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Peter Kasanda

Managing Partner - Tanzania

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Peter Kasanda

Peter Kasanda

Managing Partner - Tanzania

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Peter Kasanda

Peter Kasanda

Managing Partner - Tanzania

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Peter is the Managing Partner of Clyde & Co's Dar es Salaam, Tanzania office and Chairs the firm's Africa Executive Committee. He has a wealth of experience advising on projects in Africa.

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Peter has successfully closed projects in the infrastructure, telecoms, mining, energy and power sectors on the continent, acting for lenders (both commercial and development finance institutions), consortia and project companies.

Prior to joining Clyde & Co, he was in-house counsel at the African Development Bank having previously worked at a leading City of London firm managing project finance transactions in emerging markets.

Peter is admitted both as a Solicitor in England & Wales and as an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania. He is also a registered Arbitrator with the National Construction Council of Tanzania.

Peter is a member of the Tanganyika Law Society; the East Africa Law Society; the Law Society of England & Wales; and the Southern African Development Community Lawyers Association.

Peter’s team on the ground provide real time support and local expertise to clients with interests in the region. The team manage a Regional Resource Centre (RRC) through which an internationally qualified, yet locally based, Clyde & Co lawyer works alongside appointed local counsel in relevant countries assisting with the management of contentious and non-contentious matters.

Expérience
  • Advising Ascent Capital Africa (Ascent), the fund manager for the Ascent Rift Valley Fund (ARVF), on its exit from Guardian Health Ltd, Uganda’s largest and fastest growing pharmacy chain, to MyDawa Trading Limited, Kenya’s first online retail pharmacy and beauty platform. This deal was awarded East Africa Private Equity Deal of the Year by DealMakers Africa Awards 2023. 
  • Advising Hutchison Ports, Dar es Salaam Port operator in respect of a port concession/lease in Tanzania under PPP arrangements
  • Advising AgroEcoenergy on a USD 380 million Sugar bio-fuels project in which Government of Tanzania has a stake and structured as a PPP     
  • Advising various independent oil & gas companies on issues relating to a USD 30 billion LNG plant
  • Advising the South African Government on standardisation of Private Finance Initiative Contracts (Developing a PPP manual) through Partnerships UK as the sponsoring organisation
  • Advising on regulatory aspects of the R25-billion Gautrain (rail interconnection) project in South Africa under PPP arrangements
  • Advising African Development Bank on a EUR 47 million investment for the Dakar Port Project, Senegal (lenders including FMO, EAIF)
  • Advising African Development Bank on a USD 85 million loan to an Special Purpose Vehicle in respect of the Lekki Toll Road Project
  • Advising Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) in connection with a USD 35 million financing to Aga Khan Hospital Group in Tanzania
  • Advising Standard Bank on a USD 150 million financing to African Barrick Gold Tanzania for development of the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine site
  • Advising Standard Chartered Bank on its financing and security arrangements with Tanzanian incorporated companies in the manufacturing sector
  • Advising the South African Government on reforms to the PPP Unit through Partnerships UK as the sponsoring organisation
Secteurs

Secteurs

  • Énergie et ressources naturelles

  • Infrastructures

Services

Services

  • Droit des sociétés

  • Finances

  • Projets et construction

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