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- Advising and assisting various clients in the marketing of solar power plants
Client: companies marketing solar energy solutions (confidential)
Activities :
- Assistance in the structuring of solar power plant marketing operations,
- Drafting of a memorandum on the constraints, particularities and possible risks associated with the commercialization of solar power plants;
- Drafting of sales contracts and maintenance contracts templates for solar power plants.
- Assistance in financing the construction of solar power plants
Client: a financial company, as a lender (confidential)
Activities :
- Drafting, review and commenting of the credit agreement;
- Assistance in the completion of the administrative formalities required by the credit agreement with the competent authorities (Central Bank (BCEAO), Ministry of Finance and Budget, Registry of the Dakar Court) ;
- Advising on the legal framework applicable to the electricity sector, renewable energies and international loan operations.
- Assistance in the financing of the development of a solar power plant
Client: an international bank, as a lender (confidential)
Activities :
- Review of the credit agreement and other relevant finance documents from a local law perspective;
- Drafting, negotiation and execution of the assignment of receivables agreement and the pledge agreement of bank accounts;
- Issuing a legal opinion on the validity of the security documents; and
- Advising and assisting the client on local law issues in relation to the transaction.
- Assistance in the financing of the renewable energy sector, including solar energy
Client: a regional bank, as lead arranger (confidential)
Activities :
- Drafting of finance and transactional documents (credit agreement and commission letters);
- Negotiating and responding to the Borrower’s comments on the finance and transactional documents in coordination with the finance parties;
- Issuing a legal opinion under Senegalese law on the legality, validity and enforceability of the finance and transactional documents;
- Assisting in the collection and lifting of signature and drawdown conditions precedent and issuing a letter of satisfaction of signature and drawdown conditions precedent; and assisting the client on all aspects of Senegalese and OHADA law related to the transaction.
- Assistance in structuring the financing of the deployment of domestic solar systems
Client: a platform dedicated to the financing of decentralized energy in Africa (confidential)
Activities :
- Drafting of a legal memorandum on the legal regime applicable to the electricity sector and on the structuring of the sales contracts of the solar home systems as well as the security package;
- Assisting the client on all aspects of Senegalese law related to the project.
- Assistance in the sale of a solar power plant
Client: a local company, as seller (confidential)
Activities :
- Drafting of the sale contract and the maintenance contract of the solar power plant;
- Assistance to the client on all aspects of Senegalese law related to the project.
- Funding for the electricity project pertaining to the National Program of Emergency Rural Electrification
Client: Syndicate with local bank and regional banks (confidential)
Activities :
- Legal counsel, review of funding agreements and providing legal advice; verification of the legal compliance of the financial project with the regulation of appropriations;
Drafting of the financial agreement; drafting of suspensive conditions in collaboration with the Syndicate of Banks; drafting of the guarantee acts (state guarantee, personal and solidarity guarantee, agreement of assignment of professional debts);
Participation in the review meetings of the Financial and Guarantee Agreements between the Borrower and the Lenders; Drafting of a legal opinion on the validity in local law of the Financing Agreement, the Convention for the Assignment of Professional Debts, the State Guarantee Agreement, the Personal and Joint Bonding Act of the General Manager of the Borrower; Assistance and legal advice regarding any question of law.
- Legal assistance to a mining group in the context of the production and sale of electricity in the WAEMU area
Client: mining company (confidential)
Activities:
- Advice on the legal framework applicable to the electricity sector;
- Legal advice on the sale and lease of power generation equipment;
- Advice on the tax regulations applicable to the activities of production and sale of electricity; Assistance in obtaining a license for the production and sale of electricity from the regulatory authority.
- Assistance to a private company in the production of electricity by photovoltaic power plant.
Client: Private company (confidential)
Activities:
- Advice on the legal framework applicable to the electricity / renewable energy sector;
- Drafting, review and commenting of a contract for the construction of a photovoltaic power plant;
- Assistance in completing the administrative formalities required for the production of energy for clean consumption.
- Assistance to an international lender for the financing of the construction of a solar power plant.
Client: UK finance company (confidential)
Activities:
- Drafting, review and commentary of the loan contract;
- Assistance in completing the administrative formalities required under the loan agreement with the competent authorities (BCEAO, Ministry of Finance and Budget, Registry of the Court of Dakar);
- Advice on the legal framework applicable to the power sector / renewable energy / international loan contracts
- Assistance with a project to provide equity for a series of solar and hybrid commercial and industrial power projects in West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal), including the supply, installation, operation and maintenance of solar and hybrid power plants to commercial and industrial customers, and the provision of ongoing operation and maintenance services for these power systems.
Client: Electrical engineering company specializing in solar energy
Activities:
- Advice on the possibility of leasing solar power plants in Côte d’Ivoire;
- Review and analysis of the EPC agreement, the operation and maintenance contract, the asset management agreement and the lease agreement.
- Legal assistance and support relating to the regulatory framework applicable to the electricity and renewable energy sector in Côte d’Ivoire, and more specifically to the sale, installation and maintenance of renewable energy production systems/equipment in Côte d’Ivoire, on the basis of the relevant laws and regulations.
Client: Company specializing in the supply of hybrid solar energy solutions for commercial customers
Activities:
- Review of a contract for the sale of renewable energy and electricity production systems/equipment, as well as a maintenance contract to ensure that these contracts comply with the laws of Côte d’Ivoire;
- Preparation of a legal opinion mainly related to Contracts, the regulatory framework applicable to the electricity sector in Côte d’Ivoire, more specifically to renewable energies and the models proposed by the entity.