of Kenya
- Institute of Certified Secretaries
Academic qualifications
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Council of Legal Education of Kenya (1979 – 1980)
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Nairobi, (1976 – 1979)
Address:
Tel:+254 020 3258 000
Email:Contact this practitioner
Website:http://www.dentonshhm.com
Nairobi