Billy Oloo
Billy Oloo is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice.
About Billy
About Billy
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.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB (Second Class Upper Honors), Moi University, School of Law
- Post Graduate Diploma, Kenya School of Law
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya
Languages
Languages
- English
- Swahili
About Billy
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.
Credentials
Education
- LLB (Second Class Upper Honors), Moi University, School of Law
- Post Graduate Diploma, Kenya School of Law
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya
Languages
- English
- Swahili
Experience
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.
News
Decoding “internship” realities: An analysis of Forum for Good Governance and Human Rights v TSC and Two Others
The Employment Act, CAP 226 (Employment Act) confirms in section 2 that apprentices and indentured learners are considered as employees. However, what happens when a duly trained and...
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...
Sealing the loopholes? An analysis of the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023
The High Court of Kenya, in its decision of 28 November 2023 in Okiya Omtatah Okoiti and 51 Others V The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning and 6 Others , Constitutional...
An overview of the High Court's decision on the Finance Act, 2023: Was it just about the housing levy?
The Finance Bill, 2023 (Finance Bill) was passed by the National Assembly on 23 June 2023 and subsequently assented to by the President on 26 June 2023 thereby making it law, as the...
Finance Bill, 2023: An analysis of the major tax proposals
The long-awaited Finance Bill, 2023 (Bill) was finally tabled before the National Assembly on 4 May 2023. The Bill comes after a lot of speculation by taxpayers, lobbying by business...