Brian M. Muindi, FCIArb

Partner, Head of Corporate & Commercial Practice
T: +254 20 272 7171 C: +254 709 830 100 E: bmuindi@tripleoklaw.com W: https://www.tripleoklaw.com/

‘Bryan Muindi has offered exceptional legal support in the termination of administration, security perfection, and eventual debt restructuring.’- The Legal 500 EMEA

Brian heads the firm’s Corporate & Commercial Practice and is noted for his international expertise in corporate finance, capital markets, and corporate governance matters. He is highly recommended for his client-centric problem-solving skills and is a key resource in matters of general financial structuring and capital markets transactions.

He has advised on various complex, high-value commercial transactions across a broad range of sectors including healthcare, public-private partnerships, banking, telecommunication, insurance, manufacturing, competition, and construction. He regularly conducts legal and compliance audits for several publicly listed companies. He is regularly invited to speak at international arbitration forums as well as to conduct training on corporate governance. 

Brian is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of the United Kingdom Branch and Kenya Branch. In 2017, he was the youngest individual in the 53-year history of the Kenya Branch to have earned a Fellowship. He leverages his specialization in commercial arbitration and international arbitration in his commercial advisory services to clients. He has a keen interest in impacting society and sits on multiple steering committees that target special interest groups primarily comprised of members who are aged 40 and below.

Qualifications: 

  • LLM (International Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation) (Warwick University)
  • LLB (Hons.) (University of Leeds), FCIArb
  • Diploma in Law, (KSL)
  • Patent Agent (KIPI)

Memberships: 

  • Law Society of Kenya
  • East African Law Society
  • Commonwealth Lawyers Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Key Matters

1. Siginon Group Limited

(A shareholder of Mahathi Infra Limited, a company incorporated in Uganda) in the issuance of a debenture securing a sum of USD 100 million (KES 13.5 billion) to Mahathi Infra Limited.
(Including Cooperative Bank of Kenya, one of the country’s largest lenders), in connection with the restructuring of a debt owed by an insolvent manufacturing company, Kaluworks Limited. The debt amounted to USD 93.3 million (KES 12.6 billion). The work involved the structuring of a comprehensive turnaround strategy resulting in one of the few success stories of companies in Kenya that have come out of administration through a viable workaround.
(A leading real estate developer and the largest institutional investor in rental housing in East Africa) in the establishment of the region’s first USD 52 million (KES 6.53 billion) Income Real Estate Investment Trust(
In the establishment of the world’s first USD 52 million (KES 6.53 billion) Development Real Estate Investment Trust fund.
On a USD 40 million (KES 5.4 billion) cross-border acquisition by NAS, a subsidiary of Kuwait-based logistics giant Agility.
On the development of Vuka, a revolutionary retail investment platform. Vuka is a retail investment product that allows qualified retail investors to invest in Acorn’s Student Accommodation Income Real Estate Investment REIT (ASA I-REIT) valued at USD 29.9 million (KES 4.04 billion).
In structuring a USD 29.63 billion (KES 4 billion) syndicated co-insurance and facultative reinsurance scheme.
In a pioneering venture within the realm of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a transaction value of USD 28 million (KES 3.8 billion) involving a complex and strategic restructuring of their ILAM FAHARI I-REIT. 
(A leading global impact investment group) in the sale of nearly 30% of its stake valued at USD 20 million (KES 2.5 billion) in Goodlife Pharmacies East Africa’s leading healthcare and retail pharmacy chain. The stake was sold to Eurapharma (CFAO Healthcare), the healthcare division of the CFAO Group and a foremost wholesale distributor of quality pharmaceuticals in Africa, where it owns and operates subsidiaries in 23 countries.
(A leader in the African pharmaceutical market), on a cross-border USD 12 million (KES 1.62 billion) mezzanine debt investment by Proparco, (a French development finance institution).
In relation to a purchase of land and its subsequent development valued at USD 11.9 million (KES 1.6 billion). This transaction involved negotiating and drafting a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between Acorn, the landowners, and contributors as well as a Mezzanine Loan Agreement for the initial purchase of the land.
In a first-of-its-kind project in the real estate sector. The volume of capital injected into the project towards the large-scale acquisition of town land valued at USD 10.5 million (KES 1.45 billion) was subject to complex statutory and regulatory regimes.
In
(A digital incentive fintech startup in the asset management sector admitted into the Capital Markets Authority Regulatory Sandbox) on its restructuring.
On a complex cross-border transaction involving the acquisition of a majority stake in the bank by an app-based financial services provider undertaking consumer lending.

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