Denis Maina
About Denis
Denis Maina began his career at Ernst & Young LLP, in 2021 where he held various roles, including Audit Associate and Tax Associate, before becoming a Senior Tax Associate in January 2024. Denis holds a Post-Graduate Diploma from the Kenya School of Law, a Diploma in Tax Administration from the Kenya School of Revenue Administration, and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi.
Areas of expertise
Experience
- Successfully negotiated with the KRA in a Excise Duty tax assessment on behalf of a tier one Sacco.
- Successfully negotiated with the KRA in a Corporate Income tax assessment on behalf of a management asset company.
- Successfully won a tax dispute at the dispute in relation to withholding tax assessment for the global real estate company at the Tax Appeals Tribunal.
- Successfully assisted to negotiate a global technology company get a 40% tax waiver of USD 2.5 Million from the South Sudan Revenue Authority.
- Conducting a pre-investment tax due diligence exercise on a lifestyle retail company in Kenya for a private equity firm.
- Conducting a tax due diligence of a pharmaceutical company on a merger and acquisition transaction.
- Conducting a debt financing tax due diligence exercise on a global livestock breeder for private equity firm.
- Part of a team that undertook a tax and legal due diligence of a pharmaceutical company on a merger and acquisition transaction by a private equity firm.
- Part of a team that undertook a legal due diligence of Kenya’s largest Sacco by assets and market share for its proposed restructuring.
- Part of a team that undertook a legal due diligence with respect to USD 2 Billion deal for the lease of the assets of a leading airport.
- Part of a team that undertook a legal due diligence with respect to USD 3.6 Million deal between a Singapore based software developer and the Government of Rwanda.
- Part of team that undertook a business restructuring for leading global manufacturer of construction material. This also included assisting with getting the necessary exemptions from the tax authorities for the transaction.
- Part of a team that advised on the tax implications for a spin-off and also undertook the spin-off of an American software company in its Kenyan subsidiry.
- Assisting in the corporate restructuring of Kenya’s largest Sacco by assets and market share including getting the necessary approvals from the regulators.
- Advising on the tax implications of a global not-for profit corporation with respect to its operations and programs amounting to USD 9.4 Million implemented through Partners.
- Advising on the tax implications with respect to a USD 72 Million share buy-back tansaction for a telco in Kenya.
- Part of a team that conducted specialized tax audit training for the 70 auditors staff in the domestic tax unit of the South Sudan Revenue Authority.
- Succeffuly sought private rulings for a group of telcos in South Sudan from the South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA).
- Setting up a subsidiary of Helios Group in Kenya. This included legal incorporation, tax registration, statutory payroll registrations, registration with the relevant regulatory bodies and obtaining relevant licenses of the company.
- Assisting with the deregistration and liquidation of a digital health company from the Kenyan market.
Credentials
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (LL. B), University of Nairobi
- Post-Graduate Diploma (Advocates Training Programme), Kenya School of Law
- Diploma in Tax Administration, Kenya School of Revenue Administration
LANGUAGES
- English
