Imelda Anika advises on corporate and commercial work including commercial and transactional matters, corporate set ups, restructuring, employment and labor law, immigration, intellectual property, non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations, estate planning, information and technology, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions and other complex transactions across a wide range of industries.
Imelda is also experienced in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements and provides ongoing general legal counsel to both local and international clients.
Imelda has advised a wide range of clients in different sectors, including financial and banking, infrastructure, construction and transport, insurance, life sciences, media sport and entertainment and technology.
Experience has included advising:
- a foreign government on an adequacy assessment for Kenya under their data protection laws.
- an international telecommunications company on a cable system project intended to increase internet capacity and connectivity across Africa
- a medical product delivery company on the legal requirements for market entry in Kenya, specifically on unmanned aircraft systems and operations, aircraft registration, air carrier service providers, logistics service providers (including use of GPS and cellular data), pharmacies / drug distribution and healthcare facilities.
- a mobile commerce company on its payments ecosystem connecting financial sector customers, mobile network operators and businesses to their mobile consumers.
- a local company on the data protection implications of an information request by a regulator relating to certain subsets of data on account of violation of privacy for the client’s customers.
- an international bank on a new data sovereignty compliance programme, with particular focus on data localisation and other data sharing restrictions under Kenyan law
Professional Qualifications
- Advocate of the High Court of Kenya (2012)
Education
- Kenya School of Law, Diploma in Law (2011)
- University of Nairobi, Bachelor of Laws LL.B. (2010)
Prior Experience
- April 2023 to date, Legal Director, IKM, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Kenya
- May 2017 to April 2023, Senior Associate, IKM, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Kenya
- Jan 2013 to May 2017, Associate, IKM, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Kenya
- June 2012 to Sept 2012, Secondment to a Kenyan-based bank
- Jan 2012 to Dec 2012, Pupil, IKM, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Kenya
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