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Public Private Partnerships

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Our lawyers in Ghana have experience regarding the PPP sector, delivering sound and innovative solutions to clients on all aspects of projects, from their procurement and financing, through variations and operational issues.

We advise on every legal aspect from procurement, tax structuring, contractual documentation and risk allocation to finance structuring.

Experience has included advising:

  • The sponsors in relation to a project involving a partnership between a state-owned company and a privately owned foreign entity for the operation, maintenance and expansion of petroleum storage and transportation facilities located in a port city in 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.
  • The Government of Ghana through the Public Investment Division of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (PID-MOFEP) in respect of capacity building services for the development of a sectorial Public Private Partnership toolkit for the roads sector and the establishment of a “PPP legal hotline” within the Ministry of Finance.
  • 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.