Deon Wilken

About Deon

Deon began his career at Adams & Adams as a Candidate Attorney in 1998 in the Commercial and Tax department. In 1999, Deon moved to Cliffe Dekker Fuller Moore. He was made an Associate in 2000. Deon was promoted to Senior Associate in 2001. In 2003, Deon was made a Director at Cliffe Dekker Inc, now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in 2008.

Credentials

Education

BA (Law) LLB LLM (Commercial and Tax), University of Stellenbosch
Year of admission as an attorney: 2000
Registered with the Legal Practice Council

About Deon

Deon began his career at Adams & Adams as a Candidate Attorney in 1998 in the Commercial and Tax department. In 1999, Deon moved to Cliffe Dekker Fuller Moore. He was made an Associate in 2000. Deon was promoted to Senior Associate in 2001. In 2003, Deon was made a Director at Cliffe Dekker Inc, now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr in 2008.

Credentials

Education

BA (Law) LLB LLM (Commercial and Tax), University of Stellenbosch
Year of admission as an attorney: 2000
Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Experience

Refinancing

Represented the BEE Shareholder in refinancing its DFI facilities with inflation linked debt in the R150 million Kalkbult Solar Project. Advising the BEE Shareholder on the sale of its interests in 2 other REIPPP round 1 solar parks.

Lender

Advised the Lender to a R100 million water pipe production facility project financed, in Rustenburg.

Project financings

Represented a broad range of sponsors and banks in syndicated project financings for several of the renewable energy projects in South Africa’s independent power producers programme.

Solar park

Deon also worked on a refinancing of a REIPPP round 1 concentrated PV solar park in the Western Cape (bond refinancing).

5MW solar PV plant

Advised Senior Lender to 5MW solar PV plant under the Namibian feed in tariff scheme.

onstruction of a 38MW gas fired power plant

Deon advised the Lenders to a project financing for the construction of a 38MW gas fired power plant in Mozambique and the ZAR 200 million upgrade of the gas pressure reduction station.

Advised Lenders

Deon advised Lenders on R105 million project financed Energy Recovery Plant utilising process water from mining activities passed through an Organic Rankine Cycle Plant to generate electrical power.

Lonmin

Advised Lonmin on its USD800 million equity recapitalisation and full debt refinancing and restructuring in 2012 and 2015

Atlatsa Resources

Advised Atlatsa Resources on ZAR2,3 billion debt restructuring with Anglo Platinum

Sephaku Cement

Advised Sephaku Cement, the first domestic entrant into South Africa’s cement market in more than 70 years, in its ZAR1.95bn debt funding for its R3.4bn project financed cement plant and grinding facility project near Delmas, South Africa

News

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