Banking & Finance

Corporate & Finance:

AB & David’s Corporate and Finance practice has an unparalleled and wide range of experience covering investment, the AfCFTA, capital markets, corporate, finance, mergers & acquisitions, business establishment, compliance, trade finance, project finance, banking, loans, tax and infrastructure development.

Among many market-leading deals, the firm has advised: 

■ Loan syndication of eleven (11) banks to provide funding for a major telecoms operator in Africa 

■ Merger of Millicom International and Bharti Airtel (Tigo Ghana and Airtel Ghana) to create the country’s second largest mobile network operator. 

■ Acquisition by Aker Energy AS of the Hess Corporation interest in the Deep-water Tano Cape Three Points block 

■ Refinancing of the John Agyekum-Kufuor floating, production, storage and offloading (“FPSO”) platform, also involving Islamic finance by Yinson Holdings 

■ Financing the restructuring of a major oil refinery in West Africa by Ecobank 

■ Financing of the Tamale International Airport, Ghana 

■ Acquisition of shares in Kingdom 5-KR-144, the sole shareholder of KH1 Ghana, owner of the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel. 

■ Financing of port expansion project in Ghana

Key Clients: 

Aker Energy 

Yinson 

Standard Chartered Bank UK 

Quantum Global 

ABSA

FMO 

Actis 

Helios 

China Development Bank 

AATIF/Deutsche Bank 

Millicom