Background
Winnie Moige is a Partner at OLM Law Advocates LLP and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She advises corporate clients, financial institutions, and development finance organisations on corporate governance, banking and finance, and private equity transactions across Kenya and the broader East African region.
Winnie combines deep technical expertise with a collaborative approach, helping boards, management teams, and investors navigate complex governance requirements and high-value transactions. She is a trusted counsel on regulatory matters, capital structuring, and investment documentation.
Areas of Practice
- Corporate Governance
- Banking & Finance
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Corporate & Commercial Law
- Securities & Capital Markets
- Employment & Labour
Qualifications
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law
Professional Memberships
- Law Society of Kenya
- East Africa Law Society
Languages
- English (fluent)
- Swahili (fluent)
Selected Experience
- Advising a Nairobi-headquartered development finance institution on corporate governance reform, board charter drafting and restructuring of board committees in line with Capital Markets Authority guidelines.
- Acting as lead counsel on a private equity investment into a Kenyan healthcare group, including structuring the preferred equity instrument, negotiating investor rights and drafting the shareholders agreement.
- Advising the board of a publicly listed company on compliance with the Nairobi Securities Exchange Listing Rules and the Capital Markets Act, including related-party transaction approvals and continuous disclosure obligations.
- Assisting a Kenyan microfinance bank with regulatory capital restructuring and negotiation of a subordinated debt facility with an international development institution.
- Advising a regional telecommunications group on a secondary buyout of its Kenyan subsidiary, coordinating due diligence, SPA negotiation and CBK approval.
- Acting for corporate clients on executive remuneration frameworks, director service agreements and board evaluation processes.
Winnie combines deep technical expertise with a collaborative approach, helping boards, management teams and investors navigate complex governance requirements and high-value transactions. She is a trusted counsel on capital markets regulation, corporate restructuring and investment documentation.
