Corporate Commercial – Principal Associate at ALN Kenya

In more detail, the areas of responsibility include:

• Being involved in negotiations with clients and relevant counterparties to transactions and/or projects in a variety of industries including telecoms, financial services, education, fintech, healthcare, FMCG, agriculture, manufacturing, etc.
• Drafting and reviewing standard M&A transactional agreements including share purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, investment and subscription agreements and shareholder agreements.
• Drafting of relevant ancillary documents such as NDAs, letters of intent, term sheets, applications for regulatory approvals, board and shareholder resolutions, closing documentation, etc.
• Being involved in due diligence investigations on target companies, leading multi-jurisdictional due diligence teams and coordinating the preparation of the due diligence and/or regulatory reports.
• Conducting effective legal research and drafting opinions on various corporate, commercial and regulatory matters, including corporate governance.
• Providing solution-oriented advice to clients on legal issues, risk and regulatory compliance and contract management strategy.
• Interacting regularly with current and prospective clients in order to build and develop a good network and relationships.
• having the ability to formulate and present trainings and seminars to juniors and potentially clients on corporate related drafting, coordination, and teamwork.

Experience and personal qualities

• Law Degree and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya or equivalent qualifications.
• At least five years’ experience in a fast-paced corporate commercial legal environment.
• Demonstrated experience in working on large scale transactions with multiple stakeholders and client handling skills.
• Demonstrated experience in drafting share purchase, share subscription and shareholders agreements, associated documents and the negotiation of the same.
• Experience in Mergers and Acquisitions.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Experience managing a team or teams.
• Proficient in the use of IT Systems including Microsoft Office packages.
• Excellent verbal, oratory and written communication skills and an ability to communicate clearly with a range of people from diverse backgrounds.