MMC Asafo is a full-service commercial law firm established in 1995. The firm has two offices in Nairobi and Mombasa and in 2019 merged with ASAFO & Co, an international firm recently founded.
The firm focuses on
banking and finance, capital markets, M&A and project development practices.
During the research cycle,
a notable deal highlight includes
advising
the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (“NOC”)
in connection with
a strategic restructuring with a non – equity investor
to invest in
the downstream operations of NOC. This transaction reflects the
firms successful role in
managing
state owned interests
through balancing aligned public and private
interests.
Another notable highlight focuses on
the firms project development work such as acting as
lead legal advisor to consortium consisting of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); and the UK Export Finance (UKEF); with support to
the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) on the redevelopment of the Nairobi Central Railway Station. This project marks a strategically important development in which the firm continues to play an essential role in
bringing to fruition.
Absa Bank Kenya, KCB Bank Kenya, Gulf African Bank, The Co – operative Bank of Kenya, Equity Bank (Kenya), Automobile Association of Kenya,
Development Bank of Rwanda,
Africa Medical Supplier,
Taijet Aviation PLC,
National Oil Corporation of Kenya,
KEDA (Kenya) Ceramics,
Automobile Association of Kenya,
Taijet Aviation Limited,
Kenya Wine Agencies Limited and KWAL SEZ
