Maureen Mujera is a Senior Partner at O&M Law. Maureen has gained considerable experience in handling corporate commercial transactions spread over 15 years of advising client through some of the most complex and notable Transaction conducted in Kenya. She has advised on a wide range of prominent deals within Kenya and the region.
Maureen has an in-depth grasp of the fields of infrastructure development, real estate and financial services. Her expertise extends to banking and project finance and all types of real estate projects including residential, commercial and mixed-use developments. Maureen has worked alongside real estate developers from project inception, to providing guidance on construction contracts and project development, to formulation of effective financing structures and to the eventual realisation of successful and iconic projects in Nairobi and beyond. She has also gained recognition for her work in corporate mergers and acquisitions, commercial, regulatory and compliance issues and infrastructure projects and energy developments.
She advised the Kenyan Government on its USD 2 billion sovereign Eurobond issuance – the largest sovereign debut debt issue in Sub-Saharan Africa to date – as well as the subsequent USD 750 million tap issue. This deal was awarded African Deal of the Year at the Global Capital Emerging Markets Bond Awards 2014.
Maureen has for the past twelve years been continuously recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global which in its commendation states that “she knows her stuff”
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Law Society of Kenya
- East African Law Society
- The International Bar Association
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Kenya School of Law, Postgraduate Diploma, Kenya
- University of Nairobi, Bachelor of Law, LL.B
CAREER SUMMARY
- April 2015 to Date - Partner, O&M Law (Previously Ogola & Mujera Advocates)
- 2009 – April 2015 - Partner, Anjarwalla & Khanna Advocates (Head of Real Estate and Finance Practice in the Firm)
- 2007 – 2008 - Senior Associate, Anjarwalla & Khanna Advocates
- 2006 – 2007 - Legal Counsel, CFC Stanbic Bank Limited (then CFC Bank Limited)
- 2004 – 2006 - Associate, Anjarwalla & Khanna Advocates
- 2003 – 2004 - Legal Assistant, Kapila Anjarwalla & Khanna Advocates
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
- Maureen has been listed as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global for 12 consecutive years since 2013 up to 2025, recognizing that “She is sought out for her counsel on residential and mixed-use development, as well as transactional matters in the real estate field. She is a brilliant lawyer… Maureen is meticulous and offers intelligent solutions to Client in commercial transactions… She is “exceptionally professional" and "totally dedicated" according to sources, who additionally note that she is "extremely versed on international property and acting for international property investors" … She is a great legal mind, a very good and proactive lawyer with a wealth of experience in commercial and mixed-use developments to and advising Client on finance documents and construction contracts, as well as purchase and sale agreements, and a very good estate lawyer… She’s at the top in matters of real estate. She’s very well respected.”
- Chambers Global also disclosed from their sources that “Maureen is able to get both sides to see eye to eye, which is key to getting a deal done… She knows her stuff… excellent – she understands exactly where we're coming from and comes up with bespoke solutions.”
- Legal 500 has described Maureen as ‘reliable, professional, courteous, helpful and respond[s] promptly’.
- She has also been voted by Best Lawyers International as one of the best real estate Lawyers in Kenya.
- She is a recognized speaker and has conducted a number of seminars and spoken in conferences on real estate matters; Kenya’s land laws and their effect on the agricultural and finance sectors; money laundering legislation in Kenya; and project and structured finance.
DIRECTORSHIPS
- Currently serving as a director on the Board of Directors of Centum Investment Company PLC.
- Serving on an advisory capacity in the Board of Directors of Crawford International Schools in Kenya.
- Served as a director on the Board of Directors of the Special Economic Zones Authority.
- Serving as a director on the Board of Directors of Vipingo Development Limited.