FIRM BRIEFINGS SOUTH AFRICA


Masondo, Rita Chen and Anastasia Vatalidis (employment). “We were impressed,” says a client, “it was very good to work with them… they have good lawyers and are a good resource for identifying counsels in Africa”.


Matters Greg Nott led a large team advising Vestas Central Europe on a number of renewable projects including the 67MW Hopefield Wind Energy Generation Project and the 78MW Noblesfontein Wind Energy Gen- eration Project. The matters are part of South Africa’s renewable energy programme and the firm is advising on all aspects, from project finance to EPC. David Walker, Happy Masondo, Nott and others were advised GD


Power Development in its bid, finally abandoned, for the construction of a coal power plant for a mining company. Walker and Annuscha Pil- lay were assisting Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR), a state con- trolled company developing nuclear energy and fuel technology, on a range of nuclear fuel law, energy law, shareholders’ agreements, licensing and de-commissioning. Another matter saw a large team working with SunEdison on its


commercial projects, which required a range of regulatory advice as well as power purchase agreements and implementation agreements with Eskom.


White & Case


2012 Firm Overview Key partners


Shamilah Grimwood


White & Case was the first international firm to establish an office in South Africa. As well as the local expertise headed by Shamilah Grim- wood, the office counts on the support, expertise and resources of the White & Case network, with a top flight Africa practice for energy, in- frastructure and contentious matters.


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