About

Stanbic Bank Kenya is a major Kenyan and East African full service banking institution and one of the most important banks in the region. The bank benefits from the expertise of its legal function which is led by the talented head of legal Eliud Ogutu. The team contains other high profile individuals such as senior legal counsel Beatrice Njeru, who according to nominators is ‘a key figure in investment banking in the East African region and is regarded as an authority in project finance’. The team has been involved in numerous high value project finance deals in the country including a geothermal power projects, a large coal fired power project and a 300MW wind power project. In the infrastructure space, it is actively involved in the Roads Annuity Programme, a programme by the National Government which aims to construct 10,000KM of roads under public private partnership arrangements. In addition, the team is highly skilled at general commercial and corporate law, securitisation and loan documentation, intellectual property law, and banking.