Billy Oloo

Billy joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Trainee Advocate in 2023. He received training in Environmental Law, Corporate & Commercial, Employment, Finance & Banking Law, Real Estate, and Tax & Exchange Control sectors. Billy was retained as an Associate in July 2024 in the Dispute Resolution practice.

• Assisted a global logistics company in responding to KRA to reach a settlement/resolution regarding an alleged outstanding tax debt of more than KES 15 million.

• Assisted in advising a global investment company on a standard structure to optimize tax liability and administrative costs, while ensuring compliance in Kenya and Uganda, and advice on how to structure an ESOP for its employees in the Kenyan entity to minimize tax liability.

• Assisting in advising an independent, owner-managed fund management business for the sale of 100% of the issued share capital of a global logistics company in both the UK and Kenya. This entailed assisting in negotiating and drafting the commercial agreements which included the share purchase agreements, share subscription agreements and the shareholders agreements.

• Assisted in advising a Mauritian energy holding company on the applicability of capital gains tax on an on- sale transaction as part of acquisition of a Kenyan target.

• Assisted in advising a consumer products company in Kenya on product liability and the best way to structure its employment contracts.

• Assisted in advising and representing a manager of a large company in Kenya on a constructive dismissal claim.

• Assisting in advising a continental media company on how to convert some of its full-time employee contracts to project-based consultancy agreements.

• Assisted in developing template loan agreement with income participation and loan agreement with equity component for a Kenyan investment company.

• Assisting an international non-profit environmental organization in researching, analysing, and drafting a policy, legal and regulatory gap report on Blue Carbon ecosystems in Kenya, by determining the best practices that Kenya can replicate in its Blue Carbon policy and legal framework from other jurisdictions.