Apicksha Patel
Partner, Co-Head of Projects, EMEA
Apicksha specialises in infrastructure and energy finance in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. She has over 12 years of experience in the transport, renewable energy, healthcare, education and accommodation sectors.
Apicksha's experience
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Advised a global development finance institution, on its lending to a major African telecoms group in relation the groups expansion of it fiber-optic networks, cloud services, and data centers across Africa.
- Africa
- Financial Services
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Acted as legal counsel to Voltalia South Africa Pty Ltd on its solar energy deal with Richards Bay Minerals, involving a 148MW PV plant on community land in Limpopo, leased from the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
- South Africa
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Zenobē, the UK’s leading owner and operator of grid-scale battery storage, on the financing and development of a 68MW battery energy storage project in Lerwick.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising SOLA Assets, which was selected by Tronox Mineral Sands (Pty) Ltd for the development, construction, operation and maintenance of 200 MW of solar PV projects. The Projects consist of two 100 MW solar PV facilities. The solar PV facilities are located near Lichtenburg in the North-West Province.
- South Africa
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising Greencoat Capital on its competitive bid to acquire Margam Green Energy Plant in Port Talbot, South Wales.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Acted for a local lender on the refinancing of the 82 MW Orites Wind Farm, the largest wind farm on the island of Cyprus.
- Cyprus
- Financial Services
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Acted for AFC in respect of its disposal of a port development in Ghana to a Turkish purchaser.
- $475m
- United Kingdom and Ghana
- Construction Advisory & Disputes
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Advising a client in regard to a proposed investment in a telecoms company
- Africa and England
- Corporate
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Acted for a client as an investor and the borrower in respect of financing the construction of an oil refinery in Liberia
- Liberia and England
- Project finance
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Led on advising a client in regard to a proposed risk sharing arrangement which will provide risk cover to certain subsidiaries in a number of African countries
- Africa and England
- Risk Management & Contract Advice
Credentials
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2015Made Partner at Pinsent Masons
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2006Qualified - England and Wales
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2004Joined Pinsent Masons
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2001Legal Practice Course, College of Law
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2000Postgraduate Diploma in Law, College of Law
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1999BSc Pharmacology & Physiology, University College London
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