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Alex Kanyi

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Alex Kanyi is a Partner in our Tax & Exchange Control, Dispute Resolution, and Corporate & Commercial paractice areas. Alex has worked in Kenya and Ireland for clients with operations in Europe, Asia and Africa.  He has extensive experience in tax structuring, tax dispute resolution, international tax advisory, risk management, restructuring, legal audits, legal due diligence, company secretarial, acquisitions, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.

+254 724 498 999
alex.kanyi@cdhlegal.comNairobi
Alex Kanyi

About Alex

About Alex

Alex has worked with KPMG East Africa in various capacities and was its Regulatory Services business lead in East Africa for six years up to 2022. He has also worked in KPMG Ireland in 2019-2020 as Manager, Legal Services. In 2022, Alex joined Kieti Law LLP as a Partner.

 

Credentials

Credentials

Education 

  • Masters of Laws (LL.M), International Trade and Investments Law, University of Nairobi (ongoing)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (2nd Class Honours, Upper), Moi University
  • Certified Public Secretary
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Certificate, Legal Audit, Kenya School of Law
  • Certified Trainer, Africa Facilitators Accreditation Program, KPMG

Memberships 

  • Law Society of Kenya
  • Institute of Certified Secretaries
  • Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya

Languages

Languages

  • English
  • Swahili

About Alex

Alex has worked with KPMG East Africa in various capacities and was its Regulatory Services business lead in East Africa for six years up to 2022. He has also worked in KPMG Ireland in 2019-2020 as Manager, Legal Services. In 2022, Alex joined Kieti Law LLP as a Partner.

 

Credentials

Education 

  • Masters of Laws (LL.M), International Trade and Investments Law, University of Nairobi (ongoing)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (2nd Class Honours, Upper), Moi University
  • Certified Public Secretary
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Certificate, Legal Audit, Kenya School of Law
  • Certified Trainer, Africa Facilitators Accreditation Program, KPMG

Memberships 

  • Law Society of Kenya
  • Institute of Certified Secretaries
  • Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya

Languages

  • English
  • Swahili

Experience

Australian mining company

Successfully represented an Australian mining company at the Tax Appeals Tribunal to defend an Income Tax assessment claim of USD 9.4 million

VAT assessment

Successfully represented a French based company at the Tax Appeals Tribunal and at the High Court to defend a VAT assessment of USD 2.1 million

Tax Appeals Tribunal

Successfully represented a Kenyan manufacturing company at the Tax Appeals Tribunal to defend a VAT assessment of USD 2.5 million

VAT assessment

Successfully represented an American multinational technology corporation to defend a VAT assessment at the Tax Appeals Tribunal.

Tax structuring

Advised another Japanese company on the tax structuring of an EPC contract to build an 83 MW geothermal power plant. The project was sponsored by JICA and was commissioned in 2022.

Motor vehicle assembling company

Advised a global motor vehicle assembling company based in France on optimising the tax implications on restructuring their operations in East Africa through an asset transfer deal.

Insurance company

Advised a local insurance company on the tax structuring for the carve-out of their life insurance business. Specifically advised on the tax considerations in the Portfolio Transfer Agreement, Business Transfer Agreement and the Business Separation Agreement and Corporate Restructuring Agreement.

Regional bank in Africa

Advised a tier one regional bank in Africa on the acquisition of a fund management and trustee firm

Buyer due diligence

Conducted a buyer due diligence and advised an Australian based company on acquisition of shares in a local dating company.

Voluntary liquidation

Carried out the first voluntary liquidation in Kenya under the new Insolvency Act in collaboration with the Official Receiver. The members voluntary liquidation was for a local telecommunications company.

Preference shares

Assisted a US based company on creation and allotment of preference shares after converting a USD 15 million loan to equity

News

Tax amnesty: A sham or simply misunderstood?
Tax & Exchange Control

Tax amnesty: A sham or simply misunderstood?

