October 2026’s new member spotlight features KN Law. Founded in Nairobi in 2012, they joined the LAW network in August 2026.
About the Firm
KN Law LLP is a specialist business law firm advising local and international clients on sophisticated transactions and investments in Kenya and across East Africa. The firm is particularly recognised for its work in capital markets, structured finance, M&A and corporate finance, and has advised on a number of first-of-kind transactions in the Kenyan market. With a significant cross-border practice and a liaison office in London, KN Law combines deep local market knowledge with the responsiveness and commercial approach required on international matters.
Expertise
- Corporate & Commercial
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Capital Markets & Securities
- Banking & Finance
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Competition Law
- Real Estate & Property Development
- Employment & Immigration
- Dispute Resolution
- Tax
- Intellectual Property
- Technology, Fintech & Digital Regulation
- Data Protection & Privacy
- Regulatory & Compliance Advisory
Recent Recognitions
KN Law has established a strong track record at the forefront of innovation in Kenya’s capital markets, acting as legal adviser on three market-first transactions in the space of two years across infrastructure securitisation, Islamic finance and green, US dollar-denominated real estate investment.
The firm acted as legal counsel on the KES 44.8 billion (approximately USD 345 million) Linzi 003 Infrastructure Asset-Backed Securities Programme, Kenya’s first infrastructure asset-backed security. The oversubscribed 15-year issuance financed one of Kenya’s flagship public infrastructure projects and established a new route for mobilising institutional capital for major public infrastructure through the securitisation of future receivables.
The firm also acted as legal adviser on the Linzi Sukuk, Kenya’s inaugural Sukuk and the first Shariah-compliant security of its kind admitted to the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The transaction opened a new segment of Kenya’s capital markets to Shariah-compliant financing and established an important domestic precedent for Islamic capital markets transactions by demonstrating the potential for innovative capital-markets structures to channel private capital into social infrastructure.
Continuing that record of market-first transactions, the firm recently acted as legal adviser to the TRIFIC Green USD I-REIT, which the Capital Markets Authority identified as Africa’s first US dollar-denominated green income REIT. By combining green-certified income-producing real estate with US dollar-denominated investment and distributions in a listed REIT structure, the transaction created a distinctive new product for domestic, diaspora and international investors seeking regulated exposure to sustainable African real estate and hard-currency returns.
These mandates, along with others, reflect a defining feature of KN Law’s practice: the firm is regularly entrusted with transactions where there is no established domestic playbook and where legal structuring, regulatory engagement and execution are central to bringing a new asset class or investment product to market.
That transactional record is complemented by sustained independent recognition. KN Law has been ranked by IFLR1000 in every edition since 2023 and remains ranked in the 2026 edition, including for Banking & Finance. Senior Partner Mugambi Nandi is ranked by Chambers Global 2026 for Corporate/M&A in Kenya, marking a decade of Chambers recognition; Chambers recognises him as a Kenya specialist based in the UK and notes his experience across M&A, private equity, corporate finance, and listings.
LAW Contacts
Primary Contact: Immanuel Nzaku, Managing Partner
Immanuel Nzaku has over seven years of experience in corporate and commercial legal practice. His areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, and regulatory compliance. He has a demonstrated aptitude in structuring and executing complex transactions, cross-border deal advisory, joint ventures, group reorganisations, and general corporate commercial work.
What motivated you to pursue a career in law?
“I have always been drawn to solving difficult problems and to understanding how businesses actually work. Law gave me a way to do both. What I enjoy most today is sitting with a client at the beginning of something ambitious, be it an acquisition, an investment or a transaction that has not been done before and helping work out how to make it happen. Some of the most rewarding matters in my career have been the ones where the answer was not obvious at the outset.”
– Immanuel Nzaku, Managing Partner
Secondary Contact: Mugambi Nandi, Senior Partner
Mugambi Nandi has over 28 years of solid experience in corporate legal practice, 15 of these having been spent as in-house counsel at the most senior levels. He is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. He has extensive boardroom experience as in-house counsel, Company Secretary and member of private as well as public sector corporate boards. His legal advisory work has earned him the acclaim of peers and clients, and recognition and consistent ranking by Chambers Global annually since 2017. Over the last decade, he has been involved in M&A, Private Equity, Capital Markets, and Corporate Finance transactions with a combined value of more than KES 100 billion.
“Our clients increasingly see the world as one market. They may be headquartered in London, New York, or Johannesburg, raising capital in one jurisdiction and investing in another. We joined LAW because we want to be able to follow our clients wherever their business takes them, working with lawyers we know and trust. Equally, we want LAW members to know that when their clients look to Kenya or East Africa, they have a team here that understands both the local market and the expectations of an international transaction.”
Mugambi Nandi, Senior Partner
Opportunities for Collaboration
KN Law is particularly well placed to act as the Kenyan and East African legal partner for LAW firms whose clients are investing, acquiring, financing or establishing operations in the region. Areas for collaboration include:
- Cross-Border M&A & Private Capital – Kenyan law support on acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and exits, including due diligence, transaction documentation and regulatory approvals.
- Capital Markets & Structured Finance – securities offerings, securitisations, Sukuk, funds and other innovative financing structures, particularly where close engagement with Kenyan regulators is required.
- Banking & Corporate Finance – acting for international lenders, borrowers, DFIs and investors on financing transactions and Kenyan security packages.
- Market Entry & Expansion – helping international businesses establish and grow their presence in Kenya, from structuring and regulatory approvals to employment and immigration.
- Real Estate & Investment Structures – acquisitions, development projects, leasing, conveyancing and real estate investment structures.
- Regulatory & Compliance – navigating Kenya’s evolving regulatory landscape across financial services, corporate, employment and other regulated sectors.
With a lot of our clients having an international or cross-border element, KN Law is accustomed to working as part of multi-jurisdictional teams and delivering Kenyan advice within international transaction timetables.
We encourage all LAW member firms to welcome KN Law and explore collaborative opportunities that leverage its responsiveness and the commercial approach required for international matters.
To connect with their team, please visit their LAW member profile or their website.