Mdathir Timamy

Mdathir is an Associate at ALN Kenya Anjarwalla & Khanna and a member of the corporate team. Mdathir principally advises on corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and private equity.

She completed her training contract with ALN before qualifying as an associate within the Firm.

Mdathir is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and holds an LLB from Strathmore University.

Law Society of Kenya

2023: Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law

2021:  LL.B, Bachelor of Laws, Strathmore University Kenya

Jan 2024 – Date: Associate, Anjarwalla & Khanna

Jan 2022 – Dec 2023: Trainee Lawyer, Anjarwalla & Khanna

Corporate

• Acting for Huaxin Cement Company, one of the world’s leading companies in the building materials industry, in connection with its acquisition of 100% of the issued shares in Maweni Limestone, a Tanzanian company involved in the business of making clinker and manufacturing and distributing cement.
• Acting for Ascent Capital in its ongoing exit of an investment in Kisumu Concrete Products, a construction materials manufacturer, a transaction that sees a private equity fund exiting an investment in a company outside of the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi.
• Acting for Acorn Holdings, the largest institutional investor in rental housing in East Africa, in connection with its joint venture with Helios Investment Partners, an emerging markets-focused PE firm that manages funds totalling USD 3 billion.
• Acting for Vivo Energy Investments, a company incorporated in the Netherlands and listed on the London Stock Exchange and with operations in marketing and distributing petroleum products under the ‘Shell’ brand and Engen brand in 23 countries across Africa, in connection with a 50% acquisition of Kuku Foods, a company that operates fast food restaurants under the KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) brand in various African countries.
• Assisting Stephenson & Harwood in connection with undertaking a vendor due diligence over the Kenyan subsidiary of a leading conglomerate of schools across various markets, including Kenya.
• Assisting in conducting due diligence and preparing various transaction documents involving the purchase of shares or assets of different companies.

Corporate Governance

• Training the directors at Janus Continental Group on corporate governance and directors’ obligations. The training focuses on the regulatory landscape of corporate governance in the sectors within with the Group operates in, director and alternate director obligations, how directors can shield themselves, conflict of interest issues and the environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.
• Acting for Kakuzi Plc in connection with the mandatory Legal & Compliance Audit required under the Code of Corporate Governance Practices for Issuer of Securities to the Public 2015.
• Acting as auditors for I&M Group PLC in connection with the mandatory Legal & Compliance Audit required under the Code of Corporate Governance Practices for Issuer of Securities to the Public 2015.
• Training the Board of Directors of Kakuzi in connection with the corporate governance requirements for listed companies under the Corporate Governance Practices for Issuers of Securities to the Public, 2015 and Kakuzi’s existing policies.
• Advising various NGOs with tax, legal and regulatory advice relating to the transfer of their businesses to other legal entities.

Regulatory

• Advising various clients in connection with the review of contractual arrangements and agreements and providing regulatory advice on the same.
• Advising various international clients in connection with their setting up of businesses in Kenya and procuring the relevant regulatory licenses.
• Preparing advice to various clients on regulatory issues such as industry-specific compliance requirements e.g., insurance companies, fintech and data protection.
• Advising an English entity that operates a global payment services business on the regulatory overview of proposed gateway services in Kenya.
• Providing advice to a multinational logistics company in connection with the setting up of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Kenya including the tax implications of the investment and the incentives of setting up an SEZ.