US$420m
Financing of a 310 MW geothermal complex
Counsel to the lenders on a senior and mezzanine financing with political risk cover, the largest geothermal financing in the region to date.
Head of Finance; Head of the London Africa Desk · London
Otieno Odhiambo
Represents DFIs and international banks on landmark African financings.
Otieno leads the finance practice from London, where he works with lenders, export credit agencies and sponsors arranging capital for the region.
He has worked on more than US$15bn of financings across 14 African jurisdictions.
Selected experience
- Counsel to the lenders on a US$420m geothermal project financing
- Advised the arrangers of a sovereign Eurobond issuance
- Acted for a DFI consortium on a sustainability-linked loan to a regional bank
Featured matters
US$500m
Debut sustainability-linked bond
Advised the issuer on a dual-listed programme with KPIs tied to lending to women-owned businesses and climate adaptation.
Insights
Perspective
Green and sustainability-linked bonds come of age
From first issuances to repeat programmes: lessons from the region’s most active sustainable debt year.
Otieno Odhiambo & Wanjiru Kamau-Ochieng
8 min read
Briefing
Five lessons from financing geothermal at scale
Resource risk, offtaker credit and the structures that brought lenders to the table.
Ibrahim Abdi Noor & Otieno Odhiambo
8 min read
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