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Power & Energy Access.

Derisking Africa's Power Systems, From Policy to Execution.

Africa's power gap is not just a technology challenge. Fragmented regulation, weak offtake structures, grid constraints, and limited legal certainty continue to hold back investment and delivery.

We advise governments, investors, developers, utilities, grid operators, and development finance institutions on the legal, regulatory, and commercial frameworks needed to finance and deliver power projects across conventional generation, renewables, and energy access.

What We Cover

  • Power Sector Reform & Electricity Regulation

    Electricity sector regulation, market structure, tariff reform, and regulatory frameworks governing generation, transmission, and distribution. Legal and institutional design of independent regulatory bodies, electricity market rules, and grid access frameworks.

  • Project Development & Procurement

    Advisory across conventional generation, renewables, and gas-to-power from permitting through procurement, financing, construction, and commissioning. Advisory on competitive procurement programs, auction design, and standardized PPA frameworks.

  • Power Purchase Agreements & Offtake Structures

    Drafting, review, and negotiation of power purchase agreements, offtake arrangements, and grid connection agreements, including bankability advisory for DFI and commercial lender financing.

  • Energy Access & Distributed Systems

    Advisory on energy access frameworks, mini-grid licensing, rural electrification policy, and the commercial and financing structures supporting last-mile energy access delivery.

  • Clean Energy Finance & Investment Structuring

    Legal and commercial structuring of clean energy investments, project finance, equity structures, DFI requirements, green bond issuance, and blended finance for renewable energy projects.

  • Energy Transition Policy & NDC Implementation

    National energy transition plans, Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) implementation frameworks, and the legal and regulatory reforms needed to accelerate clean energy deployment, including just transition frameworks and community benefit sharing.

  • Grid Infrastructure & Transmission

    Grid infrastructure development, open access and wheeling frameworks, transmission licensing, and regulatory structures governing grid expansion, interconnection, and regional power pooling.

  • Gas-to-Power

    Legal, regulatory, and commercial frameworks governing gas-to-power projects; gas supply agreements, power plant development, and integration of gas-fired generation into national power sector transition plans as a bridge fuel.

  • Emerging Technologies

    Legal, regulatory, and commercial advisory on green hydrogen projects, power-to-x value chains, battery energy storage (BESS), offshore wind, and distributed energy resources across African markets.

Other Practice Areas

  • Critical Minerals & Industrial Value Chains

    Africa holds a significant share of the world's critical minerals. Whether they build industrial value or leave as raw material depends on governance: licensing, fiscal terms, value-addition rules and industrial policy.

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  • Ventures & Innovation

    Africa's energy and climate innovation is not short of ideas or founders. The challenge is turning promising solutions into investable, scalable businesses with the right strategy, governance, commercial model, and regulatory pathway.

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  • Oil, Gas & Energy Transition

    Oil and gas remain central to many African economies, funding public revenues, driving exports and powering growth. The challenge is not choosing between hydrocarbons and the transition, but managing both well in a changing global market.

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