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Rogers Ngelese

Rogers Ngelese

Associate, IKM Advocates

Rogers Ngelese advises on the full spectrum of corporate matters from transactional mergers and acquisitions to corporate advisory on structuring and establishment of investment funds and joint venture companies.

Rogers also advises on a full range of competition law compliance matters including merger notifications to and investigations into anti-competitive trade and business practices by the Competition Authority of Kenya and COMESA Competition Commission.

Rogers' clients include local and multinational corporations, private equity funds and non-profit institutions.

Experience has included advising:

  • As a team member, multiple corporations and investment funds with operations in diverse sectors ranging from financial services, telecommunication, energy and infrastructure, agriculture to manufacturing, on different aspects of competition law compliance including merger clearance, restrictive business practices investigations and consumer protection
  • As a team member, a non-profit company limited by guarantee in the setting up a facility to provide debt and equity capital to alternative capital providers targeting women-led small and growing businesses across Africa
  • As a team member, a private foundation providing catalytic funding to entities in the aquaculture sector
  • Two leading FMCG manufacturers in implementing a joint purchasing agreement to secure their supply chain
  • As a team member, a leading bottling company in its compliance with merger-related conditions

Professional Qualifications

  • Advocate admitted to the High Court of Kenya (2022)

Education

  • Kenya School of Law, Post-graduate Diploma in Law (2018)
  • Africa Nazarene University (2017)

Prior Experience

  • 2024 to date, Associate, IKM Advocates, DLA Piper Africa in Kenya
  • 2021 to 2024, Associate, Kenyan Law firm

Memberships 

  • Member of the Law Society of Kenya