Edwin Okello Odundo

Edwin Okello Odundo

Senior Associate | ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna

Physical Address:

ALN House, Eldama Ravine Close, Off Eldama Ravine Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya

Postal Address:

P O Box 200-00606, Sarit Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Telephone:

+254 20 364 0000

Email Address:

 

 

  1. Background

    Edwin is a Senior Associate at ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna and a member of the corporate team.

    He focuses on M&A, commercial law, capital markets, insurance, corporate finance and corporate governance.

    Edwin is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. He holds an LL. B from University of Cape Town and an LL. M from Queen Mary University of London.

  2. Professional Memberships
    • Law Society of Kenya
    • International Bar Association 
  3. Professional Qualifications

    2017: LLM Commercial and Corporate Law, Queen Mary University of London

    2012: Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law

    2011: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), University of Cape Town

  4. Career Summary

    April 2023 – Date: Senior Associate, Anjarwalla & Khanna, Nairobi

    Dec 2021 – March 2023: Principal Associate, Anjarwalla & Khanna, Nairobi

    Aug 2018 – Dec 2020: Associate, Anjarwalla & Khanna, Nairobi

    Feb 2014 – Sept 2016: Associate, Oraro & Company Advocates

    Jan 2013 – Jan 2014: Trainee Lawyer, Oraro & Company Advocates

  5. Top Matters
    • Acting for Access Bank, a leading full service commercial Bank operating through a network of more than 700 branches and service outlets, spanning 3 continents, 17 countries and 45 million customers and which has subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya, and the United Kingdom, a branch in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and representative offices in China, Lebanon and India, in connection with the acquisition of 83.43% of the shares in Sidian Bank Limited, a commercial Bank in Kenya.
    • Acting for Actis Hospitality Mauritius and Jamison Valley Holdings in connection with the acquisition of Radisson Blu Hotel in Upper Hill Nairobi.
    • Acting for Africa50, an investment vehicle formed by African governments and the African Development Bank to help bridge Africa’s infrastructure funding gap by facilitating project development, mobilizing public and private sector finance, and investing in infrastructure on the continent, in connection with its investment in a minority stake in Paix Holding B.V., a Pan-African provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services.
    • Acting for Equity Group Holdings, one of the largest commercial banks in Africa by customer numbers and publicly traded on the Nairobi, Ugandan, and Rwandan securities exchanges, in connection with the set up of Equity Life Insurance Kenya Limited an insurance company providing long-term insurance services including obtaining a licence from the Insurance Regulatory Authority and obtaining the necessary approvals from the Central Bank of Kenya.
    • Advising Carbacid Investments, a company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and Aksaya Investments, a limited liability partnership registered in Kenya in connection with the acquisition of up to 100% of the shares in BOC Kenya Plc, a supplier of industrial and medical gases by way of a public takeover offer under The Capital Markets (Take-overs & Mergers) Regulations, 2002.
    • Advising Equity Group Holdings, one of the largest commercial banks in Africa by customer numbers and publicly traded on the Nairobi, Ugandan, and Rwandan securities exchanges, in connection with the amalgamation of Banque Commerciale Du Congo (BCDC) and Equity Bank Congo S.A (EBC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by way of transfer of the business and assets of EBC to BCDC in consideration of issuance to the shareholders of EBC of new shares in BCDC.
    • Acting for Equity Group Holdings, one of the largest commercial banks in Africa by number of customers and publicly traded on the Nairobi, Ugandan and Rwandan securities exchanges, in connection with the proposed acquisition of 62% of share of Banque Populaire du Rwanda and 100% of African Banking Corporation in Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique, from Atlas Mara, a financial services company listed on the London Stock Exchange, through a share swap, and a subsequent merger of banking entities in Rwanda and Tanzania.
    • Advising a private equity fund that specifically invests in Africa and Europe on the regulatory framework in the insurance and pension sector in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
    • Acting for Equity Group Holdings, one of the largest commercial banks in Africa by a number of customers and publicly traded on the Nairobi, Ugandan and Rwandan securities exchanges, in connection with the acquisition of a 66.53% stake in Banque Commercial Du Congo (BCDC), the oldest bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    • Acting for The Rise Fund, an impact fund run by private equity group TPG Growth, in connection with its investment through the Evercare Health Fund, the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG, into certain assets that were held by the Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund, a private equity vehicle dedicated to building affordable high-quality health ecosystems in South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa by building green field or assembling and growing city-based cornerstone assets.
    • Acting for The Rise Fund, an impact fund run by private equity group TPG Growth, in connection with its acquisition through a wholly owned subsidiary of 33.9% of the issued share capital of Maziwa, a company that is involved in the distribution of milk and milk related products across Kenya, Uganda and Zambia.
    • Acting for Asia Africa Investment & Consulting in connection with its investment through its fund, Africa Healthcare Master Fund in various health care organizations in East Africa.
    • Acting for Asia Africa Investment & Consulting in connection with a capital investment by Toyota Tsusho CSV Africa in Seven Seas Technologies through a share subscription transaction.
    • Advising a company registered in Kenya in connection with an investigation by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council involving alleged unprofessional conduct, including conducting an internal investigation into certain of the company’s processes and operations at its branches.
    • Acting for a private equity fund that specifically invests in the African healthcare sector in connection with its investment in a healthcare organization based in Nairobi, Kenya that provides convenient, rapid diagnostics and medicine delivery services powered by technology.
    • Acting for a private equity fund that specifically invests in the African healthcare sector in connection in connection with its investment in a healthcare organization based in Nairobi, Kenya that provides high-quality low-cost maternity health services and operates social enterprise maternity hospitals.
    • Acting for a private equity fund that specifically invests in the African healthcare sector in connection with its investment in a company based in Nairobi, Kenya that provides medical imaging services.

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