Arnold Mutisya
Arnold Mutisya is a Senior Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice. He has over nine years of transactional and corporate advisory experience. Arnold has acted in numerous high-profile Kenyan and international mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and complex corporate restructuring matters. Arnold's expertise spans regulatory compliance, employment law, corporate governance, and comprehensive corporate advisory work, including transactions with unusually complex requirements and arrangements. He also brings extensive experience in trust and estate planning work, advising and supporting not-for-profit organisations and charities on structuring options, pre-registration requirements, registration processes, and ongoing post-registration services.
About Arnold
About Arnold
Arnold joined CDH in 2025.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 2nd Class Honours, Upper Division
- Strathmore University, School of Accountancy
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (Admission Number P105/14440/18)
- Certified Secretary of Kenya (Registration Number CPS R/3546)
- Certified Public Accountant
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
- East Africa Law Society (EALS)
- Institute of Certified Public Secretaries (ICPS)
Languages
Languages
- English
- Swahili
About Arnold
Arnold joined CDH in 2025.
Credentials
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 2nd Class Honours, Upper Division
- Strathmore University, School of Accountancy
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (Admission Number P105/14440/18)
- Certified Secretary of Kenya (Registration Number CPS R/3546)
- Certified Public Accountant
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
- East Africa Law Society (EALS)
- Institute of Certified Public Secretaries (ICPS)
Languages
- English
- Swahili
Experience
Acting for a leading private equity fund in relation to a USD 47.5 Million mezzanine funding to Centum’s Two Rivers International Finance & Innovation Centre.
Acting for a leading Kenyan retailer in connection with the acquisition of a minority stake in the said Kenyan retailer by a French private equity fund.
Acting for the abovementioned leading Kenyan retailer and the French private equity fund in selling the private equity fund’s stake in the leading retailer to another private equity fund.
Acting for a leading multinational firm in the sale of their Kenyan-based flower farm to another leading multinational firm in the floriculture business.
Acting for a leading public listed company to issue a corporate bond in the Domestic Medium-Term Note (MTN) Programme.
Carrying out legal due diligence and preparing a red flag due diligence report in respect of NIC Bank PLC for Commercial Bank of Africa Limited in relation to the transaction for the merger of NIC Bank PLC and Commercial Bank of Africa Limited to form NCBA Bank Kenya PLC.
Advising various international clients in connection with their setting up of businesses in Kenya and procuring the relevant regulatory licences and permits to operate in Kenya.
Provision of general legal advice and support on general corporate and commercial matters.
On the establishment of entities (both for profit and not for profit entities) in Kenya and subsequent support for clients in different sectors including the telecommunications sectors, banking sectors as well as charitable entities looking to set up in Kenya.
Various clients in other high-profile Kenyan and international merger transactions, joint venture transactions and private equity transactions.
Private clients including estate planning.
Rhino Range Expansion Kenya (RREK) sought to register an entity that would foster collaboration between the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and private landowners and community land owners for purposes of conservation of Kenya’s black rhinos. We advised RREK in relation to: (i) the options available for the registration; (ii) the tax, financial, employment, reporting, and compliance obligations of each option; and (iii) the possibility and requirements of obtaining tax exemptions. We then proceeded to provide our legal services in relation to the actual setting up of the entity as a company limited by guarantee and drafting requisite Agreements and legal documents to be entered into between RREK and counterparties.
Africa Public Health Laboratories in relation to setting up of their Kenyan Non-Governmental Organisation. We provided our legal advice in relation to the options available for registration and provided subsequent support in the actual setting up as a Non-Governmental Organisation.
Stanbic Kenya Foundation Limited in relation to: (i) the options available for the registration; (ii) the tax, financial, employment, reporting, and compliance obligations of each option; and (iii) the possibility and requirements of obtaining tax exemptions. We then proceeded to provide our legal services in relation to the actual setting up of the entity as a company limited by guarantee.
Various not-for profit entities on: (i) the options available for the registration; (ii) the tax, financial, employment, reporting, and compliance obligations of each option; and (iii) the possibility and requirements of obtaining tax exemptions. We then proceeded to provide our legal services in relation to the actual setting up of the appropriate not-for-profit entity in Kenya followed by providing our support on post-registration formalities.
Various international Non-Governmental Organisations in relation to setting up of their Kenyan Non-Governmental Organisation. We provided our legal advice in relation to the options available for registration and provided subsequent support in the actual setting up as a Non-Governmental Organisation.
