Sheilla Mokaya
Sheilla Mokaya is an Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice. Sheilla specialises in transaction advisory, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, corporate finance, legal and compliance audits, corporate governance and company secretarial practice.
About Sheilla
About Sheilla
Sheilla started her legal practice working as a legal counsel at a bank in Kenya. She then moved to a law firm in 2021 as an Associate in the corporate & commercial department where she was until March 2024 when she joined CDH Kenya.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB, Kenyatta University
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
- Certified Public Secretary
- Certified Public Accountant (finalist)
- Certificate in Information Security Management Systems – Sentinel Africa Consulting Limited
- Certificate in Credit Management and Forex Trade – Co-operative Bank of Kenya Limited
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya
- Institute of Certified Secretaries
Languages
Languages
About Sheilla
Sheilla started her legal practice working as a legal counsel at a bank in Kenya. She then moved to a law firm in 2021 as an Associate in the corporate & commercial department where she was until March 2024 when she joined CDH Kenya.
Credentials
Education
- LLB, Kenyatta University
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
- Certified Public Secretary
- Certified Public Accountant (finalist)
- Certificate in Information Security Management Systems – Sentinel Africa Consulting Limited
- Certificate in Credit Management and Forex Trade – Co-operative Bank of Kenya Limited
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya
- Institute of Certified Secretaries
Languages
Experience
Advised various institutions in the structuring and issue of privately placed note programmes. This included conducting legal due diligence on the issuers and issuing a legal opinion to the investors, drafting the loan note instruments, pricing supplements and the security documentation and lodging them for registration.
Advising on bond issue including undertaking legal due diligence on the issuer and drafting the definitive agreements such as the trust deed, agency agreement and security documentation.
Advised in financing transactions involving private equity funds and sovereign funds. This included conducting legal due diligence on the target, and drafting the definitive agreements such as loan agreements, security documentation, inter-creditors agreements, and deeds of subordination.
Advising in the acquisition and disposal of businesses. This included drafting of the share purchase agreements, share subscription agreements, shareholders agreements; procuring regulatory approvals for the mergers and acquisition; and filing the changes at the Companies Registry.
Provision of multifaceted advisory on business establishment focusing on among others legal and regulatory compliance, license acquisition and tax implications.
