OTHER JURISDICTIONS FIRM BRIEFINGS Cabinet Jean Francois Chauveau
2012 Firm Overview Key partners
Jean François Chauveau
Jean François Chauveau appears regularly as counsel on energy matters in the country. Clients recommend the firm in particular as “very good” for transactions with a state or public angle.
DJIBOUTI Martinet & Martinet
2012 Firm Overview Cross-border matters
Ethiopia
Highlight clients Djibouti Dry Port, ENOC (Dubai), Doraleh Container Terminal
Most active disciplines Company and commercial, M&A and joint-ventures, asset finance, banking, project finance (energy, resources and infrastructure), renewables finance, competition, EPC, employment, environmental, IP, land, public and administrative, tax
Key partners Alain Martinet, Marie-Paule Martinet
A true family enterprise, Martinet & Martinet is managed by Alain Martinet and Marie-Paule Martinet and has associations abroad in Paris with Julien Martinet and Florence Martinet, who offer tax, dispute res- olution and finance capability and in Florida with Béatrice Martinet, who offers IP law support. The office has recently been handling a lot of maritime work and has been working on large port and shipping terminal infrastructure projects since 2003.
Matters The office worked with Gide Loyrette Nouel’s Beijing team to advise Tianjing Machinery Import and Export on Djibouti law over property, environment, corporate, trade free zone, securities, employment, EPC and insurance, among other topics and has been advising Djibouti Dry Ports on the creation of a Free Zone. The firm was assisting investors, among them the JAFZA Dubai and Islamic Bank Abu Dhabi on the $35 million project. Since 2003 the firm has also been advising the Islamic Bank Abu
Dhabi and Horison Djibouti Terminal on the creation of a new oil ter- minal in Doraleh and Dubai Port World and lenders, including Proparco, on infrastructure projects at the Doraleh Container Terminal totalling $500 million.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)
Cabinet Kalamba & Associés
2012 Firm Overview Key partners
Emery Kalamba
In the relatively complex DRC market Kalamba & Associés has a good share of the instructions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. “We’ve
done a lot of work with them and they are good,” says a client, “they one of two we would tend to use for issues in the DRC”. Emery Kalamba leads the practice.
Djunga & Risasi
2012 Firm Overview Key partners
Lambert Djunga
Djunga & Risasi is a well know firm in DRC among international counsel. The team, led by Lambert Djunga, advises on all manner of matters across all spectrums and has established itself among the group of most reliable counsel in the market.
Emery Mukendi Wafwana & Associates (Cabemery)
2012 Firm Overview Cross-border matters
Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo (Republic of), Cote d’Ivoire, DRC, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Most active disciplines
Arbitration, corporate, banking, capital markets, project finance (energy, resources and infrastructure), renewables finance, IP, land, tax
Key sectors
Mining and metals, oil and gas, power, airports and aviation, water, sewage and utilities
Key partners Edmond Cibamba, Eugenie Elanga Monkango, Emery Mukendi Wafwana
Emery Mukendi Wafwana & Associates is a regional force and stands- out from competitors for having offices in Johannesburg and New York. The firm is strong in Francophone Africa and boasts mining lawyers, mining and quarry agents, corporate and tax lawyers and other special- ists. The office has recently handled a great number of energy infra- structure matters for Canadian and Chinese entities, finance institutions and investors. Clients speak highly of Emery Mukendi Wafwana and his team,
where the key contact partners for energy, natural resources and cor- porate law are Edmond Cibamba Diata and Eugenie Elanga Monkango. The notable aspect of the firm is its regional reach, achieved in part through a range of associations with international firms, local firms and lawyers and bar associations. “We have spent a lot of time working with them and they are one of two we would turn to for issues in the DRC”, says an international client.
Matters Fulgence Kalema and Edmond Cibamba led the firm to conduct due diligence on mining rights and provide legal counsel relating to the list- ing of a client on the Australian Stock Exchange. The pair also advised a Gabonese company on its acquisition of mining exploration rights in Gabon and a sponsor in relation to a $35 million senior loan facility by a development bank. Patrick Bondonga and Emery Mukendi Wafwana acted for a Cana-
dian company on a project financing for the rehabilitation of a hydro- electric project in the DRC; the work included negotiating and drafting the PPA (power purchase agreement). The firm acted on a string of other notable mandates, including securing an exploitation permit over a copper mine for a Canadian company and conducting due diligence for a $200 million acquisition of a copper mine by a Canadian client.
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