Sigee Koech

Sigee is a partner in Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews specializing in banking and finance. Sigee also has significant experience in real estate/conveyancing law where she advices real estate developers and in general corporate commercial law with a bias in business set-up in Kenya and advising on continuing corporate governance matters.

In her banking and finance practice, Sigee represents both Kenyan and foreign lenders with respect to secured and unsecured financing and has also acted for borrowers in local and cross-border financing transactions. She has acted as the lead advisor on several project finance transactions focusing on infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Government of Kenya.

• 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