Our lawyers have experience of working for clients in infrastructure markets globally, and acting for sponsors and lenders in a wide range of limited recourse financing transactions.
Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across the world, we take a proactive role in understanding project economics and are skilled in crafting innovative solutions to mitigate credit risks.
Local insights, global outlook: our teams in 20 African countries understand the specific political, financial, regulatory and economic issues. You also have access to the global resources of an Africa team with more than 200 lawyers in key financial centers including Johannesburg, Casablanca, London, New York, Paris, Dubai, Perth, Hong Kong and Beijing.
Our people have extensive knowledge of markets including Africa’s most important industries and sectors: Energy and Natural Resources (including thermal and renewable, and oil and gas), Infrastructure, (including roads, airports and shipping), Industrials and Technology.
With public-private partnerships (PPPs) emerging as one of the strongest ways to foster infrastructure development in Africa, our infrastructure lawyers bring a deep understanding of PPP programs that combines creative thinking with robust advice. We have reached successful outcomes on some of the world’s largest and most complex projects, including Kenya’s award-winning Medical Equipment Supply PPP project.
Key capabilities include:
- project finance
- secured financings
- structured financings
- bond financing
- alternative financings solutions tailored to the current market
Please contact us to discuss how we can help you to achieve your objectives.