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Transforming tomorrow

Driving Africa's energy revolution

The energy and natural resources sector faces fresh challenges every day. A highly volatile and uncertain market is fraught with increasing regulation, price shifts, supply chain issues and geopolitical disruptions. Clients are looking for new technologies, innovative ways of doing business, efficiencies and market breakthroughs to reshape their businesses and shift to a more sustainable future.

Our Energy and Natural Resources sector team understands this fundamental change and how it affects businesses in the power, renewables, mining, oil and gas, waste and water markets as well as new technologies driven by the energy transition.

With 400+ lawyers in over 40 countries, we are one of the largest and most impactful energy and natural resources practices in the world.

Energy and Natural Resources team



Rainor Robinson
Rainor Robinson

Consultant Partner
Manokore Attorneys
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Chishimba Kachasa
Chishimba Kachasa

Head of Corporate Advisory
Chibesakunda & Company
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Meyer van den Berg
Meyer van den Berg

Consultant
Ellis Shilengudwa Inc.
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Claver Nigarura
Claver Nigarura

Senior Partner
Rubeya & Co-Advocates
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Nana Takyiwa Ewool
Nana Takyiwa Ewool

Senior Associate
Reindorf Chambers
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Dominic Dziewornu Kodzo Quashigah
Dominic Dziewornu Kodzo Quashigah

Partner
Reindorf Chambers
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Some of our work in Africa…

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  • Advising Haier Smart Home, based in Qingdao, China, on the acquisition of Electrolux Group’s complete equity interests in its subsidiary Electrolux South Africa for ZAR2.45 billion.
  • Advising Ukheshe International, which provided secured web based payment solutions to clients across a number of platforms, in restructuring its South African and Mauritian operations and the subscription for 25% of the issued shares by ADP III, a UK based private equity fund.
  • Advising FirstRand on the transfer of the clients, the banking assets and liabilities and the employees of HSBC's branch in South Africa (HSBC South Africa) to FirstRand’s wholly owned subsidiary FirstRand Bank.
  • Advising E4 Strategic Proprietary, a specialist fintech company, on its acquisition by a consortium of private equity investors, led by Infinite Partners for more than ZAR1 billion.
  • Advising FMO on their co-investment in Red Rocket Holding, as part of the consortium led by Inspired Evolution (through its Evolution III fund).
  • Advising two large investors in respect of their equity investment in MellowVans, a South African electric delivery vehicle manufacturer.
  • Advising IFC on the USD15 million equity investment in Adumo RF, South Africa’s largest independent payment provider with a presence in 14 African countries. They also own merchant acquirers Sureswipe and Ikhokha and payment processor Innervation Pan African Payments.

  • Advising Nampak Limited on the disposal of Nampak Cartons Nigeria (a producer of high-quality folding carton products for the tobacco, food and consumer goods segments) to AR Packaging Group AB (Alucan Investments).
  • Advised Shell on its acquisition of Daystar Power, Shell’s first power sector acquisition in Africa.
  • Advising a syndicate of lenders including a foreign development bank and co-operative society in relation to the USD54 million financing of a Ghanaian bank.
  • Advising a syndicate of lenders including an international financial institution and mandated lead arranger in relation to the USD185 million financing and restructuring of financial arrangements of a major power generation company in Ghana.

  • Advising on the acquisition by Azelis, a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry, of 100% of the share capital of the Chemical Partners group.
  • Advising Fipar-Holding, a long-term investment fund, on the sale of its 20.7% stake in Eviosys Packaging Maroc (formerly Carnaud Maroc) to Eviosys Embalajes España.
  • Advising DPI in the USD250 million acquisition of 100% of the share capital and voting rights of Solevo Group a leading African distribution platform for chemical products in Africa from Helios.
  • Advising Amethis on their joint investment in prolific pan-Africa insurer ASK Gras Savoye alongside Diot-Siaci!
  • Advising Amethis on their acquisition of 33.321% share capital and voting rights in company Energy Transfo.
  • Advising Helios on its acquisition of a majority stake in a large and diversified group of MedTech companies in Morocco, comprising three entities: Techniques Science Santé (T2S), IM Alliance and Binarios.

  • Advising Centum Investment in acquiring 68% in Sidian Bank through a non-operating holding company.
  • Advising ShoreCap II and Progression Capital on its investment in Jamii Bora Bank.
  • Advising International Finance Corporation (IFC) in its equity investment in Britam Holdings, a diversified financial services company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
  • Advising Proparco on a USD25 million equity investment in the share capital of Sucrière des Mascareignes. (France, Mauritius, Tanzania, Kenya).

DLA Piper in Africa

Our unrivalled Africa offering is the result of over 20 years of commitment and experience on the continent, combined with long‑standing relationships with leading national firms, many dating back to the 1990s.

These relationships have been brought together under DLA Piper Africa, a Swiss verein comprising 18 independent Africa law firms working with our two fully integrated Africa offices in Morocco and South Africa, and DLA Piper globally.

Our unique level of integration, and aligned operating and governance structures, means you benefit from:

  • lawyers who understand the intricacies of doing business on the continent;
  • seamless, centrally coordinated delivery of your multijurisdictional matters;
  • pan-African insight underpinned by international best practice and local market knowledge;
  • a service that conforms with our global standards on quality, conflicts, risk management, information security, confidentiality, sanctions and compliance; and
  • our shared approach to knowledge management, pan-African legal training programme, and secondments between our offices in Africa and elsewhere.
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