With a strong foothold in complex domestic and cross-border finance transactions, Bowmans assists a wide range of clients, including lenders and borrowers across the energy, telecoms, real estate, and financial services sectors. Leveraged and acquisition finance, structured finance, derivatives, securitisation, subordinated debt, and insolvency and restructuring lie within the strengths of the practice, in addition to a dedicated fintech team. Practice head Cornelius Kigera has most recently been engaged by lenders in the oil and tea sectors on commodity finance matters, while Dominic Indokhomi is the go-to for queries relating to digital assets. Managing partner Paras Shah supports on complex transactions, including IPOs and sovereign bonds.
Key clients
- KCB Bank Kenya Limited
- NCBA Bank Kenya PLC
- ABSA Bank Limited
- IndusInd Bank Limited
- Sibed Transport Company Limited
- International Finance Corporation
- The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
- Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited
- Lendable Asset Management LLC
- Nedbank Limited
- The Land Degradation Neutrality Fund SLP
Work highlights
- Acted for KCB Bank Kenya Limited in advancing an Open Tender System facility to Galana Oil Kenya Limited and advised on the preparation of the loan and security documents.
- Acted for NCBA Bank Kenya PLC in connection with facilities by NCBA to Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Management Services Limited in the sum of $150m.
- Acted as Kenyan counsel to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in connection with the $25m loan to be extended to Platinum Credit Limited and Premier Credit Limited.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Cornelius Kigera