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• Transaction & Corporate Structuring
• Risk Advisory
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• Finance & Banking
• Regulatory, Legal and Compliance Assessments of Operating Conditions
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In addition to the traditional manufacturing sectors we service, CDH is a firm focused on ensuring businesses are equipped to navigate the evolving nature of established industries and the new industries emerging from these established industries.
Electric-Mobility
African government's are taking the transition to a green economy seriously, with South Africa releasing the Auto Green Paper on the Advancement of New Energy Vehicles in South Africa. These types of policies intend to establish a clear foundation that will enable African countries to co-ordinate a long-term strategies that will position Africa at the forefront of advanced vehicle and vehicle component manufacturing, complemented by a consumption leg, and increase Africa’s competitiveness in the global race to transition from the internal combustion engine era into electro-mobility solutions and technologies.
Hydrogen
The hydrogen economy is a potential “game changer” not just for South Africa and Africa, but for the world at large. South Africa is well positioned to capitalise on the rapidly-developing global hydrogen economy, to reindustrialise the country and to become an exporter of hydrogen to the world.
Robotics & Automation
The production processes in various sectors of the economy are becoming more autonomised, spanning a whole value chain from components to systems, solutions and services. The use of robotics and the digitization of the production ecosystem have brought about a rise in smart factories, mines and foundaries.
Trade
Getting goods or services to the African market requires you to navigate the policy, regulatory and legal framework of a particular host state or sometimes several host states, including relevant bilateral and multilateral agreements between states. From the outset of an investment decision, CDH provides expert advice and guidance on all aspects of the transaction at the outset of an investment decision in a host state, CDH advises and provides guidance to your business on all aspects of your transaction (risk mitigation measures, investment/transaction structuring, optimization of investment/trade incentives/benefits), including post transactional issues/disputes relating your investment or trade in goods or services.
Our expertise spans the entire value chain of your investment or trade relationship within a host state. #FromFactoryToPort #FromPortToConsumer
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At CDH we partner with you through the entire life cycle of your business or investment, including:
• Transaction & Corporate Structuring
• Risk Advisory
• Competition Law
• Finance & Banking
• Regulatory, Legal and Compliance Assessments of Operating Conditions
• Environmental & Climate Change
• Health & Safety
• Product Liability
• Construction & Engineering
• Employment Law
• Insurance
• Real Estate
• Local Content & Public Procurement
• Tax & Exchange Control
• Litigation & Judicial Reviews
• Dispute Resolution
• Arbitration and Mediation (whether commercial or investment)
Industrials & Manufacturing
In addition to the traditional manufacturing sectors we service, CDH is a firm focused on ensuring businesses are equipped to navigate the evolving nature of established industries and the new industries emerging from these established industries.
Electric-Mobility
African government's are taking the transition to a green economy seriously, with South Africa releasing the Auto Green Paper on the Advancement of New Energy Vehicles in South Africa. These types of policies intend to establish a clear foundation that will enable African countries to co-ordinate a long-term strategies that will position Africa at the forefront of advanced vehicle and vehicle component manufacturing, complemented by a consumption leg, and increase Africa’s competitiveness in the global race to transition from the internal combustion engine era into electro-mobility solutions and technologies.
Hydrogen
The hydrogen economy is a potential “game changer” not just for South Africa and Africa, but for the world at large. South Africa is well positioned to capitalise on the rapidly-developing global hydrogen economy, to reindustrialise the country and to become an exporter of hydrogen to the world.
Robotics & Automation
The production processes in various sectors of the economy are becoming more autonomised, spanning a whole value chain from components to systems, solutions and services. The use of robotics and the digitization of the production ecosystem have brought about a rise in smart factories, mines and foundaries.
Trade
Getting goods or services to the African market requires you to navigate the policy, regulatory and legal framework of a particular host state or sometimes several host states, including relevant bilateral and multilateral agreements between states. From the outset of an investment decision, CDH provides expert advice and guidance on all aspects of the transaction at the outset of an investment decision in a host state, CDH advises and provides guidance to your business on all aspects of your transaction (risk mitigation measures, investment/transaction structuring, optimization of investment/trade incentives/benefits), including post transactional issues/disputes relating your investment or trade in goods or services.
Our expertise spans the entire value chain of your investment or trade relationship within a host state. #FromFactoryToPort #FromPortToConsumer
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As part of the European Commission’s (the Commission) REPowerEU plan to scale-up the production and use of renewable hydrogen, ammonia and other derivatives in the European Union (EU) the Commission adopted two European Delegated Acts (Acts) in February 2023. The Acts includes a set of rules and guidelines for the certification of green hydrogen produced within the EU, as well as imported hydrogen from other countries, such as Namibia and South Africa.
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A recap of the 2022 developments in establishing a global hydrogen economy and the role of Africa and South Africa
We all understand and appreciate that the climate change crisis is a reality that must be tackled by the global collective, and that a significant part of tackling climate change is reducing green-house-gas (GHG) emissions of so-called hard to abate industries globally by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050. However, finding a cost-competitive clean fuel molecule that can be used by the heavy industrial, manufacturing and transport industries to transition from the use of fossil fuels (i.e. coal and petroleum products) has been and continues to be difficult.