Baker McKenzie advised Bank One Limited as arranger and swap provider on a USD 30 million USD/local currency swap with the Reserve Bank of a southern African country and a participation agreement syndicating the transaction with I&M Bank PLC. Under the terms of the transaction documents, the swap is collateralised by local government bonds, which […]
Baker McKenzie advised Office National de l’Électricité et de l’Eau potable du Maroc (ONEE) in the financing of the wind farm in Taza. This operation is part of the first phase of the wind farm project in Taza and will enable the production of 87MW in electricity. The wind farm will be operated by a […]
Baker McKenzie advised Impala Platinum Holdings Limited on its acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares of North American Palladium for total cash consideration of approximately C$1.0 billion (approx. €684.26 Million). The Transaction was implemented pursuant to a plan of arrangement in Canada according to an arrangement agreement entered into between NAP, […]
Clifford Chance advised HeidelbergCement, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials, in connection with the sale of a minority stake in the share capital of Ciments du Maroc. HeidelbergCement sold 7.8% of the share capital of Ciments du Maroc for an aggregate amount of approximately €140 million, as part of its action […]
Shearman & Sterling represented the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in connection with the extension of an approximately $658 million secured loan to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) to fund a portion of the Lynnwood Link Extension Project in Seattle, Washington. The loan, issued under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation […]
Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa has advised Pangaea Investment Management, an associate of Chinese copper giant Jiangxi Copper, on a large and highly complex US$200 million platinum metal purchase transaction with the Lonmin group, the third largest global platinum producer. The funds were released to the Lonmin group from escrow in October 2018. The transaction […]
White & Case LLP has advised Goldman Sachs as leader in the round JUMO, the largest and fastest growing technology platform for operating inclusive mobile financial services marketplaces, today announced the close of an equity funding round of USD$52 million led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from other leading investors including Proparco, the private sector […]
DLA Piper and DLA Piper Africa member firm, IKM Advocates, have successfully defeated the claim estimated to be worth US$2 billion in arbitration proceedings brought by a mining investor, Cortec Mining Kenya Limited. The claim was brought under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between the UK and Kenya dated 13 September 1999. The arbitration took […]
White & Case LLP has advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and a syndicate of around 20 development financial institutions and commercial lenders on the financing of the US$1 billion expansion of a world-scale urea fertilizer production facility near Port Harcourt, Nigeria. IFC will directly lend US$100 million and mobilize an additional US$850 million of […]
DLA Piper Garrigues and Afrique Advisors advised on the deal US private equity fund Brookstone Partners finalized the acquisition of Morocco-based renewable energy company AM Wind from Altus and All’in Consulting. The acquisition is a part of Brookstone Partners’ plans to develop a 900 MW wind farm in the Dakhla region of Morocco. With an […]
White & Case LLP has advised Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking Division), as exclusive mandated lead arranger, sole underwriter and sole hedge provider, on the R6.6 billion financing for Mainstream Renewable Power’s two wind projects in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces in South Africa. The projects, Kangnas and […]
DLA Piper has advised La Société d’Aménagement Zenata (SAZ), the entity in charge of the overall development of the Zenata Eco-City in Morocco, on the signature of a cooperation agreement with the Saudi German Hospital Group to develop a healthcare centre. Zenata is the biggest Eco-City project in Morocco and the first to have obtained […]
