Stefani Wanjeri
Stefani Wanjeri is an Associate in our Corporate & Commercial practice.

About Stefani
About Stefani
Stefani started her legal career as a legal intern at the firm of Martha Mbugua and Associates t/A Law3sixty in 2021. She then joined CDH Kenya as a Trainee Advocate in the year 2021 and was appointed as an Associate in the Corporate & Commercial practice in November 2023.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB (Second Class Upper Honors), University of Nairobi
- Post Graduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya - LSK
Languages
Languages
- English
- Swahili
About Stefani
Stefani started her legal career as a legal intern at the firm of Martha Mbugua and Associates t/A Law3sixty in 2021. She then joined CDH Kenya as a Trainee Advocate in the year 2021 and was appointed as an Associate in the Corporate & Commercial practice in November 2023.
Credentials
Education
- LLB (Second Class Upper Honors), University of Nairobi
- Post Graduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya - LSK
Languages
- English
- Swahili
Experience
Part of the team that represented two private investors in their acquisition of 51% of the issued share capital in a Kenyan coffee roasting and resale company. This involved the review of the targets corporate and regulatory compliance and the drafting and negotiation of the required transaction documents. Advised a company in the hospitality industry in securing an equity investment of USD 1,200,000 from various investors. This included assistance with increasing the shares in the company, drafting and negotiating a share subscription agreement for the purchase of new shares in the company and a shareholders' agreement to govern the relationship between the investors and existing shareholders. She also amended the company's articles of association to align with the provisions of the shareholders' agreement.
Part of the team that advised a company in the hospitality industry in securing an equity investment of USD 1,200,000 from various investors. This included assistance with increasing the shares in the company, drafting and negotiating a share subscription agreement for the purchase of new shares in the company and a shareholders' agreement to govern the relationship between the investors and existing shareholders.
Part of the team that advised the Imperial College of Medical and Health Sciences (ICMHS) in respect to its 100% acquisition of a land holding company in Kenya (the LandCo). This entailed carrying out a high level corporate and land due diligence and the preparation of a due diligence report on the LandCo. It also entailed offering legal support by preparing and negotiating the share purchase agreement for the purchase of all issued share capital in the LandCo, preparing the requisite board and shareholder approvals and attending to completion of the transaction.
Part of the team that advised Creadev International S.A.S, a French private equity firm based in France and Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund LP (ARAF), a VC fund based in Kenya who led a US$ 35 million series B raise in Victory Farms.
Part of the team that assisted BasiGo, Kenya’s first electric bus company on restructuring the shareholding of the Kenyan entity so as to make it majority owned by the parent company in Delaware. She has also been involved in providing extensive legal structuring advice on the company's e bus leasing model as well as providing day to day legal advice to the company for Kenya law compliance purposes.
Part of the team that assisted with an investment by 14 angel investors into Sky.Garden Aps (an ecommerce platform) by way of a subscription for new preference shares.
Part of the team that assisted Goodwell Investments on its investment of €150 million in Souk Farms IG Rwanda, one of the largest growers and exporters of a variety of fruits and vegetables across Europe and the Middle East. This included conducting a due diligence exercise and preparing a due diligence report outlining the red flags identified and ways in which these issues could be rectified.
Review of Zenka Digital Limited's Human Resources Policy to ensure it was compliant with Kenya's employment and labour relations laws.
Part of the team that undertook policy and legislative research on the role of blue carbon ecosystems in the achievement of Kenya's international and national climate change obligations. This project aimed at incorporating blue carbon considerations in Kenya's ongoing climate and biodiversity policy development efforts.
Part of the team that advised on ownership and transfer of carbon rights and benefit sharing requirements in REDD+ projects to assist the Government of Kenya in the implementation of its NDC under the Paris Agreement. The assignment was carried out under the Global NDC Implementation Partners (GNIplus). This involved providing advice on local laws, legal and policy reviews, preparation of reports and training material and carrying out training presentations.
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