Lawyer

Brian Gatuguti

Principal Associate

Languages

English

Brian is a Principal Associate at CMS Kenya | Daly Inamdar Advocates within the Corporate M&A, Commercial practice. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with experience advising local and international clients on a broad range of corporate, commercial, financing, regulatory, and transactional matters.

His primary area of practice is Corporate & Commercial law and a niche focus in the technology, media & communications as well as data protection and policy.

He has substantial experience in both Corporate M&A transactions & Regulatory work. In his capacity as a Corporate lawyer, he has been involved in a range of private equity matters, mergers and acquisitions cutting across a range of specialist sectors including technology media and communications, fintech, aviation, banking, insurance construction and projects.

Relevant experience

Key member of the core deal team delivering the end-to-end execution of a strategically significant over USD 30 million divestment of a majority stake in one of Kenya’s largest insurance groups, playing a leading role in drafting transaction documentation and advancing structuring, regulatory, and competition workstreams, within a complex cross-border framework.
Involved in advising international private equity firm for its investment of USD 4 million into a multi-national agricultural project.
Involved in advising global social media network ByteDance (TikTok) on the regulatory framework in Kenya.
Involved in advising global telecommunication company in restructuring of its Kenya group to comply with Kenyan local content regulations around telecommunication companies.
Involved in advising a leading global payments technology company on the rollout of cross-border account-to-account fund transfer solutions supporting P2P, B2B and B2P flows and contributed to the structuring and regulatory analysis for financial institution and corporate service offerings, delivering commercially aligned, multi-jurisdictional guidance within the evolving global payments and fintech landscape.
Involved in advising global aircraft leasing company on repossession of various aircraft in Kenya.
Involved in a wide range of commercial advisory matters in relation to Google LLC/Alphabet.
Involved in a wide range of commercial advisory matters in relation to Amazon Inc.
Advising and structuring various payment system service providers and fintech companies setting up in Kenya.
Advising, preparation and structuring various employment structures for companies in Kenya.
Involved in a wide range of commercial advisory matters in relation to data privacy regulation in Kenya, including registration and compliance.
Involved in a wide range of commercial advisory matters in relation to employment and labour relations, technology, media & communications, business restructuring, legal compliance and energy.

Memberships & Roles

The Law Society of Kenya
The Law Society of Kenya, Nairobi Branch
The East Africa Law Society

Education

2022 – Certified by the London School of Economics in Data: Law, Policy and Regulation.
2020 - Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
2017 - University of Nairobi, Bachelor of Law (LLB.) (Hons).

Practice Areas

Commercial Corporate/M&A

sectors

TMC - Technology, Media & Communications Energy & Climate Change

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