Government Contracts & PPP
Procurement, concession and public-private partnership counsel for sponsors, lenders and contracting authorities.
Bankable public infrastructure, from bid to financial close.
PPP and public procurement are unforgiving: a defective bid, a missed approval, or an unbankable risk allocation can cost a sponsor years. We take projects from unsolicited proposal or tender through negotiation, approvals and financial close.
We act for sponsors, EPC contractors, lenders and development finance institutions — and understand how contracting authorities and the National Treasury actually assess and approve a project.
- Bid strategy and tender compliance
- Concession and implementation agreements
- Risk allocation and bankability
- Procurement review and challenge
How we approach this practice.
We sit on both sides of the public infrastructure table — advising sponsors and lenders, and understanding how authorities evaluate value for money and fiscal exposure.
That dual fluency shortens negotiation and reduces the approval risk that stalls most African PPP programmes.
Full-cycle public infrastructure counsel.
Availability, user-pays and hybrid models structured for approval and for lenders.
Prequalification, bid documentation, consortium agreements and compliance review.
Implementation, offtake and direct agreements negotiated with contracting authorities.
Risk allocation, termination compensation and government support instruments.
Review board proceedings, judicial review and defence of awards.
Alignment with DFI safeguards, ESG standards and lender conditions precedent.
A disciplined path from concept to close.
- 01Commercial Alignment
We start with the commercial map — economics, control, contributions, and outcome — before drafting a single clause.
- 02Structural Blueprint
A structuring memo sets out the vehicle, jurisdiction, tax treatment, and regulatory path, benchmarked against comparable matters.
- 03Documentation
Bespoke documentation drafted as an integrated instrument set — designed to survive later scrutiny.
- 04Approvals & Closing
Regulator engagement, condition-precedent management, and a disciplined closing choreography.
- 05Stewardship
Ongoing counsel through the life of the matter — governance, calendaring, and dispute-prevention.
Selected projects and procurement mandates.
A partial view of the mandates we have advised on — sanitised for confidentiality, but indicative of the scale and complexity of our work.
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Acted for the sponsor consortium on a USD 850m transport PPP, from unsolicited proposal through Treasury approval.
- 02
Advised a lender group on the security and direct agreement package for a utility-scale generation concession.
- 03
Represented a bidder in successful review board proceedings challenging a multi-billion shilling award.
- 04
Advised a county government special purpose vehicle on a mixed-use development concession.
Partners leading the practice.
Where this work connects.
- Lobbying & Public Policy
- Regulatory Strategy & Government Relations
- Political Risk & Stakeholder Engagement
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