Iseme Kamau & Maema has got a good reputation in the market and will very likely be on its way up in the near future. The firm has "grown well and they have developed a good tax practice," says one peer....
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Iseme Kamau & Maema has got a good reputation in the market and will very likely be on its way up in the near future. The firm has "grown well and they have developed a good tax practice," says one peer. Part of its development saw it form an alliance with DLA Piper in 2010.
"They have come up very strongly, taken the initiative in the younger business world and very good quality," says one competitor, adding that the firm has "a much more broad based practice than some others". Indeed, the firm's tax practice has been well received.
Maema, Beatrice Nyabira and Amos Kisilu were in 2011 acting as local advisors to Israel Chemicals on its $612 million acquisition of the business and assets of the Scotts Company. The firm handled due diligence aspects and other aspects of Kenyan law. The team also acted as lead counsel on a regional deal for the Nation Media Group on its cross listing on the Rwanda Over-The-Counter Market, Uganda Stock Exchange and Dar-es-Salam Stock Exchange.
Tax partner James Kamau led a team on a water extraction, bottling and distribution deal for the Coca Cola Company, which it advised on land rights, water extraction and company structure. Kamau was also assisting General Electric Company on the establishment of a wind farm company, which involved company structure matters, license and regulatory approvals and land acquisition matters.
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