Linklaters delivers comprehensive support to clients on a variety of complex mandates. The team is jointly led by Paris-based Justin Faye, whose work covers the structuring, financing and delivery of large-scale projects and acquisitions across Africa, and Francisco Ferraz de Carvalho, who specialises in project finance and project development. Diogo Plantier Santos is another key team member who concentrates on M&A and real estate deals.
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Key clients
- Africa Finance Corporation
- Proparco
- The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Brookfield
Work highlights
Advising AFC on the Lobito II cross border railway corridor which aims to unlock the critical minerals supply chain needed for the energy transition across Zambia to Angola and with a possible connection to the DRC.
Advising Proparco and The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), as senior lenders, in the context of the accession by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), as subordinated lender and senior lender, in the portfolio financing for the construction and expansion of Tier III certified data centres in seven Sub-Saharan African countries, including Angola.
Practice head
Justin Faye; Francisco Ferraz de Carvalho
Other key lawyers
Diogo Plantier Santos