Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, Projects & Energy

About

Provided by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr is at the forefront of the infrastructure sector and we have market leading Public-Private Partnership and Energy practices. Our Projects and Energy team has substantial experience working with clients from a diverse range of industries, government departments and regulators. Our broad portfolio of clients, spanning many sectors and regions, allows us to combine our legal expertise with an in-depth understanding of sector innuendos and your business to deliver practical solutions that are effective and unique to your needs.

We combine our legal and sector expertise with an in-depth understanding of your business to conduct a commercially minded risk assessment of the project and then propose effective solutions that maximise project value and mitigate risk exposure. Our team has substantial experience in diverse infrastructure projects, project finance, PPPs, energy and oil and gas sector assignments in sub-Saharan Africa and across the rest of the African continent. Our key mandates include advising on all manner of transactional assignments including commercial structuring, risk analysis and mitigation, financing, drafting and negotiation. We are called on to advise on the suite of project agreements, from transactions in the public sector to providing specialist regulatory advice on public sector procurement, public finance management, intergovernmental relations and public sector legislation regulating national, provincial and local government.

Chambers Review

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Projects & Energy - South Africa

Band 4

What the team is known for

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr advises infrastructure investors, financial institutions, developers, and exploration and production companies on the full spectrum of project matters, predominantly in the energy sector. The practice possesses expert knowledge in procurement, transactional matters and regulatory energy law, which it draws on to advise on power procurement programmes beyond South Africa. The practice is further adept in project finance and equipped to guide sponsor clients from bidding to operation and maintenance. The team offers additional experience in oil and gas, and frequently advises significant suppliers on regulatory and compliance matters.

Notable practitioners

Megan Rodgers and Andrew van Niekerk are the key client contacts.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr assisted the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia with the cross-border acquisition of oil producing assets in Angola from Sonangol.