We acted as Cameroonian counsel to:
(i) the DFI Lenders: International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), European Investment Bank (“EIB”), African Development Bank (“AfDB”), Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Economique S.A. (“Proparco”), Opec Fund For International Development (“OFID”), Agence Française de Développement (“AFD”), DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (“DEG”), Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (“FMO”) and CDC Group plc (“CDC”) (the “DFI Lenders”);
(ii) Local Lenders: Société Générale Cameroun (“SG Cameroun”), Standard Chartered Bank Cameroon (“SCB Cameroon”), Banque Internationale du Cameroun pour l’Epargne et le Crédit (“BICEC”), SCB Cameroun (Groupe Attijariwafa Bank) (“SCB Cameroun”), Ecobank (“Ecobank”) and BGFI Bank (“BGFI Bank”),

In connection with the financing of the construction, development and operation of a 420 MW run-of-river hydropower project located on the Sanaga river in the Republic of Cameroon developed by Electricité de France (“EDF”), the Government of Cameroon (“GoC”) and the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”).