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General Business Law

Botswana

13 Years Ranked

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Provided by Mark McKee

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Practice Areas

Commercial Law, Transactional Advise, Mining & Energy, Banking & Finance, Competition Law, Structured Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Public Private Partnerships, Regulatory, Capital Markets, and Asset Based Lending.

Career

Akheel Jinabhai & Associates (in association with Mckee Commercial Law)

Consultant Partner, Head of Corporate Commercial Department

Practice area is commercial transactions with an emphasis on financial sector transactions.

Responsibilities:

• Joint management and administration of the Commercial Department and Firm.

• Legal advice and transactional support on all major transactional matters within the firm with a special emphasis on financial, capital markets, mining and the energy sectors.

• Management of the Intellectual Property Department

Achievements and Significant Deals

• Drafting and structuring of the security package for the project financing of the Gem Diamonds (Botswana) (Pty) Limited diamond mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve – 25 Million Dollars

• Advising and negotiation of finance and security agreements between Minergy Coal, Botswana Development Corporation and Mining Development Company of Botswana

• Drafting and negotiating Facility agreements, structuring security; drafting security documents and registering security for Time Projects Botswana BWP 60 Million project finance Facility

• Legal Advisor to Prime Time Botswana for the establishment of BWP 500 Million Medium-term Note Programme and Debt Issue of Notes

• Drafting and Negotiation of Coal Supply Agreement for the Morupule B Power Station expansion project (Units 5 & 6)

• Drafting and negotiating Owner Engineer Contract for the Refurbishment of the Morupule “A” power station.

• Advising and assisting Chinese power company on the acquisition of the Botswana Power Corporation (including related project and off take agreements).

• Drafting and negotiation of Joint Venture for commercialization of the Botswana Power Corporation fibre cable backbone (including drafting and negotiation of IRUA and structuring the SPV )

• Drafting and negotiation of PPP agreements and related project documents for Botswana Development Company Dry Port project in Namibia.

• Drafting PPP Agreement, Joint Venture Agreements and other project documents for Local Enterprise Authority Leather Park Project in Lobatse

• The transactions and deals set out in the attached Mandate Sheet

Professional Memberships

Member of the Botswana Law Society

Member of the English Law Society

Education

University if Nottingham

Master of Law

1990 - 1992

University of Natal

Bachelor of Laws

1992

University of Natal

Bachelor of Arts

1986

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General Business Law - Botswana
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Band 2

Mark McKee has wide-ranging transactional experience, covering M&A, capital markets and structured finance. He is particularly renowned for his work in the energy and financial services sectors.

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