A.B. Patel & Patel has developed its power and energy practice, having advised on projects covering hospitality & sharing facilities, upstream & downstream projects, renewable energy & LPG projects.

Notable Transactions

• Advising on the setting up a multinational trading house for a consortium of oil dealers based in East Africa, having represented Petrocity Enterprises Limited in this cross-border facility.
• Advising on upstream and downstream oil trading businesses, including agreements for public petrol stations, exclusive storage facilities and hospitality agreements having acted for Petro Oil Kenya Limited and Premium Fuels Kenya Limited.
• Advising on and setting up of hospitality and procurement agreements between several oil companies across the East African borders, having acted for Petrocity Enterprises Limited on a hospitality facility in Tanzania.
• Advising responsAbility Energy Access Fund S.A, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Bonds S.A and Symbiotics SICAV (Lux.) being international Private Equity Funds, on (from Kenyan Law prospective) syndicated loan agreements and security documents on a loan facility involving securitisation by a Kenyan company for a borrowing by an affiliate of the Kenyan entity based in USA. The documentation was negotiated across several countries, USA, Hong Kong, India and Kenya. The transaction value in excess of US$85Million.