Sigee Koech

Sigee Koech is the Managing Partner and Head of the Banking and Finance team at Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews. With over a decade of experience, she is a distinguished legal professional specializing in banking and finance law, as well as real estate and conveyancing law.

Sigee has represented both Kenyan and international lenders and corporate borrowers across various domains, including general finance, structured real estate financing, debt restructuring, and trade finance transactions. She has also been the lead advisor on numerous project finance transactions, particularly those involving infrastructure projects initiated by the Government of Kenya.

Sigee is recognized as a leading lawyer in Kenya’s banking and finance sector by international legal directories such as Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, and IFLR. She was also named one of the top 50 corporate lawyers in Kenya by the Nairobi Legal Awards Trust for 2024.

In addition to her legal practice, Sigee sits on the board of the Kenya Development Corporation, Kenya’s government development finance institution, and the KCB Foundation. She is also passionate about training and development, striving to equip her audience with practical knowledge and tools in her areas of expertise.

Sigee holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and an LLB Degree from Moi University. She has previously served in the board of Kenya Hotel Properties Limited and the Inclusion Advisory Council at Dentons.

• Nine Kenyan banks: Advising in the restructuring plan as proposed by the national airline in Kenya to all of its creditors. Our role included representing the interests of our clients in complex negotiations with the airline, the Government of Kenya and other creditors, in order to improve the banks cover under the government guarantee.
• A proprietor of a large commercial mall in Kenya: Advising the client which obtained mezzanine financing from the largest mezzanine fund manager in Africa to pay down existing senior debt funding provided to it by a local commercial bank.
• A solar energy company: Acting for the client which providing off grid solutions in the financing by a regional investment bank operating in Europe. The transaction brings into perspective the practical applicability of the principle of partnership with private sector set out in the Cotonou Agreement particularly the applicability of the tax exemptions under the Cotonou Agreement and enforceability of the English Facility Agreement in Kenya.

• Member, Law Society of Kenya, 2012

• Africa
• Banking and Finance
• Business Set-up
• Competition, Antitrust and Consumer Protection
• Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Private Equity
• Real Estate Planning and Environmental Law
• Regulatory Advice and Compliance
• Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2011, LL.M.
• Kenya School of Law, 2009, Diploma of Law, (Bar Finals)
• Moi University, 2008, LLB (Hons)

• Advocate, High Court of Kenya, 2012