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ALN INDIA PRACTICE

ALGERIA

BOTSWANA

ETHIOPIA

GUINEA

KENYA

MADAGASCAR

MALAWI

MAURITIUS

MOROCCO

MOZAMBIQUE

NIGERIA

RWANDA

SUDAN

TANZANIA

UGANDA

ZAMBIA

REGIONAL OFFICE: UAE

ASSOCIATE FIRM: SOUTH AFRICA

ALN INDIA PRACTICE

For more than a decade, ALN firms have been assisting Indian multi-national corporations and international clients based in India to achieve their African business goals. ALN firms have represented clients and acted on a significant number of Indian deals in a wide range of industry sectors, coming to know the market and the key players well. Addi-tionally, our India practice can leverage on the expertise of a number of our lawyers who have close ties to India and hence are familiar with Indian business customs and navigating transac-tions. We have also established strong, long-standing relationships with Indian firms allowing us to effectively identify and resolve any issues as we work in conjunction with Indian counsel.

Our India practice team consists of lawyers who specialise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking and finance, intellectual property, capital markets, real estate and tax in over 20 offices across Africa and the Middle East, enabling us to provide integrated cross-border advice on India-related transactions.

ALN’s regional office in the UAE, AC&H Legal Consultants, enables Indian clients to ‘Bridge the Gulf’ and access Africa because our team is strate-gically comprised of dually qualified lawyers from India, Nigeria, Kenya, UK, USA, and the Middle East, allowing us to effectively represent our clients on cross-border transactions from Dubai. This gives Indian clients the choice of either working with us from Dubai on their pan-African cross-border transactions, or simply using our lawyers to efficiently project manage their transactions across Africa using ALN.

ALN’s global outlook and ‘one-stop-shop’ approach to service delivery has allowed its firms

to become formidable regional players in various sectors across Africa, and especially on Indian related transactions. Some recent examples of transactions that we have undertaken on behalf of our Indian clients are:

OUR INDIA

PRACTICE

Mauritius: Advising on Mauritian law taxes and providing structuring advice in compliance with the tax regulatory system in India.

Kenya: Advising on a banking facility of INR 1 billion, corporate guaranteed finance facilities for Indian clients with operations in Africa; advising on telecom-munication regulation and licensing requirements; advising on the acquisition of the artificial hair produc-tion and distribution business for a global manufacturer and distributor of FMCG products; and prosecuting, and defending various litigation, including those under-taken by other external counsel.

Rwanda: Advising on the establishment of a domestic company and the subsequent amendment in the Rwanda Development Board of corporate structure involving its directors.

South Africa: Advising on the management of all mine loaning and geological services; advising on the construction of a multi-million manufacturing plant, including all EPC and South Africa government incen-tives.

Sudan: Advising on establishment of a distributorship relationship, including intellectual property, corporate, employment, import into Sudan, anti-trust and compe-tition laws.

UAE: Advising on the acquisition of a chain of derma-tological clinics with operations in Dubai and Sharjah; advising on USD 100 million corporate guarantee arrangements in relation to a contract performance bond and import facilities from Ecobank.

“[ALN] is a well-established network which includes members and associate members in [16] African countries,

with a particularly strong presence in Anglophone jurisdictions throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Each member

brings strong local knowledge as well as experience collaborating on multi-country work for clients across the

full range of industry sectors. The network is run by a management team which handles practice integration and

business development matters as well as the extensive training opportunities offered by the ALN Academy. In

addition to its core members, ALN has key relationships with firms in the UK, USA and Asia. ’’ – Chambers Global 2017

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ABOUT ALN

ALN is a leading independent African alliance of top tier law firms. ALN firms are recognized as leading firms in their jurisdictions by the international legal directories and many have advised on ground breaking, first-of-a-kind deals in their markets. ALN is the largest grouping of its kind in Africa, with close working relationships across its sixteen members and an established network of Best Friends across the continent.

