Jessica is an Associate in the Corporate and Commercial Department at Igeria & Ngugi Advocates. She has extensive experience providing comprehensive corporate and commercial advisory services, including mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure and projects, intellectual property, company secretarial services, business establishment, regulatory and compliance, competition law, data protection and privacy, employment matters, immigration and banking and finance.
She excels in managing complex commercial transactions, ensuring meticulous regulatory compliance, and safeguarding client interests. Jessica has successfully advised clients from various sectors, such as financial services, manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, not-for-profit and government agencies, ensuring their strategic objectives are met while safeguarding their interests She advises on various high-value projects, providing expert legal advice on the structure of various corporate and commercial transactions.
Jessica’s diverse experience includes a pupillage at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, where she honed her skills in drafting constitutional petitions and legal documents and investigating human rights complaints. Her legal career began as a Legal Intern at Igeria & Ngugi Advocates, where she gained exposure to litigation, conveyancing and corporate law, demonstrating her versatility in practice.
Jessica holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Nottingham and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law. She was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya in June 2023 and is also a member of the Law Society of Kenya.
Notable Assignments
- Advised a Danish-based company that makes medical devices on the licencing and regulatory requirements of setting up and operating in Kenya.
- Currently advising a company that offers a wide range of financial products and services directed at the education sector, including applying for a Digital Credit Provider licence.
- Currently advising a client (landowner) on a joint venture proposal for the development of their property into apartment blocks in Lavington.
- Provided legal advisory services to a retirement benefits scheme in connection with the development of an affordable housing project valued at KES. 8,650,000,000, structured under a public-private partnership (PPP) model.
- Conducted a legal due diligence on privately held, Nairobi based healthcare group that aims to deliver evidence-based medicine in an efficient, effective and caring environment to the people living in Africa for a proposed fundraising.
- Advised the proprietor of luxury safari lodges in Kenya in relation to the sale and acquisition of one of its luxury camps situated in the Amboseli area.
- Registration of leases over properties for the purposes of erecting petrol stations in various parts of the country for a client in the energy and petroleum industry.
- Currently advising a client on the purchase of properties in various parts of the country for the development of green, sustainable and affordable housing.
- Provided legal advisory services in relation to the structuring, negotiation and implementation of a lease in a controlled development, for purposes of establishing and operating an international school.
- Part of the team currently conducting nationwide trainings for a public regulatory institution to raise awareness on the provisions of data protection law among data subjects, data controllers and data processors.
- Part of a team that conducted a data protection gap analysis for a public regulatory institution in 2024.
- Advised a major global humanitarian and development NGO on the implementation of its Host Country Agreement, focusing on the alignment of its national staff employment framework with its community development and emergency response operational model.
- Part of the team that advised a client on a banking facility worth Kshs. 100,000,000 for a company in the hospitality industry to finance development of their facilities.
- Part of a team that advised on a credit facility for Kshs. 100,000,000 to a corporate client for the expansion of their business.
- Part of a team that advised on a banking facility for Kshs. 20,000,000 to an individual for the purchase of a property in Two Rivers.
Associate
Email: jessica.obimbo@attorneysafrica.com
Qualifications
- LL. B HONS (University of Nottingham)
- Dip. Kenya School of Law
Membership
- Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
- East Africa Law Society (EALS)