Profile
Experience shaped by commercial context.
Imanuel leads the International Law and Trade Practice at KDH Advocates. He advises on cross-border transactions, international trade, and investment agreements, drawing on experience with EU export controls and sanctions in Brussels and trade-policy work supporting Kenya's Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investments.
His international-organisation experience includes the Green Climate Fund, where he worked on grant, loan, and equity investment agreements for climate projects, and legal work with the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Food Programme in Rome.
Imanuel has advised across employment, mining, investment establishment, banking acquisitions, and supply-chain finance. His work includes due diligence on tax, intellectual property, shareholding, and regulatory compliance, as well as drafting and negotiating key transaction documents.
He serves as adjunct faculty at Kenyatta University School of Law, coordinates the TradeLab, and contributes to scholarship on the African Continental Free Trade Area and the East African Community Rule of Law Index. He is also Chairperson of the Kenyatta University School of Law Alumni Association.