Bio

Paras Shah is the managing partner of our Kenyan practice. He specialises in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance law, privatisations, M&A, capital markets and real estate law. He has a an LLB (Hons) from King’s College London, a Diploma in Legal Practice (cum laude) from the College of Law, UK, a Diploma in Management from Henley School of Management, UK, and a Diploma from the Kenya School of Law. He is qualified as a Solicitor in England, and an Advocate in Kenya As part of the Firm’s senior leadership, Paras has also played an important role in building and fostering economic ties with clients and ILFs in the UK, India, Dubai, and Japan and in Africa. He uses his 25 years of experience to get under the skin of every client he works with, to ensure his advice is always tailored to their specific needs and risk appetite. He helps his clients transform their businesses through IPOs, takeovers, listings and public-private partnership (PPP) transactions. As Managing Partner of our Nairobi office, he directly manages teams of expert lawyers from across our offices to deliver a seamless cross-border service. Clients receive the best legal advice, delivered in a way that ensures efficiency and results. He works with local and multinational companies, family businesses, financial institutions, state owned entities, and institutional investors. He acts as their trusted advisor working closely with them to understand their commercial needs and future objectives and guiding them locally with his vast local experience and contact base. Clients enjoy his no-nonsense, commercial approach and his ability to provide solutions, rather than simply illustrate problems. Aurélie Pujo, Senior Partner & General Counsel at Amethis recently said: “Paras and the team at Bowmans give us the confidence we need to continue to expand our business. His advice is technically excellent and focused on the practicalities of getting deals done. His knowledge of our market helps us deal with the regulators, counterparties and other lawyers, and he is always available to guide us. Importantly, we also enjoy working with him – his optimistic approach means we look forward to picking up the phone!”