Immanuel Nzaku

Email: INzaku@kapstrat.com
Position: Associate
Practice Area: International & Crossborder Transactions | Forensics and Due Diligence | Joint Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions | Capital Markets | Competition and Antitrust

Immanuel is an Associate in the Corporate Commercial Department with a broad range of expertise in transaction advisory and corporate law. He has acted in Kenyan and cross-border mandates and has extensive experience in various corporate and commercial matters, including structuring, negotiation, documentation and closing of mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint venture arrangements, share and asset sales, corporate restructurings, regulatory compliance and corporate advisory work

• Advocate – High court of Kenya

• English
• Swahili

• Adising Safaricom Plc in the acquisition of M-Pesa Holding Co. Limited from Vodafone International Holdings B.V.
• Advising Agri-vie Fund (II) Pty in the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Amos Dairies Limited.
• Conducting and advising on an in-depth and comprehensive legal and documentation audit in respect of the assets and operations of listed companies.
• Advising the Standard Bank of South Africa Limited in the proposed investment in Copia Global Inc., the holding company of Copia Kenya Limited.
• Euroswiss Investments Limited in the conversion of debt to equity in NBP Holdings Limited andBrenthouse Limited.
• Gridx Duara Holdings in a convertible loan facility in the amount of USD 7,000,000 to Two Rivers Power Company Limited.
• Kenafric Industries in respect of a transfer of business and assets to Kenfaric Manufacturers Limited.
• Unga Holdings Limited and Nutreco in the formation of a joint venture in Kenya and Uganda to consolidate the parties’ animal and aquafeed businesses.
• Bigcold Kenya Limited in the acquisition of the business and assets of Ennsvalley Bakery Limited and Alpha Fine Foods Limited.
• Advising Allianz SE on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Jubilee Insurance’s general insurance business in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Mauritius.
• Juhudi Kilimo Limited, Simbanet Limited, Isat Africa Limited. Set up of Employee Share Ownership Plans in each of the companies.
• Mayfair Bank Limited in relation to the acquisition of a 51% by Commercial International Bank S.A.E.
• Advising KCB Group Limited in in relation to the regularization of top 100 non-performing loans in the loan book of its subsidiary National Bank Limited.
• International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) (formerly OPIC) on the financing of up to USD 5 million to Twiga Foods Limited.
• Britam Holdings Plc (a listed holding company for a leading insurance group) on a KES 1 billion unsecured subordinated Tier II loan to HFC Limited.
• Advising NIC Bank in the merger of Commercial Bank of Africa and NIC Group to form NCBA Group Plc.
• Negotiating competition clearance for several M&A matters including preparation of merger filings to the Competition Authority of Kenya and the COMESA Competition Commission.
• Conducting competition audits to check on compliance with the Competition Act.

* Includes experience gained prior to joining K&S