Amelia Heeger
Amelia Heeger is a Director in the Corporate & Commercial practice. She has over 25 years' experience in banking and finance, including leveraged, acquisition finance and project finance with a particular focus on preference share funding.
About Amelia
About Amelia
Amelia spent more than 15 years in practice at top tier international and local firms before making a move to the client side where she gained invaluable insight into the needs of clients and the practical client-side aspects of financing transactions. After five years in investment banking, Amelia returned to practice and joined the CDH team in 2024.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Witwatersrand
- Bachelor of Business Science (Honours) majoring in Law and Economics, University of Cape Town
- Admitted as an attorney in 2020
Languages
Languages
- English
About Amelia
Amelia spent more than 15 years in practice at top tier international and local firms before making a move to the client side where she gained invaluable insight into the needs of clients and the practical client-side aspects of financing transactions. After five years in investment banking, Amelia returned to practice and joined the CDH team in 2024.
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Witwatersrand
- Bachelor of Business Science (Honours) majoring in Law and Economics, University of Cape Town
- Admitted as an attorney in 2020
Languages
- English
Experience
Acting for the funders in relation to the funding of Intertoll International Holdings B.V. acquisition of 50% of the shares in Bombela Concession Company Proprietary) Limited (Gautrain).
Acting for the funders in relation to the funding of "in-project" preference share funding in Seriti Ummbila Emoyeni 155 MW Wind Project.
Acting for the funders in relation to numerous equity refinancings of shareholdings in renewable energy projects.
Numerous securitisation transactions, including the first to market in South Africa of each of a mortgage-backed securitisation transaction, a multi-seller asset backed commercial paper conduit and a synthetic collateralised debt transaction.
Numerous securitisation transactions, including the first to market in South Africa of each of a mortgage-backed securitisation transaction, a multi-seller asset backed commercial paper conduit and a synthetic collateralised debt transaction.
The restructure of the Saambou home loan book post the bankruptcy of the Bank.
Numerous large project; financings, including the Richards Bay Minerals Coal Terminal and the Two Rivers platinum mine.
The establishment of an RMB debt programme which included multiple large-scale borrowers, such as Pick ‘n Pay, Sappi and Barlow World.
