Our lawyers in Zimbabwe have experience regarding the PPP sector, delivering sound and innovative solutions to clients on all aspects of projects, from their procurement and financing, including secondary market acquisitions and subsequent refinancing, through variations and operational issues.
We advise on every legal aspect from procurement strategy, tax structuring, contractual documentation and risk allocation to finance structuring.
Capabilities
- Drafting PPP related legislation
- All aspects of projects, from their procurement and financing, including secondary market acquisitions and subsequent refinancing, through variations and operational issues.
Experience has included advising:
- Lead local advisor to a PPP/joint venture partner to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Department (MoTID) in the procurement of the following projects: concession agreement for the development and maintenance of the computerized revenue collection system; concession agreement – Zimbabwe integrated transport management information system; concession agreement – computerized revenue billing system for various municipalities.
- In the Beitbridge Border Post expansion and modernization project, Manokore Attorneys is currently acting as the lead local counsel to Zimborders Consortium. Zimborders was awarded the USD240 million project following a competitive bidding process and engaged Manokore Attorneys as its lead legal advisors in Zimbabwe.
- TelOne, the biggest fixed telecommunication provider on PPP engagements (in terms of the Joint Ventures Act [Chapter 22:22] of Zimbabwe) in the deployment of Fibre to the Home Broadband Access Infrastructure Project.
- Drafting of the Joint Venture (PPP) Regulations under the Capacity Building for Public Finance and Economic Management Project (CBPFEM) by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, funded by the African Development Bank, 2017-2018.