AFRICAN HUB COUNTRIES FIRM BRIEFINGS
generation project, working on the regulatory framework and invest- ment and business matters. Harney and Rainbow Field also assisted Prunus Energy Systems, along with Clifford Chance, on all aspects of the development of a 50MW wind farm. Field and Amar Mehta supported Herbert Smith Freehills on behalf
of Marathon Oil Company in relation to the acquisition of an interest in an oil block, while in 2012 a team also engaged for a client, assisting on all stages (exploration, development, extraction) of a concession of coal blocks.
Daly & Figgis
2012 Firm Overview Highlight clients
Standard Bank, Gulf Power, NIC Bank, Africa Oil
Most active disciplines Litigation, M&A and joint-ventures, capital markets, project finance (infrastructure), competition
Key sectors Mining and metals, oil and gas, power
Key partners Hamish Keith, Julius Wako
Hamish Keith is the figurehead of Daly & Figgis while Julius Wako is a key partner for projects work, leading or acting on most of the firm’s energy and infrastructure deals. University of Warwick (UK) graduate Njau Mukuha proves very popular with clients for corporate and com- mercial matters and as a high court advocate. The firm works regularly with international firms and has good corporate and commercial ca- pacity. “We use them across the board,” says a client who recommends
Mukuha. “They are doing the local work on closure, reviewing all the international documents for local law and they are fully and totally on the ball. They have done all the real estate and corporate governance and on other projects we have used them as litigation counsel.”
Matters The firm worked with Norton Rose to advise Standard Bank on a $150 million loan to Hass Petroleum Kenya. The team covered all aspects of the financing including a master murabaha agreement. The firm was also acting for Gulf Power in relation to a proposed financing by the IFC, Standard Bank of South Africa and the OPEC Fund for Interna- tional Development for the construction of an IPP (Independent Power Producer). The firm advised NIC Bank on a proposed financing to Hashi En-
ergy and in October 2012 settled a competition matter under the new Competition Act for Africa Oil relating to a $57 million farm-out of two oil blocks to Marathon Oil.
Hamilton Harrison & Matthews
2012 Firm Overview Highlight clients
Government of Kenya, Kengen, Pacific Wildcat Corporation of Canada
Most active disciplines
Litigation, company and commercial, M&A and joint-ventures, private equity and funds, banking, capital markets, PPP/PFI, project finance (energy and resources), competition, employment, environmental law, IP, land, tax
Key sectors Oil and gas, power, social infrastructure
Key partners Paras Shah, Daniel Wanjau
Hamilton Harrison & Matthews has recently been working on large public infrastructure and power projects, such as the ambitious pub- lic-private partnership (PPP) project for the $6 billion Konza City ‘Technopolis’ development. The firm has also been advising Kengen on its $5 billion plan for future power projects. Paras Shah is one of the most recommended practitioners in the
country and the firm maintains a non-exclusive alliance with Dentons. Dr Daniel Wanjau and Andrew Mugambi also focus on oil and gas, in- frastructure, projects and land law, while senior partner Ken Fraser and partner Kiragu Kimani focus on disputes, notably on construction, en- ergy, procurement and commercial matters.
Matters The firm is engaged as counsel in a long term project for the Govern- ment of Kenya where a team, led by Paras Shah and Daniel Wanjau, is advising on planning, infrastructure and regulatory issues for the $6 billion development of Konza City Technopolis, a special economic zone for ICT. The firm will also work on the concession of the project. The firm was assisting three IOCs on the proposed East African Oil
Pipeline, conducting an initial feasibility study, and Kengen, to biggest Kenyan power generation company, on its future power plans. The lat- ter involves financing of up to $5 billion for power plants through cap- ital markets and project and bank financing. Shah also worked with Allen & Overy to advise the Pacific Wildcat Corporation of Canada on a niobium mining project.
Kaplan & Stratton
2012 Firm Overview Cross-border matters
Mauritius
Highlight clients Cove Energy, Citibank, OrPower 4, Puma Energy
Key sectors Mining and metals, power, airports and aviation, industry and manufacturing, water, sewage and utilities
Key partners Oliver Fowler, Binti Shah, Nigel Shaw, Sam Wainaina
LexAfrica network firm Kaplan & Stratton is one of the highest rec- ommended in the region and Oliver Fowler in particular receives out- standing praise from clients as an impressive lawyer by international standards. In 2012 Fowler was active on high-profile corporate matters for Cover Energy. The firm has recently been advising lenders and sponsors in energy, mining, energy infrastructure and transportation matters. It offers a
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