Rizichi Kashero-Ondego

Advising a licensed fund management company in conducting a comprehensive due diligence on the acquisition of a forestry based company as well as in the preparation and negotiation of the transaction documents.

Acting for Amethis Africa Finance Limited in a shareholder's dispute with respect to Amethis Africa Finance Limited's exit from one of its investment companies, by amending the shareholders agreement to reflect the new agreed terms and steps the parties will undertake to achieve the exit

Acting for Investisseurs & Partenaires an impact investment group entirely dedicated to financing and supporting SME's, in carrying out a legal due diligence over Umutanguha Finance Company, a finance company based in Rwanda.

Acting for Alphajiri Investment Fund LLP in carrying out a high-level legal due diligence exercise over Ampersand Inc and its subsidiaries in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya, a leading integrated electric motorcycle and transport energy solution provider in Africa and reviewing and negotiating a muti-million-dollar simple agreement or future equity.

Advised a fund manager that invests in local, entrepreneur-led businesses in Africa in providing a further convertible loan note in an existing portfolio company that is in the manufacturing and retail industry. 

Advised Goodwell Investments on its investment of €150 million in Souk Farms IG Rwanda, one of the largest growers and exporters of a variety of fruits and vegetables across Europe and the Middle East. This included conducting a due diligence exercise and preparing a due diligence report; reviewing, amending, and negotiating the transaction documents; and overseeing the completion of the transaction.

Acting for the Riara Group of Schools Limited in purchasing 100% of shareholding in Runda Gardens Development Limited, which is an entity that owns a parcel of land and the buildings which Regis Runda Academy Limited, operates a school on. As part of the first phase of the transaction, we assisted Riara in the negotiations of taking over the management of the school and property by negotiating and drafting a services agreement, term sheet and memorandum of understanding between the respected parties.

Acting for Cradle Journey Limited in carrying out a high-level due diligence on Desert Rose Kenya Limited a boutique hotel located in a remote part of Kenya and drafting transaction documents including a share purchase agreement and shareholders agreement with respect to the purchase of 40% of the shareholding from the founder of the target.

Acting for shareholders of Espanola de Investments a company in the restaurant industry in Kenya, in relation to their shareholder agreement.

Assisting Kidogo Innovations Limited, a social enterprise platform dedicated to improving access to early childhood care and education in negotiating a settlement agreement with respect to termination of employment.

Assisting and advising KOKO Networks, a leading Kenya-based venture-backed technology company in drafting a disciplinary notice with respect to a senior employee on a sexual harassment claim.

Advising Icolo, a company that designs, builds and operates neutral data centres to draft a clause on payment of salary in a senior employee's employment contract.

Assisted a leading fintech firm in re-negotiating its terms on its collaboration with a cloud-native that assists fintech's with building a variety of loan offerings tailored to customer needs. This included reviewing the existing master service, service level and international data protection agreement to ensure that the terms were appropriate for the client's business.

Advised a Nigeria-based lending marketplace which has developed a cloud lending platform to support lenders' businesses and other credit institutions to manage the entire lending process on a secure and intuitive platform on setting up a business and incorporating in Kenya. This included providing the client with a set-up memo highlighting the Kenyan legal landscape and collating and submitting the documents at the company's registry for incorporation.

Acted for an intercontinental fintech firm operating as a payment service provider throughout Africa and the Middle East on the process of obtaining a payment service provider licence from the CBK. This has included, providing advice on the requirements and steps to obtaining a licence, collating the required documents and information, completing the application form, drafting letters to the CBK and corresponding with the CBK on behalf of our client.