Jerry Mageto
Jerry Mageto is an Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice. He has steadily built his legal career since 2021 in roles spanning several globally ranked law firms in their Corporate & Commercial practice. Jerry successfully assisted in significant deals including private equity fund establishment, shareholder debt transfer mechanisms and corporate financing.

About Jerry
About Jerry
I began my career at Ochieng Teddy Advocates (now Teddy & Co. Advocates) in 2021 before joining Rachier and Amollo LLP in 2023 assisting in several departments. I joined CMS Kenya- Daly Inamdar Advocates in late 2023 where I worked as an associate in the Corporate & Commercial Department. I joined CDH Kenya as an associate in January 2025.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- Master of Laws (LL.M), Corporate and Commercial Lawspecialization in corporate securities, University of Nairobi (ongoing)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (2nd Class Honours, Upper Division), University of Nairobi
- Certified Secretary (ongoing)
Memberships
Law Society of Kenya - LSK
Languages
Languages
- English
- Swahili
About Jerry
I began my career at Ochieng Teddy Advocates (now Teddy & Co. Advocates) in 2021 before joining Rachier and Amollo LLP in 2023 assisting in several departments. I joined CMS Kenya- Daly Inamdar Advocates in late 2023 where I worked as an associate in the Corporate & Commercial Department. I joined CDH Kenya as an associate in January 2025.
Credentials
Education
- Master of Laws (LL.M), Corporate and Commercial Lawspecialization in corporate securities, University of Nairobi (ongoing)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (2nd Class Honours, Upper Division), University of Nairobi
- Certified Secretary (ongoing)
Memberships
Law Society of Kenya - LSK
Languages
- English
- Swahili
Experience
Legal and regulatory requirements.
Successfully assisted a client in setting up a private equity fund of approximately USD. 10 million in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Acquisitions
Successfully assisted in the negotiation and acquisition of a public landholding company as well as the transfer of shareholder debt for USD. 5,000,000 from a disparate set of 8 shareholders some of whom had joint shareholding.
Property sales and structuring of loans
Successfully assisted a private client in the sale of property and shares for USD. 745,000 which sale involved the issue of a charge over the sale shares as security for payment of the balance of the purchase price.
Assisted in the structuring of loan facilities of USD. 500,000 by our client to a company in the agri-business sector including provisions for future debt to equity conversion.