Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers in Kenya
Kenya's mergers and acquisitions landscape is in one of its most active cycles in a decade. Nigerian and South African banks are acquiring Kenyan lenders. Fintech companies are buying licensed entities to compress years of regulatory process into months. And from November 2025, cross-border transactions in East Africa carry an additional mandatory notification obligation to the East African Community Competition Authority.
Thomas Louis Advocates advises founders, corporate buyers, private equity funds, and international investors on transactions across Kenya and East Africa — from initial term sheet through CAK clearance, SPA execution, and post-completion integration.
Our M&A Services
Kenya's private companies carry liabilities that financial statements alone do not surface — KRA arrears, NSSF and NHIF obligations, change-of-control clauses in material contracts, and data privacy non-compliance under the Data Protection Act 2019. These are the findings that surface in due diligence and derail deals that looked clean on paper.
From November 2025, cross-border transactions in East Africa with combined regional turnover above USD 35 million also require notification to the East African Community Competition Authority — in addition to the Competition Authority of Kenya. TLA manages both filing processes as a standard part of every qualifying transaction.
- Legal due diligence — buyer and seller side
- Deal structuring and transaction advisory
- SPA, shareholder agreements, and term sheets
- Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) notification
- EACCA cross-border merger filings (from Nov 2025)
- Sector regulatory approvals - CBK, CMA, EPRA
- Private equity fund structuring and investment docs
- Post-completion integration and BRS/KRA filings
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- Millennium Business Park, Karen, Langata Road, Nairobi, Kenya
