Jacqueline Mwangi

Email: JMwangi@kapstrat.com
Position: Senior Associate
Practice Area: Capital Markets |  International & Crossborder Transactions | Joint Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions | Private Equity | Competition and Antitrust

Jacqueline advises clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters ranging from mergers and acquisitions, internal re-organizations, share and asset sales, joint venture arrangements, capital markets and due diligence assignments. Her client portfolio comprises primarily of local and international equity investors, local and international listed companies,  private equity funds, start-ups and NGOs.

• Advocate – High Court of Kenya

• English
• Swahili

• Acting for Helios Investment Partners, an Africa-focused investment firm over a series of transactions for the sale of their stake in Equity Group Holdings Limited (EGHL), the leading inclusive banking group in East Africa with over 9 million customer accounts and nearly $4 billion in assets and which is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The various transactions include the sale of 12.223% stake in EGHL to Norfininvest AS, a Norwegian investment company founded in 2014 by Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries and Norfinance AS, a specialized long-term investment company established by Norfund;
• Acting for Helios Investment Partners in the sale of 4.32% of their stake in EGHL to Genesis Investment Management LLP, a company in the United Kingdom, established in 1989 as a research-driven organization with the aim of providing institutional clients with excellent investment returns through a company-focused approach to investment in emerging markets and; the sale of 2.44% of Helios stake in EGHL to National Social Security Fund, Uganda.
• Acting for DEG, and Proparco in the transfer of their stake in I&M Holdings Limited (approximately 10.68%) to CDC Group Plc outside the Nairobi Securities Exchange;
• Acting for Oman Trading International on the due diligence exercise for their proposed investment in Hass Petroleum;
• Advising Penda Health Limited on various legal aspects including the setting up of the entity, review of term sheets and investment agreements with various interested investors, reviewing and drafting subscription and shareholder agreement, employment contracts and other legal documentation for the client and negotiating terms of various agreements on behalf of the client to facilitate their investment opportunities;
• Acting for Philips Healthcare in the bid for Ministry of Health and the Ministerial Tender Committee, for the Supply, Installation, Testing, Maintenance and Replacement of Medical Equipment. This involved the review of tender documents, proposals, and government contracts and providing advice to the Client on their proposed approach. Philips won the tender for lot 6 for provision of ICU Equipment.
• Advising Equity Group Foundation (EGF), a company limited by guarantee on setting up and the structure of Equity Afia Limited to provide sustainable healthcare in Kenya and drafting all the relevant franchise and trademark agreements, as well as advising EGF on the necessary amendments to their constitutional documents to comply with the requirements of not-for- profit organizations and filing the documents to effect the changes.
• Acting for Imperial Holdings Limited in respect of its proposed acquisition of seventy (70%) percent of the share capital of Surgipharm Limited from its shareholders, including conducting due diligence of the target entity;
• Acting for South African based Econet wireless global in their acquisition of one hundred percent (100%) stake in the telecom companies, U-COM in Burundi and Telecel CAR in Central African Republic (CAR) and Burundi respectively, owned by Vimpelcom’s 51.9% owned subsidiary Global Telecom Holding.
• Advising Development Finance International, an American based organization involved in accelerating development in emerging markets and which is active in key growth sectors such as health, ICT, agriculture, education, renewable energy, STI (science, technology and innovation), finance, and transport, on setting up in Kenya as well as providing corporate advice in relation to employment laws in Kenya and drafting employment contracts.
• Advising and setting up/ registration of Kratos Capital LLP, an LLP in Kenya, drafting investment agreements with the various investors of the LLP for the Proposed Transaction. Assisted in drafting various loan agreements and land sale agreements for the LLP.
• Advising Schweppes International Limited and other large corporations on employment laws in Kenya and drafting employment contracts for their employees.
• Advising Action Aid, an International NGO on their local registration and setting up in Kenya and amending their constitution in accordance to the regulations of the NGO Co-ordination Board in Kenya.