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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr is representing AMEA Power, the leading UAE-based renewable energy company. Our South Africa-based projects & infrastructure team is advising AMEA Power and the project company on the 120MW Doornhoek Solar PV Project, as sponsor/developer’s counsel. Doornhoek was appointed as a preferred bidder in Round 6 of the REIPPP Programme and achieved financial close in end May 2024. We coordinated all legal workstreams for the financial close of the project, including environmental, regulatory and licensing, land, financing and equity, as well as construction and operation. This requires a dedicated legal team and a hands-on approach to ensure no slippages in the timelines. We also prepared and/or negotiated the legal agreements required to bring the project together, including all land agreements, equity agreements, and more. This is another example of a critical, market-shaping REIPPP project, ensuring energy stability and security for South Africa. Our team is also advising AMEA Power on the acquisition of various projects in South Africa to be bid in future rounds of REIPPP and BESCIPP. Our work on these matters offers further clear proof of our position as go-to counsel for critical and market-shaping independent power producer projects, which play a key role in ensuring greater energy stability and security for South Africa. These are exactly the kind of high-profile mandates for which clients regularly turn to market-leading counsel in this field. Our team is further advising AMEA Power on a landmark transaction with GreenCo, a private energy trader and member of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), for the energy offtake from the 85MW solar PV power plant. Our work on these matters offers further clear proof of our position as go-to counsel for critical and market-shaping independent power producer projects, as well as landmark transactions, which play a key role in ensuring greater energy stability and security for South Africa. These are exactly the kind of high-profile mandates for which clients turn to market-leading counsel in this field.