Mitch Bushry
Associate | Nairobi
Contact
T: +254 20 5031746
E: mitch.bushry@bowmanslaw.com
Overview
Mitch is a corporate and commercial lawyer with experience advising on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, capital markets transactions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings across sectors such as technology, renewable energy, real estate, and financial services.
She regularly supports clients with regulatory compliance, commercial contracting, and general corporate governance.
She also specialises in intellectual property law with a focus on entertainment, sports, and fashion. Her experience includes advising high-profile sports personalities in Kenya, supporting creatives with rights commercialisation strategies, and delivering IP masterclasses for youth talent programmes.
Some of Mitch’s recent work includes advising local and international clients on fund structuring, capital markets transactions, merger control filings, and multi-sector due diligence. She has supported investors, real estate developers, private equity funds, and technology companies through complex regulatory and transactional processes in Kenya.
Experience
Mitch has advised:
- A real estate developer on the structuring and successful listing of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), including regulatory compliance and capital markets approvals.
- On the structuring of a feeder fund in Kenya.
- On the preparation and submission of merger notifications to the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) for various transactions.
- On the buyer- and seller-side legal due diligence for M&A transactions in the telecommunications, food and beverage, health, and renewable energy sectors, identifying material risks and advising on mitigation strategies.
- Various clients on general corporate and commercial matters.
Intellectual Property: Entertainment, Media and Sports
Some of Mitch’s experience includes:
- Advised a professional tennis player on structuring a reward-based crowdfunding programme, including regulatory compliance and IP protection for campaign materials;
- Advised a creative enterprise on protecting the IP of a comic book series, including drafting and negotiating translation and distribution agreements across multiple jurisdictions
- Facilitated a masterclass for young creatives in Kenya on intellectual property rights, brand protection, and strategies for commercialising their artistic work.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
- Post Graduate Diploma Law, Kenya School of Law.
- LLB, University of Nairobi.
- Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française (DALF C1), Alliance Française du Nairobi.
Professional Memberships
- Member of Law Society of Kenya.
Overview
Mitch is a corporate and commercial lawyer with experience advising on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, capital markets transactions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings across sectors such as technology, renewable energy, real estate, and financial services.
She regularly supports clients with regulatory compliance, commercial contracting, and general corporate governance.
She also specialises in intellectual property law with a focus on entertainment, sports, and fashion. Her experience includes advising high-profile sports personalities in Kenya, supporting creatives with rights commercialisation strategies, and delivering IP masterclasses for youth talent programmes.
Some of Mitch’s recent work includes advising local and international clients on fund structuring, capital markets transactions, merger control filings, and multi-sector due diligence. She has supported investors, real estate developers, private equity funds, and technology companies through complex regulatory and transactional processes in Kenya.
Experience
Mitch has advised:
- A real estate developer on the structuring and successful listing of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), including regulatory compliance and capital markets approvals.
- On the structuring of a feeder fund in Kenya.
- On the preparation and submission of merger notifications to the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) for various transactions.
- On the buyer- and seller-side legal due diligence for M&A transactions in the telecommunications, food and beverage, health, and renewable energy sectors, identifying material risks and advising on mitigation strategies.
- Various clients on general corporate and commercial matters.
Intellectual Property: Entertainment, Media and Sports
Some of Mitch’s experience includes:
- Advised a professional tennis player on structuring a reward-based crowdfunding programme, including regulatory compliance and IP protection for campaign materials;
- Advised a creative enterprise on protecting the IP of a comic book series, including drafting and negotiating translation and distribution agreements across multiple jurisdictions
- Facilitated a masterclass for young creatives in Kenya on intellectual property rights, brand protection, and strategies for commercialising their artistic work.
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