AFRICAN HUB COUNTRIES FIRM BRIEFINGS
Matters The firm provided local law support to ArcelorMittal through foreign counsels King & Wood Mallesons and Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados (MLGTS) regarding an acquisition of a coal mining concession. The firm assisted on due diligence and mining contracts. The office was again supporting MLGTS to advise Videocon in corporate matters related to the Rovuma I gas block. In 2013 the firm was busy working with Bowman Gilfillan to assist
Rand Merchant Bank and Standard Bank on a finance facility to a South African construction company for the acquisition of a stake in a Mozambican construction company. The team was also providing com- pany/commercial support to Spanish company Premonor.
TANZANIA East African Law Chambers (EALC)
2012 Firm Overview Highlight clients
BNP Paribas, Oryx Oil Company, Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority
Most active disciplines Arbitration, litigation
Key sectors Mining and metals, oil and gas, airports, water, sewage and utilities
Key partners Stella Ndikimi, George Fernandes, Juvenalis Ngowi
EALC is part of the Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group along with AF Mpanga (Uganda), Coulson Harney (Kenya) and others. The firm is led by Stella Ndikimi and works across the board on contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm’s key areas are alternative dispute resolution, contract ne-
gotiation and drafting, and litigation, including high court and national tribunal representation. Juvenalis Ngowi was active on the disputes side, while Ndikimi and Georges Fernandes led many of the corporate matters, often in conjunction with international firms.
Matters On the disputes side the firm, led by Juvenalis Ngowi, successfully rep- resented Gapco Tanzania in commercial litigation over a breach of con- tract related to petrol retail, Oryx Oil in litigation relating to a distribution agreement and the Energy and Utilities Regulatory Au- thority in a dispute against the Tanzania Electric Supplies Company (TANESCO) in which TANESCO was challenging newly imposed electricity tariffs. In corporate work, the firm worked with Jones Day to advise an oil
company on a substantial acquisition involving a series of local sub- sidiaries of the target company while Stella Ndikimi led a team to assist an up-stream company on insolvency proceedings. The firm also worked on finance deals, in one case advising BNP Paribas on the Tan- zanian law aspects of a $225 million financing and in another working with King & Wood Mallesons for Ausdrill on a $564 million syndi- cated loan.
IMMMA Advocates
2012 Firm Overview Cross-border matters
Malawi
Highlight clients National Development Corporation of Tanzania (NDC), RAK Gas
Most active disciplines Arbitration, litigation, corporate, asset finance, banking, capital markets and structure finance, project finance (energy and natural resources), competition, employment, IP, land, tax
Key sectors Mining and metals, oil and gas, power, airports and aviation
Key partners Protase Ishengoma, Sadock Magai
IMMMA Advocates is a member of the DLA Piper Group and handles all aspects of energy and infrastructure work, including due diligence, drafting project documents and project negotiations. The firm is also especially strong in power and construction and in early 2013 was in- volved in a large coal mine and thermal power project.
Matters Protase Ishengoma and Thomas Sipemba were working with DLA Piper to advise the National Development Corporation of Tanzania (NDC) in relation to a coal mine and 600MW thermal mine-mouth grid integrated power plant development in Mchuchuma. The firm was assisting on procurement, shareholder and joint-venture matters. Sadock Magai and Burure Ngocho were acting for Gigawatt on a
proposed PPP (public-private partnership) with the National Electricity Supply Company (TANESCO) to finance, develop, operate and main- tain a 300MW solar power project. Other work saw Ishengoma advise RAK gas in Tanzania, Zanzibar and Malawi on acquisitions and con- cessions for offshore/onshore natural gas and petroleum blocks.
Norton Rose
2012 Firm Overview Highlight clients
China Export Import Bank, Tanga Cement Company, IFC Infrastructures
Most active disciplines
Company and commercial, M&A and joint-ventures, asset finance, banking, project finance (infrastructure), renewables finance
Key sectors Mining and metals, power, renewable energy, industry and manufacturing
Key partners Angela Mndolwa, Adam Lovett
The Norton Rose Tanzania office is made up of Adam Lovett (UK so- licitor) and Angela Mndolwa (Tanzanian advocate). It opened in No- vember 2012 and has already provided local support on various projects, including advising sponsor clients on a mini-LNG plant proj- ect and a fibre optic network and lender clients such as the China Ex- port-Import Bank. The office’s key competitive advantage is the Norton Rose network and being able to offer on-the-ground English law advice.
Matters The office advised IFC Infrastructure on debt and equity participation in a joint development agreement for a 100MW wind farm and Tanga Cement Company on a joint-venture for the development of Pozzolana cement factory. A finance transaction saw the office, supported by Nigel
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