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BiographyGeorge Oraro SC is a highly respected lawyer in Kenya, with over 42 years of experience. He has advised both domestic and international clients on arbitration, complex litigation, and mediation matters, and has been involved in some of the country's most prominent corporate and commercial transactions.
 

Recent transactional highlights

• Advised the Kenyan Government on the financial and operational restructuring of Kenya Airways Plc, including converting USD 2.3 billion into equity. 
• Advising Art Caffe & Bakery Limited (the Company) and the shareholers in relation to the sale of the entire share capital of the Company to Emerging Capital Partners, a private equity fund established in the United States of America
• Acting for the National Bank of Kenya Limited (the Company) in relation to the take-over of 100% of the Company’s shares by KCB Group PLC – a financial services holding company .
• Lead advisor on the government-to-government collaboration between the Kenyan Government and China National Petroleum Corporation on a proposed USD 1.8 billion project to develop up to 350 MW of geothermal power.

Practice areas

• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity
• Financial restructuring
• M&A
• Project finance
• Restructuring and insolvency

Sector speacialisation

• Banking
• Consumer goods and services
• Financial services
• Government and public policy
• Social infrastructure

Bar admissions

• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya

Association memebership

• Law Society of Kenya
• East Africa Law Society
• Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association

Academic qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws, The University of Nairobi, 1975
• Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law, 1976