Capital Markets; Corporate and Commercial; Infrastructure, Projects and PPP; Restructuring and Insolvency

Partner

Jacob is a Partner at Oraro & Company Advocates in the corporate & commercial practice group. With over 12 years’ experience, he has advised both local and international corporates on commercial contracts, corporate advisory, corporate restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, privatisations and infrastructure projects.

Jacob was part of a team that advised in a complex debt-to-equity restructuring of Kenya Airways Plc that aimed to reposition the National carrier for long-term growth and business sustainability. He also acted for a leading commercial bank in the financing of the first road construction projects under the Road Annuity Program of the Ngong-Kiserian-Isinya and Kajiado-Imaroro

Chambers Global ranked Jacob in its 2023 Guide as one of the leading lawyers in Corporate/M&A in Kenya. Chambers noted that “Jacob Odhiambo Ochieng is very analytical, strategic, knowledgeable, and has excellent negotiation skills.”

English and Kiswahili

Law Society of Kenya East Africa Law Society

Post-graduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law, Kenya LLB, University of Nairobi, Kenya