Joyce Mbui

Joyce Mbui is a Partner at Bowmans in Nairobi, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and restructuring and insolvency. She is qualified as an English solicitor of England & Wales and as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, advising clients on complex corporate transactions, capital raising, and financial restructurings across multiple jurisdictions.

Joyce has acted as local counsel for James Finlay Limited on the sale of 85% of the shareholding of James Finlay (Kenya) Limited to Browns Investments Plc; advised Hollard International on the acquisition of a minority stake in the APA Group, one of the largest insurers in East Africa; advised Diageo plc on the first-ever block trade on the Nairobi Securities Exchange for the acquisition of up to 14.97% of East African Breweries PLC; and advised Kenya Airways on its USD 2 billion balance sheet restructuring, which included USD 750 million in sovereign guarantees from the Government of Kenya and debt-for-equity conversions. She has also advised East African Breweries Plc, UAP Holdings, and Real People Investment Holdings on the issuance and listing of medium-term notes on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

Joyce holds an LL.B (Hons) from the University of Leicester, an LPC (cum laude) from Nottingham Trent University, and an MSc (cum laude) from the University of Reading. She is a member of the Law Society of Kenya and the Law Society of England and Wales, and sits on the technical working group for insolvency legislation set up by the Official Receiver's Office.

She has been ranked in the Spotlight Table for Restructuring/Insolvency by Chambers Global (2025–2026) and as a Highly Regarded lawyer for Corporate and M&A and Capital Markets by IFLR1000 (2024–2025).