In an effort to improve tax revenue collection, the Government of Kenya has embarked on a ‘confess and your sins shall be forgiven’ campaign. In 2020, the previous Government put in...
An analysis of the Affordable Housing Act, 2024: Will this act survive the legal onslaught?
Tax & Exchange Control

An analysis of the Affordable Housing Act, 2024: Will this act survive the legal onslaught?

After what may seem like an eternal wait for the Government, the President finally put pen to paper on the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023 (Bill) to enact it into law on 19 March 2024....
Tax treatment of charitable organisations in Kenya: An impending regulatory update

Tax treatment of charitable organisations in Kenya: An impending regulatory update

Charitable organisations are entities that operate with an aim to alleviate poverty, relieve public distress, advance religion, advance education, or generally serve the public. They...
Kenya’s tax outlook for 2024
Tax & Exchange Control

Kenya’s tax outlook for 2024

Since coming into office in September 2022, the incumbent Kenyan Government has implemented policy measures aimed at steering economic recovery. As per the 2023 Budget Policy Statement...
Tax stability and predictability for economic sustainability
Corporate & Commercial Law

Tax stability and predictability for economic sustainability

Prior to deciding to introduce or redomicile a business in any country, an investor must always consider how favourable, stable, and predictable the country’s tax system is. The primary...

All articles by Alex
Benefitting from the Tax Amnesty Program: The Quick Steps
Tax & Exchange Control

Benefitting from the Tax Amnesty Program: The Quick Steps

The Finance Act 2023 introduced a Tax Amnesty Program which is a great opportunity for Kenyan taxpayers.
Alex Kanyi joins Citizen TV to discuss the Fall of the Shilling
Tax & Exchange Control

Alex Kanyi joins Citizen TV to discuss the Fall of the Shilling

A discussion revolving around the challenges posed by currency depreciation in Kenya and the factors influencing it.
Comments on the Draft Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS)
Tax & Exchange Control

Comments on the Draft Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS)

CDH Kenay Partner Alex Kanyi discusses the Draft Medium-Term Revenue Strategy.
Finance Act 2023: Focus on the Housing Levy
Tax & Exchange Control

Finance Act 2023: Focus on the Housing Levy

The Finance Act 2023 came into force on 1 July 2023 despite efforts to suspend its implementation.
Kenya Finance Bill 2023
Tax & Exchange Control

Kenya Finance Bill 2023

The long-awaited Finance Bill, 2023 (Bill) was finally tabled before the National Assembly on 4 May 2023.

All videos by Alex
An Analysis of the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023 vis a vis the High Court's Judgment and the ruling of the Court of Appeal
Tax & Exchange Control

An Analysis of the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023 vis a vis the High Court's Judgment and the ruling of the Court of Appeal

On 28 November 2023, The High Court of Kenya held that the housing levy as framed in Finance Act, 2023 is unconstitutional.
Taxation of financial derivatives in Kenya
Tax & Exchange Control

Taxation of financial derivatives in Kenya

On 19 January 2023, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning made The Income Tax (Financial Derivatives) Regulations, 2023. These Regulations are intended...
Tax Revenue Potential
Tax & Exchange Control

Tax Revenue Potential

Alex Kanyi, Partner in the Tax & Exchange Control Practice at CDH Kenya recently discussed the internal revenue potential of counties in Kenya.
Renewed efforts by the taxman to collect rental income tax
Tax & Exchange Control

Renewed efforts by the taxman to collect rental income tax

On 18 October 2022, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) issued a notice to the public of its intent to undertake a data collection exercise on rental properties within Nairobi City County...

All podcasts by Alex

Market recognition

Gold Standard Award for Young People, President’s Award

Silver Standard Award for Young People, President’s Award

Alex has been named as 1st runner up for Pupil Master of the Year, in the 5th Annual Nairobi Legal Awards

Market recognition

Gold Standard Award for Young People, President’s Award

Silver Standard Award for Young People, President’s Award

Alex has been named as 1st runner up for Pupil Master of the Year, in the 5th Annual Nairobi Legal Awards

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