Simandou iron ore mine and related infrastructure, Guinea | Advising Winning Consortium Simandou on all aspects of its investment in Guinea to build a rail and port infrastructure to support its Simandou iron ore mine. Our role includes advising on joint venture arrangements with Simfer (a consortium led by Rio Tinto), project and investment agreements with the Government of Guinea, funding arrangements with Chinese SOE investors including Baowu and Chinalco, and project development agreements including transshipment arrangements. |
158MW wind power project, Senegal | Advising the sponsors, French renewable energy company Sarréole and private equity fund Lekela power, on the project financing of the 158MW wind power project located in Taiba N’Diaye, Senegal |
Presidential Power Initiative, Nigeria | Advising FGNPC and the Ministry of Finance in relation to the development and financing of the Presidential Power Initiative, a transformational power distribution and transmission upgrade project across Nigeria.
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Azura-Edo power plant, Nigeria | Advising African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of Africa’s leading infrastructure equity investment managers and a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments, on all aspects of the sale of its minority stake in the Azura-Edo power plant in Nigeria.
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Compagnie Des Bauxites de Guinea | Advising CBG (which is owned by Rio Tinto, Alcoa, Dadco and the State of Guinea) in connection with the c.$800m expansion of its Sangaredi bauxite mine in western Guinea and its most recent $200m financing of its shared railway infrastructure, which closed in Q4 2020.
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50MW solar PV plant, Mali | Advising Investec Asset Management Proprietary Limited (Investec) as mandated lead arranger and a consortium of lenders in relation to the senior and mezzanine financing facilities on a 50MW solar PV plant in Sikasso, Mali, for the first French green Independent power producer, Akuo Energy. |
Ecobank Ghana Limited | Advising Ecobank Ghana Limited on arranging the advance of a USD199, 764,912.86 guarantee facility with a syndicate of 11 lenders to Newmont Golden Ridge Limited and Newmont Ghana Gold Limited to secure the borrowers’ obligations under reclamation security agreements they had in place with the Ghanaian Environmental Protection Agency.
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OCTP block, Ghana | Advising Eni on the development of oil and gas resources in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block. This US$6bn offshore oil and gas project will be a major boost to oil and gas production in Ghana. |
US$2.5bn RBL refinancing, Ghana | Advising Tullow Oil plc in relation to its US$2.5 billion reserves based facilities, provided by a consortium of 18 commercial banks provided US$2.4 billion of the facilities, and International Finance Corporation has provided a separate US$100 million facility. This was awarded Best Oil and Gas Deal of the Year at EMEA Finance’s Project Finance Awards 2017.
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Kamsar oil refinery, Guinea | Advising the lenders in relation to the financing of the Kamsar oil refinery in Guinea, including senior and subordinated tranches and intercreditor arrangements. |
Project Gujeni, Nigeria | Advising a syndicate of lenders including commercial lenders and a development finance institution in relation to putting in place the financing to a subsidiary of African Industries Group for the development and operation of an iron-ore mine and construction and operation of a direct reduced iron plant (DRI Plant) located in Gujeni, Nigeria.
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LNG supply project, Benin | Advising Total, the Second-Largest Private Global LNG Player on the development of Benin's supply project for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG-Gas). |
Helios Towers, Senegal | Advising International Finance Corporation (IFC), Société Générale (SG) and BNP Paribas (BNPP) in respect of two separate facilities to Helios Towers Senegal SAU, a subsidiary of the LSE-listed telecoms tower company Helios Towers PLC, as borrower.
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Lekki Port project, Nigeria | Advising the lenders, development finance institutions and export credit agencies on the US$1.6billion project financing of Lekki Port, a new greenfield port in the Lagos free trade zone. This was named Africa Transport Infrastructure Deal of the Year by Project Finance International. |
Energy storge system, Senegal | Advising developers on the development, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a standalone energy storage system of 40 MW (BESS) situated in Senegal.
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Atuabo Free Port Project, Ghana | Advising the lenders including, Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Bank and International Finance Corporation on their project financing of the Atuabo Oil and Gas Free Port in Ghana. The port will serve as an oil and gas logistics hub, servicing the offshore industry in Ghana.
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Port of Libreville, Gabon | Advising Singaporean-company Portek International on the renegotiation of the Concession of the Port of Libreville including leading the in-country negotiation with the government of Gabon.
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Port of Dakar Container Terminal, Senegal | Advising Standard Chartered Bank and African Development Bank on the financing of the first PPP concession project entered into by Dakar Port Authority. The project consists of the refurbishment, expansion and operation of Senegal’s only container terminal. Named Africa Transport Infrastructure Deal of the Year by Project Finance International.
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Hydropower in Singrobo, Côte d'Ivoire | Advising a pool of lenders lead by African Development Bank on the project financing of the 44MW hydropower project located in Singrobo, approximately 140KM north from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Addax biofuels and power project, Sierra Leone | Advising the lenders including FMO, EAIF, AfDB, DEG, ICF-Debt Pool LLP and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited in relation to the project financing of the Addax power and biofuels project. This project was the first energy project to be project financed in Sierra Leone.
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Formation of sub-Saharan and Asia (EARF) | Advising an initial senior investor group in connection with the formation of the Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF), a first-of-its-kind relief fund to protect energy access in the wake of COVID-19 for nearly 20 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The EARF was launched with a first close of US$68 million and a target of over US$80 million.
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