Ilda Lomba

Ilda was the Manager: Legal and Contracts under the Legal and Contracts Division in the Corporate Governance Department at the National Petroleum Corporate of Namibia (NAMCOR) prior to joining CDH and she specialises in corporate and commercial law, oil and gas upstream, midstream, and downstream projects as well as project finance and public procurement matters.

Ilda holds a LLB degree from the University of South Africa and an LLM degree in Oil and Gas from the University of the Aberdeen Scotland. She is an admitted attorney of the High Court of Namibia and completed her articles at a leading commercial law firm in Namibia. Ilda joined CDH Namibia as a Director in April 2025.

• Legal advisor on the operation and management on of the multi-billion-dollar National Oil Storage Facility in Walvis Bay.

• Legal advisor on the establishment of 11 operating petroleum retail sites.

• Legal advisor to the national oil company of Namibia (NOC) on its proposed acquisition of oil producing Blocks  in Angola. The project scope entails acquisition of 10% interest.

• Advised on the sale of a participating interest to major IOC and AIM listed IOC in respect of Walvis Basin offshore, Orange basin and onshore blocks, scope of work including drafting and negotiating terms of Farm-Out Agreement, Escrow Agreement, Deeds of Assignment to Petroleum Agreement and JOA, Deed of Amendment to JOA, obtaining Ministerial consents and approvals, filing merger notices and obtaining Competition Commission approvals and drafting Completion Agreement. 

• Advised on the sale of participating interest from the NOC of Namibia to supermajor oilco scope of work including negotiating terms of the Farm-Out Agreement and Joint Operating Agreement. 

• Legal Advisor on the Kudu Gas Field Development Project advising on the dilution of interest by the NOC.

• Legal advisor to the exploration division of the NOC of Namibia in respect of various Multi-Client Agreements, Data Licensing Agreements, Participation Agreements and Joint Operating Agreements. 

• Advised, drafted and negotiated bunkering agreements and the supply of fuel oil, diesel oil, gas oil and blends by bunker barge as well as wholesale, site and retail licences as well as storage and handling of petroleum products in Namibia.