Latest deals and successes by Coulson Harney
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
June 2012
Advised Barclays Bank plc on the Kenyan aspects of the disposal by Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited of is custody services business to Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited as part of an 8-country Africa transaction lead by Bowman Gilfillan.
Partners Involved:
Kamami Mweti Christine
,
Rainbow Field
,
Richard Harney
MARSH INC.
September 2011
Acquisition by Marsh of the insurance broking and risk services business of Alexander Forbes in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, and the insurance broking investments of Afrinet in Sub-Saharan Africa.
WANANCHI GROUP (KENYA) LIMITED AND ITS RELATED COMPANIES IN KENYA
January 2013
Advising the Wananchi Group of companies in Kenya in relation to a loan facility of USD 72 million from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), an agency of the United States of America.
Partners Involved:
Cornelius Kigera
,
Joyce Karanja - Ng'ang'a
,
Philip Coulson
CENTUM INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED AND CASSIA CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED
January 2013
Advising Centum and Cassia on their acquisition of a 45% stake in Platcorp Holdings Limited and the injection of additional capital by way debt. Platcorp Holdings’ subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and are some of East Africa’s leading micro lending institutions.
Partners Involved:
Alex Njage
,
Joyce Karanja - Ng'ang'a
,
Philip Coulson
WANANCHI GROUP (KENYA) LIMITED AND ITS RELATED COMPANIES IN KENYA
January 2013
Advising the Wananchi Group of companies in Kenya in relation to a loan facility of USD 72 million from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), an agency of the United States of America.
Partners Involved:
Cornelius Kigera
,
Joyce Karanja - Ng'ang'a
,
Philip Coulson
WANANCHI PROGRAMMING LIMITED
August 2012
Media and entertainment contracts for TV programmes and content across Africa for Zuku TV.
Partners Involved:
John Syekei
UAP HOLDINGS LIMITED
June 2012
Advising UAP Holdings Limited on its proposed listing on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Partners Involved:
Kamami Mweti Christine
,
Richard Harney
KENYAN LOCAL COUNSEL TO TOTAL SA
June 2012
Acted as Kenyan local counsel to Total SA, a public company listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, on the implementation of an internal reorganisation of its corporate structure in line with its business requirements, including the regulatory requirements applicable to Total SA’s Kenyan subsidiary which is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Partners Involved:
Kamami Mweti Christine
,
Richard Harney
HASS CONSULT LIMITED & MARK PROPERTIES LIMITED
April 2013
Advised Hass Consult, one of Kenya’s leading real estate agents and developers, and Mark Properties on the development of Le Mac, a state-of-the-art, 22-storey tower geared to be the tallest mixed-used tower in Kenya. The tower will have approximately 220 residential apartments and 6 floors of commercial space.
Partners Involved:
Alex Njage
UTS SAS AN AFFILIATE OF THE OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
November 2012
UTH SAS, acquired eighty percent (80%) of the authorised and issued share capital in Vtechnologies Kenya Limited.
Partners Involved:
Joyce Karanja - Ng'ang'a
THE LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
June 2012
Advised The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy in the acquisition of approx. 28,500 acres of land in Laikipia, Northern Kenya by a third party for the purposes of the permanent preservation and protection of land and wildlife. The transaction involved due diligence, complex corporate and property structuring, developing a tax efficient conservation model compliant with Kenyan law and included drafting and negotiating lease-back agreements, easements, granting of various options, rights and conservation management agreements.
Partners Involved:
Joyce Karanja - Ng'ang'a
,
Philip Coulson
CONFIDENTIAL DEAL
June 2012
Advising a client in relation to the establishment of a conservancy in the Maasai Mara area covering approximately 250 land titles of a former group ranch.
Partners Involved:
Joyce Karanja - Ng'ang'a
,
Philip Coulson
ISAT AFRICA FZC
April 2013
Acquisition by iSAT Africa FZC, part of the Wananchi Group of companies, of Alldean Networks Limited, a VSAT service provider specialising in the provision of data circuits and broadcast relay services for the media segment. Services offered were due diligence, drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation, and obtaining Communication Commission of Kenya and Competition Authority Approvals.
Partners Involved:
Joyce Karanja - Ng'ang'a
AUREOS AFRICA FUND LLC
August 2012
Advised Aureos on its investment in Dashen Breweries PLC (“Dashen”), an Ethiopian alcoholic beverage manufacturer, as part of a consortium of investors put together by Duet Capital. The investment is a mix of equity and mezzanine loan. Coulson Harney advised Aureos on the key transaction agreements and procured Ethiopian and BVI legal opinions for Aureos regarding the transaction.
Partners Involved:
Joyce Karanja - Ng'ang'a
,
Richard Harney
LIBERTY GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICA (HERITAGE AND CFC LIFE)
June 2012
Advised Liberty Group of South Africa on the reorganisation of two insurance companies (Heritage and CfC Life) and new listing on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
Partners Involved:
Richard Harney
MJENGO LIMITED
May 2013
HCCC NO. 366 of 2012 Mjengo Limited versus Manji Food Industries Limited High Court Litigation on “Passing off”.
Partners Involved:
John Syekei
OGILVY VISION 2030 DELIVERY SECRETARIAT
May 2013
“Wakilisha” Trade mark expungement proceedings.
Partners Involved:
John Syekei
24.COM
June 2012
Successfully represented 24.com, a South African subsidiary of the leading multinational media group Naspers, in relation to a domain dispute against a Nigerian entity. The matter was decided by the World Intellectual Property Organisation Arbitration Dispute Resolution Centre as the domain host was based in the United States and the parties based in different jurisdictions. The disputed domain was transferred to the client.
Partners Involved:
John Syekei
SAMSUNG CORPORATION
June 2012
Successfully acted for Samsung Corporation in contesting a refusal to register the trademark Samsung Champ in Kenya by way of oral submissions before the Registrar of Trademarks.
Partners Involved:
John Syekei
