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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr acted as counsel for award winning solar power project

10 Feb 2014 1 min read Article

The Bokpoort ACWA Power Consortium Concentrated Solar Power Project in South Africa was awarded Project Finance International’s Renewable Energy Deal of the Year  in London on 5th February 2014. This project was also awarded the World Finance, Project Finance Deal of the Year in 2013.

The project was completed under Round Two of South African’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme. Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s  Finance and Banking, and Projects and Infrastructure teams acted as borrower and sponsor counsel on this project for Acwa Power International.   

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