Advised a South African state-owned power utility since the commencement of its legal separation process. We have also advised the utility and national power transmission company throughout the process of applying for and responding to questions and commentary from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa regarding its licence applications, most recently at the public hearing conducted by the Regulator in respect of the transmission company’s licence applications.
Appointed to provide legal advisory and drafting services to amend the Constitution, and to shepherd those amendments through the process of adoption at the association of African parliamentary public accounts committees’ general meeting in Liberia.
We were mandated and entrusted by a country in South Africa to protect the viability of its economy and livelihood of its citizens, which are threatened by the execution of a judgment, in the amount of €50,000,000, by a German solar energy equipment supplier against the country’s assets.
Over R700 million share buyback by a state-owned South African airport management company from two of its minority shareholders.
Advising a government-owned development bank in South Africa on the restructuring of ZAR44,000,000,000 worth of debt, including loans, listed and unlisted notes and instruments. The restructure aims to ensure the continued operation of the bank, which provides funding to stakeholders in the agricultural industry. The restructuring is on-going and the outstanding debt has been reduced to circa ZAR22,000,000.
Advised a South African state-owned power utility in connection with a USD750,000,000 term loan credit facility agreement, entered into between the London branch of a German multinational investment bank and financial services company, a pan-African supranational multilateral financial institution, Schedule 1-listed financial institutions and a UK-based business administration services company.
Conduct a 5-stage review in respect of each category and/or batch of governance documents. Assist a state-owned asset management firm with the development of a materiality framework on their governance documents.
Assisted a non-utility generator in its engagements with the supreme audit institution (SAI) of South Africa, specifically in order to provide legal opinions on two procurement-related decisions taken by the generator in the course of evaluating bid proposals submitted in Bid Window 5 of a competitive tender process that was designed to facilitate private sector investment into grid-connected renewable energy (RE) generation in South Africa, which were identified by the SAI as non-compliant with public procurement laws and principles.