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Arnold Ombasa

Arnold Ombasa

Associate

Arnold Ombasa

Associate

Nairobi

D+254 703 068253

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Arnold is an associate in the corporate commercial department. He is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Arnold specializes in corporate and commercial law advising on tax law, mergers and acquisitions, energy and infrastructure projects, legal due diligence and compliance and a wide range of corporate and commercial law transactions.

Experience

Confidential client: Acting for and advising an acquirer who intends to acquire a minority stake in a gold mining company in Kenya. Our roles included conducting thorough legal due diligence on the target, structuring the transaction and negotiating the relevant acquisition documents.
Confidential client: Carrying out a red flag legal due diligence on the Kenyan subsidiary of global mining company, advising on the applicable legal regime and compliance matters and review the mining rights over the tenements held by the Kenyan subsidiary.
Confidential client: Assisting the client in preparing the Public Private Partnership Regulations under the new Public Private Partnership Act, enacted at the end of 2021 (PPP Act).
Confidential client: Acting for and advising an a client in the energy sector on the renewal of an operations and maintenance agreement for its 80.32 MW electric power generating facility.
Confidential client: Acting for and advising the client on the acquisition of the total issued share capital of an energy company in Kenya.
Confidential client: Acting for and advising a large Kenyan bank in challenging an appeal filed in the High Court by the Kenya Revenue Authority in a tax dispute over the tax implications of card interchange fees.
Confidential client: Acting for and advising a tax payer in a dispute before the high court in the landmark tax dispute over withholding tax Withholding Tax under Kenya-South Africa DTA determining the tax treatment of payments made in respect of software.