Richard Omwela

Richard Omwela has been a qualified advocate for 40 years and is one of the most prominent and senior corporate and commercial law lawyers in Kenya. He has advised on a number of local, multi-national and cross-border transactions including financings, acquisitions and privatisations, Public Private Partnerships Projects as well as capital markets transactions.

• Advised Talanton with respect to a facility of USD1,071,000 offered to Educor Kenya limited.
• Acted as local counsel to Mobisol in obtaining competition law approvals in respect of its takeover by French energy company ENGIE

• Asset finance
• Banking
• Capital markets: Equity
• Competition
• Covered bonds
• Financial restructuring
• M&A
• Private equity
• Real estate finance
• Real estate funds

• Automotive
• Aviation
• Banking
• Energy
• Financial services
• Healthcare
• Oil and gas
• Pharma and life sciences
• Real estate
• Transport

Council of Legal Education of Kenya. Admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya - 1980

• Law Society of Kenya
• Institute of Certified Secretaries

• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Council of Legal Education of Kenya (1979 – 1980)
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Nairobi, (1976 – 1979)