Theresia Mawenu

Theresia Mawenu is a Lawyer in the firm’s Corporate, Financial Regulation & Commercial Strategy practice. She advises domestic and international clients across the transaction–regulation–dispute continuum, with a focus on compliant capital deployment, borrower-side banking strategy, cross-border commercial structuring, and regulatory compliance for export-driven enterprises.

Theresia supports clients in corporate and commercial transactions, including supply and distribution agreements, leasing frameworks, joint ventures, SPV structuring, trusts, and cross-border trade documentation. Her advisory incorporates commercial risk allocation, regulatory compliance, and governance considerations for emerging market transactions.

She also advises on banking, finance, and debt restructuring, including enforcement risk assessment, forensic credit analysis, security documentation review, restructuring strategy, and enforcement standstill negotiations. Recent work includes identifying over KES 100 million in overcharged interest and KES 170 million in investor principal and secured assets, forming the basis for restructuring negotiations for a distressed, construction-backed credit facility.

Her practice extends to trade and cross-border transactions, including CIF export structures, distributor onboarding, customs processes, SEZ tax optimisation, and export documentation, particularly within agribusiness supply chains and export-linked industrial activity.

Theresia additionally handles regulatory and governance advisory, covering financial regulation, AML compliance, shareholder relations, investment readiness, and sector-specific regulatory audits. She frequently advises on internal controls, regulatory exposure, and ethical capital deployment frameworks.
Her dispute resolution practice focuses on negotiated and structured outcomes, including settlement strategy, restructuring negotiations, enforcement standstill, and mediation. Her approach prioritises value preservation, capital protection, and commercial outcomes over adversarial escalation.

Theresia brings a multidisciplinary background that enables her to integrate legal, financial, and institutional analysis into cohesive commercial strategies for complex mandates arising in emerging market environments.