MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Simba & Simba has offered legal advisory services on projects for small, medium, and large-scale local and regional mergers and acquisitions including companies and individuals investing in other companies, private equities and divesting companies.

Our services include:

  • Advising on corporate restructuring, changes in shareholding, or board composition.
  • Conducting legal due diligence in public share issues.
  • Advising on competition issues that may arise.
  • Ensuring compliance as required by regulatory authorities such as the Capital Markets Authority and the Competition Authority.

Some of our work highlights include:

  • Acting as the Lead Transactional Project Lawyers in a merger of 3 bottling companies by structuring and achieving a 90% share swap with the shareholders and consequently incorporating a Company valued at KES. 30 Billion.
  • Acting as Project Lawyers in a KES. 4 Billion acquisition of a local bank by a  financial service provider listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE).
  • Advising a client in a transaction worth KES. 170 Million, which involved shareholder buyouts and equity financing.
  • Advising an insurance company in the acquisition of additional shares in an insurance brokerage  rm, under arrangements made by rights of pre-emption.
  • Advising a leading tea agency and a leading micro-  nance institution on their respective restructuring.