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• Farm-in and farm-out of exploration and development blocks within Tanzania.


• Review of Production Sharing Agreements and Joint Operating Agreements and drafting deeds of novation of the same.


• Reviewing and drafting deeds of amendment for various agreements entered into by entities operating a port from which exploration activities are being conducted.


1st Floor, Peugeot House 36 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road Dar es Salaam, Tanzania


P.O. Box: 79651 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania


Tel: +255 22 2120954/6 Fax: +255 22 2121625 Email: info@adeptchambers.com Web: www.adeptchambers.com


Key Contacts:


Dr. Frederick Ringo,Managing Partner ADR and Litigation, Insolvency, Competition, PPPs, Tax and Competition Appeals Email: frederick.ringo@adeptchambers.com


Shamiza Ratansi, Corporate Partner Banking & Finance, M & A, Telecommunications, Mining and Corporate & Corporate restructuring Email: shamiza.ratansi@adeptchambers.com


Amish Shah, Corporate Partner/Consultant Oil & Gas, Energy & Infrastructure, M & A, Corporate Restructuring and Competition Email: amish.shah@adeptchambers.com


Firm profile:


ADEPT Chambers is a leading law firm in Tanzania. Our lawyers have over the years been involved in a number of transactions including complex mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, corporate and project finance, privatisation projects, corporate restructuring, private equity, insolvency, mining, energy, telecoms, infrastructure and projects work, general advisory work and civil litigation. ADEPT Chambers is a member of ALN (Africa Legal Network).


A number of ADEPT Chambers lawyers are ranked as Leading Lawyers or Rising Stars by international publications. Some of the comments about the firm and its lawyers are set out below:


Ranked as Band 2 in General Business Law. Two of Adept’s lawyers have been recognised as “Leaders in their Fields” in a cross spread of areas. Chambers Global 2012


Ranked as a tier 2 firm in Financial & Corporate. Two of Adept’s lawyers have been recognised as “Rising Stars” in a cross spread of areas. Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms 2013


Ranked as a Leading firm in Corporate and Commercial. PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2012.


Previously acted as local counsel for: BG Group, ExxonMobil, Ruhudji Hydropower Project, Pike LLC, Sumitomo, BP, Shell Tanzania Limited, Shell Petroleum Company, IBM, Reliance Industries, General Electric, Standard Bank Group, Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank Tanzania, International Finance Corporation, Norfund, Proparco, Crossroads Distribution, Skynet, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Karimjee Jivanjee Group, BBC Media Action, Lafarge Mbeya Cement Company Limited, Nokia, Etisalat, Samsung, DEG, Rabobank Nederland, HSBC, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Barclays Wealth, Bharti Airtel, IHS Nigeria, Alliance One Tobacco Tanzania Limited, The Investment Climate Facility for Africa, Sumaria Group.


Energy & Infrastructure practice profile:


Energy, Petroleum, Mining division: ADEPT Chambers has advised on various energy, mining and telecommunications transactions including:


• General advice on setting up of operations of energy, oil and gas, mining and telecommunications companies including licences, consents and authorisations required and applying and obtaining such licences, consents and authorisation.


• Drafting and reviewing various power off take and power purchase agreements and EPC contracts.


• Negotiating and drafting cooperative framework agreements for energy and infrastructure projects.


• Negotiating on behalf of clients with respect to Mining Development Agreements.


Banking & Finance division: ADEPT Chambers has considerable experience in banking law. This experience covers:


• General banking and securities law and structuring. • Drafting and negotiating loan agreements and multiple option facilities including trade finance and project finance documentation.


• Acting for both lenders and borrowers and taking security in connection with lending transactions including taking security on a multi-jurisdictional basis.


• Drafting debt restructuring documentation. • Structuring of both finance and operating lease transactions and asset finance transactions for international banks.


• The firm’s lawyers have acted in and advised on large commodity trading houses on structuring various commodity finance facilities and negotiated collateral management arrangements.


Corporate & Commercial and Capital Markets division: ADEPT Chambers offers a wide range of private and public company commercial services including:


• Undertaking due diligence, share sales and asset sales, joint venture agreements, PPAs, PPPs and distribution and marketing agreements.


• Advising on corporate structuring and establishment of entities in Tanzania.


• IPOs, MBOs and offers for sale. • Partnership Agreements and Shareholder Agreements. • Acting for receivers of companies. • Advising foreign investors on proposed investments in Tanzania. • Advising banks, mining and insurance companies on mergers and acquisitions including dealing with regulatory and capital markets compliance.


• Advising on various aspects of e-commerce.


Property division: ADEPT Chambers is involved in all types of commercial and residential property transactions including:


• Large scale acquisitions and disposals. • Negotiating funding and development agreements for property companies.


• Structuring of large scale commercial and residential developments and housing schemes.


• Negotiating agreements with contractors and other professionals involved in the development of commercial property. • Planning and associated matters.


Civil and Commercial Litigation division: ADEPT Chambers’ civil and commercial litigation practice has an outstanding reputation and considerable experience in the following areas:


• Acting for banks in enforcing and recovering under security documentation.


• General property litigation. • Advising receivers and liquidators on receivership and winding-up of companies.


• Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitration awards. • Advising on shareholder disputes. • Intellectual property and passing off disputes. • Employment litigation.


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