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Infrastructure Finance

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  • Experience

Our lawyers in Ghana have experience in the infrastructure market and act for both sponsors and lenders in a wide range of limited recourse financing transactions.

We have broad experience of PPP transactions and thorough knowledge of several market sectors, including hospitality, power, transport (roads and ports), oil, gas, commodities and water.

Experience has included advising:

  • A bulk petroleum products storage and distribution company in the review and negotiation of contracts for the front-end engineering design of a 750 km buried national gas transmission utility pipeline build-out.
  • A South African bank in respect of the USD5 million and USD17,5 million financing of projects for the construction of a storm drain in the Northern Region of Ghana and the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 56 km of selected roads located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
  • The lenders, a public private partnership, involving the construction of a moorings system (including a pipeline) for the offloading and discharge of crude oil and petroleum products offshore Tema.
  • The lenders, a public private partnership, in respect of the financing (of over USD88 million) of the construction and development of a seawater desalination plant in Accra and in relation to which MIGA provided a guarantee.
  • A project company in relation to the proposed construction and operation of a USD300 million road and road tolling project.
  • A syndicate of Ghana lenders including banks in relation to the USD35 million financing of a major infrastructure development of an independent power producer.
  • A major construction company in its capacity as EPC contractor in relation to a EUR10,7 million financing of the construction of a 230 MW simple cycle power plant.
  • A five star hotel in Accra in relation to the renovation, expansion and refurbishment of the hotel.
  • The owners of a three star international hotel in Takoradi in relation to the construction, management and marketing of the hotel.
  • A bulk petroleum products distribution company owned by the government of Ghana and its South African joint venture partner in relation to the USD2 million financing of the joint  venture petroleum import, export and storage terminal project in Ghana as well as negotiating and reviewing a shareholders’ agreement for a USD6 million investment by way of a joint venture for the development phase of the project.