Diana K. Maguto

Diana Maguto is Crowe Infrastructure Africa’s Legal and Compliance Officer and based at the firm’s headquarters in Nairobi.

Diana has extensive experience gained in almost 10 years of legal practice while working with various leading law firms in Kenya and a prime real estate and affordable housing developer in the country. In the course of her professional career, Diana has been drafting contracts and agreements in a multitude of business contexts and jurisdictions, been intensively involved in public procurement and government-related cases for private clients, has extensively advised clients on regulatory compliance issues as well as matters of internal quality control. She is experienced in assisting and preparing board of directors’ meetings and acting as a legal counsel on corporate governance policies.

Diana’s specific experience covers a wide range of commercial transactions in, among others, taxation, contracts and agreements, public procurement policies and legislation, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, employment law, intellectual property, legal due diligence, legal drafting, capital markets policies, mergers and acquisitions, and conveyancing projects.

Diana’s role as the firm’s Legal and Compliance Officer is to advise and assist senior management in quality control and regulatory compliance, draft contracts and agreements, to provide guidance on legal due diligence and legal and regulatory issues surrounding infrastructure projects, and to assist and prepare board of directors’ meetings and management reports.