Practice

Banking & Finance

Capital for the companies and projects building the region.

We act for development finance institutions, commercial banks and borrowers on the full range of lending, from bilateral facilities to multi-tranche syndications and Islamic finance structures.

How we help

  1. 01Syndicated and club lending
  2. 02Acquisition and leveraged finance
  3. 03Development finance
  4. 04Islamic finance
  5. 05Trade and commodity finance
  6. 06Security and enforcement

Representative experience

US$420m

Financing of a 310 MW geothermal complex

A consortium of development finance institutions

Counsel to the lenders on a senior and mezzanine financing with political risk cover, the largest geothermal financing in the region to date.

Banking & Finance·Energy & Natural Resources·2025

Pan-African

Fund platform at a new financial centre

An Africa-focused private equity manager

Structured a fund and carry platform at the Kigali International Financial Centre, investing across six jurisdictions.

Banking & Finance·Financial Institutions·2024

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