CMS South Africa’s banking and finance practice reports an uptick in restructuring mandates, and had also been kept busy handling project finance, development finance and green financings for clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Riza Moosa is very experienced in representing development financiers in a broad spectrum of transactional matters, and is also noted for his strength in preference share funding. Moosa jointly heads the department with Bridgett Majola, a key practitioner in debt finance, who regularly acts on infrastructure and energy projects. Karabo Kanapi is singled out for her contributions.
Testimonials
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‘Depth, high degree of cooperation between team members, good leadership.'
‘Bridgett Majola is smart, practical and hardworking. She’s easy to work with and very responsive.’
Key clients
- Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited
- Pan-African Infrastructure Development Fund 2 SA (PAIDF 2)
Work highlights
- Advised the Development Bank of Southern Africa as equity lender on two 100MV solar PV projects, announced by Tronox Mineral Sands Proprietary Limited.
- Advised Absa Bank and The Standard Bank of South Africa on the release and transfer of security and existing trade finance instruments from an existing consortium of lenders to the clients; the clients became the new consortium of lenders and acted as mandated lead arrangers concerning facilities to be made available to Trident Steel Africa, in part for the purpose of funding the acquisition of the Trident Steel division of Aveng Africa.