Mark McKee

Practice Areas

Commercial Law, Transactional Advise, Mining & Energy, Banking & Finance, Competition Law, Structured Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Public Private Partnerships, Regulatory, Capital Markets, and Asset Based Lending.

Career

Akheel Jinabhai & Associates (in association with Mckee Commercial Law)

Consultant Partner, Head of Corporate Commercial Department

Practice area is commercial transactions with an emphasis on financial sector transactions.

Responsibilities:

• Joint management and administration of the Commercial Department and Firm.

• Legal advice and transactional support on all major transactional matters within the firm with a special emphasis on financial, capital markets, mining and the energy sectors.

• Management of the Intellectual Property Department

Achievements and Significant Deals

• Drafting and structuring of the security package for the project financing of the Gem Diamonds (Botswana) (Pty) Limited diamond mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – 25 Million Dollars

• Advising and negotiation of finance and security agreements between Minergy Coal, Botswana Development Corporation and Mining Development Company of Botswana

• Drafting and negotiating Facility agreements, structuring security; drafting security documents and registering security for Time Projects Botswana BWP 60 Million project finance Facility

• Legal Advisor to Prime Time Botswana for the establishment of BWP 500 Million Medium-term Note Programme and Debt Issue of Notes

• Drafting and Negotiation of Coal Supply Agreement for the Morupule B Power Station expansion project (Units 5 & 6)

• Drafting and negotiating Owner Engineer Contract for the Refurbishment of the Morupule “A” power station.

• Advising and assisting Chinese power company on the acquisition of the Botswana Power Corporation (including related project and off take agreements).

• Drafting and negotiation of Joint Venture for commercialization of the Botswana Power Corporation fibre cable backbone (including drafting and negotiation of IRUA and structuring the SPV )

• Drafting and negotiation of PPP agreements and related project documents for Botswana Development Company Dry Port project in Namibia.

• Drafting PPP Agreement, Joint Venture Agreements and other project documents for Local Enterprise Authority Leather Park Project in Lobatse

• The transactions and deals set out in the attached Mandate Sheet

Professional Memberships

Member of the Botswana Law Society

Member of the English Law Society

Education