Sammy began his career in Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews and was a Partner until 2017 when he joined Kieti as Managing Partner.

M&A

• Advised a confidential investor in its equity investment in a Kenyan electric motorbike manufacturer.
• Advised on Kenya merger control issues in relation to FNZ’s acquisition of Silica.
• Acted for the Privatisation Commission on the proposed rights issue and privatisation of Consolidated Bank of Kenya.
• Advised on Lebashe’s acquisition of Tiso Blackstar’s shares in Radio Africa.
• Advised on the Kenyan aspects of the equity investment in Wakanow.com by the Carlyle Group.
• Advised REPP in its preference share equity investment to fund the development of a 1.65MW solar power project in Nyeri, Kenya.
• Acted for Distell in its acquisition of Centum’s shares in KWA Holdings EA Ltd.
• Acted for Hoggers in its proposed sale of business and assets to Famous Brands.
• Acted for Reike in its equity investment in two special purpose vehicles developing a 20MW and a 16MW hydropower project in Sagana, Kenya.
• Advised KUDURA on merger control issues relating to the equity investment in it by Acumen Fund.
• Acted for KUDURA in its acquisition of Vulcan Inc.’s portfolio of solar power electricity generation assets in Kenya.
• Advised SunFunder (as security agent) on the sale of certain collateral assets to recover outstanding liabilities from a borrower group involving entities in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.
• Acted for Habitat Housing in its joint venture arrangement with Singapura for the development of more than 8,000 residential and commercial units.

   Finance & Banking

• Advised SunFunder (as arranger, agent and security agent) in syndicated USD 11M financing to SunCulture by a group of lenders comprising Triodos Investment Management, Nordic Development Fund, AlphaMundi and the AfDB’s FEI OGEF managed by Lion’s Head.
• Acted for AgDevCo on its USD 2.5M syndicated debt financing of a consortium of Kenyan macadamia nut processing companies.
• Advised REPP (managed by CAMCO Clean Energy) in relation to its USD 3M financing to a borrower to develop, construct and operate solar photovoltaic mini grids representing 12,000 connections.
• Advised Mauritius Commercial Bank in its multimillion trade finance facilities to oil marketing companies.
• Advised a confidential international financier on its transaction security documents package for commodity financing in Kenya.
• Acted for SunFunder (manager of the solar debt facility) on the loan facility of KES 50M to Pawame, one of Kenya’s first transactions to finance a developer receiving funding under the World Bank Funded Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP).
• Advised a confidential client on the establishment of a green bank in Kenya.

• The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 recommended Sammy for banking & finance
• Chambers Global 2016-2022 ranked Sammy in Band 4 for Corporate/M&A
• Chambers Global 2017 ranked Sammy in Band 3 for Banking & Finance
• IFLR 1000 2021 ranked Sammy as a notable practitioner

Education

• Masters of Laws (LL.M) (with distinction) (Best Graduating Student), International Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation, University of Warwick
• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (Honours), University of Nairobi

Membership

• Law Society of Kenya
• International Bar Association