Sammy Ndolo

Sammy began his career at a law firm in Kenya and was appointed Partner until 2017. He later joined Kieti as Managing Partner.

• Advising a South Africa-based cement manufacturer and its subsidiary, listed on the JSE, on the proposed sale of its shares in a Rwanda-based cement company, listed on the Rwanda Stock Exchange.

• Advising Acumen and conducted due diligence on a Kenya-based company providing storage solutions in the agricultural sector.

• Assisting Sasini PLC in relation to its proposed acquisition of a leading tea producer in Kenya, with operating subsidiaries in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.

• Advising a UK Based insurer, who is underwriting a W&I insurance policy relating to an investment into a leading insurance company based in Kenya.

• Advising a leading South Africa-based integrated renewable energy IPP on its acquisition of the 60MW Kesses power plant. This was part of a larger acquisition by the client of renewable power projects in Kenya, Namibia and Mozambique.

• Advised Spark+Africa Fund SCSP, Blue Orchard Credit and Nithio in relation to each of their facilities to Alternative Energy Group SARL (Altech). Our team assisted with reviewing each of the loan agreements, security documents and the intercreditor agreement. We also issued local law enforceability and English law opinions; and assisted with the registration of the security documents in favour of the lenders in the DRC.

• Advising the IFC and CDP in relation to their senior term loan facility to Eni Kenya. Our role included reviewing the English-law governed common term loan agreement as well as the loan agreements for each of the IFC and CDP. We advised on the necessary permits required of the borrower to undertake its projects in Kenya and prepared a legal opinion for the benefit of both IFC and CDP.

• Advised a South Africa-based bank as lender on its term loan facility to a warehousing industry in We led work revising and updating the security package to alter the asset base covered by the security, including the preparation, negotiation, and perfection of a memorandum of variation of charge and deed of amendment of lease. 

• Advised a leading Netherlands-based global co-operative society in relation to its facility to a social enterprise that produces and distributes clean cookstoves in Kenya and across Africa. Our team assisted in the review of the English law-governed facility agreement, preparation and perfection of the Kenyan law-governed security documents, and issuing English law and Kenyan law enforceability opinions.

• Assisting a top-tier bank based in Mauritius with the review of the facility letter, general terms of trade, the instruction letter, the banker’s lien, and the deed of assignment to ensure compliance with Kenyan law, and preparing a specific debenture to secure the facilities extended to the borrowers. The transaction involved attempting to secure financing for a borrower with existing liabilities from a different lender.

• Representing a Sweden-based impact fintech firm operating a regulated crowdfunding platform for solar energy projects in emerging markets, in connection with a cross-border financing to a local borrower, including legal due diligence on the borrower and sponsor, and drafting and negotiating English-law and Kenyan-law transaction documents.

• Advising a leading US-based innovative global payments platform transforming the landscape of cross-border financial services, on its multi-jurisdictional expansion of operations into Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria through partnerships with licensed industry players to facilitate cross-border transactions, both in terms of money and crypto assets, including digital assets and cryptocurrencies. We are providing comprehensive regulatory and commercial advice, including jurisdiction-specific guidance on licensing requirements, regulatory risks and compliance obligations across all three markets.

• Advised a digital lending company on the process of successfully obtaining a digital credit provider (DCP) licence from the Central Bank of Kenya.

• Advising a leading Kenya-based payment system service provider to address the challenge of integrating retail payments and inter-banking money transfer services in Kenya and on various regulatory and compliance matters, including participant onboarding requirements; facilitation of cross-border payments by payment service providers under the National Payment Systems Act; and compliance with Central Bank of Kenya directives

• Advised a Kenya-based tech company in the agricultural industry in relation to its Software as a Service (SaaS) tool, which is intended to mitigate financial intermediaries' risks associated with lending in the agricultural sector.

• Chambers Global 2024–2026 ranked him in Band 3 for banking & finance.
• Chambers Fintech Legal 2026 ranked Sammy in Band 2.
• Chambers Fintech Legal 2025 ranked Sammy in Band 3.
• Chambers Global 2026 ranked Sammy in Band 3 for corporate/M&A. 2021–2025 ranked him in Band 4 for corporate/M&A. 
• Chambers Global 2023–2024 ranked him in Band 4 for banking & finance.
• The Legal 500 EMEA 2022–2025 recommended him for banking, finance & capital markets
• The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - 2025 also recommended Sammy for corporate, commercial/M&A.
• IFLR1000 2021–2025 ranked Sammy as a notable practitioner in Private Equity, M&A.
• Sammy won 1st Runner-Up in the Managing Partner of the Year category, and 2nd Runner-Up in the Lawyer of the Year category at the Nairobi Legal Awards 2025.