The firms are located in four major regional economic groupings – EAC, ECOWAS, SADC, and COMESA – with a combined population of 700 million people. ALN firms are on the ground in some of Africa’s fastest growing jurisdictions: Algeria, Botswana, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. ALN also works closely with affiliates in UAE, Mauritius.

ALN firms share common values and are committed to working together to provide extensive coverage and on-the-ground experience. By leveraging the expertise and skills of each member firm, the group offers seamless delivery of legal, advisory and transactional services, with a focus on complex and multi-jurisdictional matters. By working closely together, ALN member firms have the ability to manage deals across jurisdictions using a “one-stop shop” approach.

For more information on ALN please visit www.africalegalnetwork.com

ALN INDIA PRACTICE

Acting for Godrej Consumer Products, a global manufacturer and distributor of FMCG products, listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India, in connection with various transactions in Kenya, including the acquisition of the artificial hair production and distribution business of Strategic Industries in Kenya and the purchase of 100% of the share capital of Canon Chemicals, a Kenyan company involved in manufacturing and distribution of well-known brands in the personal, home and industrial care FMCG sub-sectors.

Advising Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast in connection with USD 100 million guarantee arrangements in respect of contract performance bond, and import finance facilities by its Nigerian affiliate (Shapoorji Pallonji Nigeria) from Ecobank International.

Acting for IndusInd Bank, a Mumbai based Indian new generation bank, in connection with a banking facility to an Indian corporate entity based in India in the sum of INR 1 billion.

Advising Ecobank, a pan-African banking conglomerate with banking operations in 36 African countries, in relation to corporate guar-anteed finance facilities for Indian clients with operations in Africa.

Acting for a major Mauritian bank in connection with three parallel facilities for the financing of

an investment fund and a construction venture for the acquisition and development of real estate projects in India.

Advising Tata Communications, a leading global provider of telecommunication products and listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India, on telecom-munication regulation and licensing require-ments in Kenya and several other African jurisdictions, including Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Nigeria, DRC, Ivory Coast, Mauritius Ghana and South Africa, for purposes of its operations.

Acting for Avaya Communications, a privately held telecommunications company previously listed on the New York Stock Exchange in its establishment in Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania and Ghana and advising on telecommunication licensing in the various jurisdictions in connec-tion with outsourcing solutions entered into between Bharti Airtel and Avaya in 16 African countries.

Acting for Essar Telecom Kenya, a mobile telecommunications service provider in Kenya, on their divesture from Kenya and resultant consolidation of the mobile telecommunications market in Kenya from 4 to 3 players through the sale of a substantial part of Essar’s mobile business to Airtel and Safaricom.

REPRESENTATIVE

DEALS

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

Financial Institutions

Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Acting for Tech Mahindra, a leading communica-tions service provider which has been contracted by Bharti Airtel to provide it with business process outsourcing and telecommunications services in respect of its operations in various African countries, including providing corporate and commercial law advice and ongoing legal support.

Acting for Cipla Biotech and the construction of its new multi-million manufacturing plant in the Free Zone in KZN South Africa, including all EPC and South Africa government incentives.

Acting for an Indian based motor vehicle company seeking to establish its presence in Rwanda with regards to setting up as well as regulatory approvals.

Acting for Reliance Group in the acquisition of the shares of a Sudanese company in the oil sector including the acquisition of shares of companies in six African countries.

Advising Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, an Indian listed entity, on entry strategy into the Middle East on their expansion of operations in Africa.

Acting for Abraaj Growth Market Health Fund in a USD 250 million acquisition of a healthcare provider in India.

Acting for Kaya Skin Clinics, a leading dermatology and cosmetology clinics chain in the Middle East and India (a subsidiary of Marico group of India), on its proposed expansion through acquisition of a

dermatology clinic chain with operations in Dubai and Sharjah.

Acting for Tech Mahindra, a leading Indian communications service provider, in the reorgan-isation of its Algerian subsidiary.

Advising the Swiss Singapore Overseas Enter-prises (SSOE), the trading arm of the Aditya Birla Group, in connection with the set-up of SSOE as an entity in Kenya and in its trading operations in Kenya.

Acting for Gokal Beverages and Gokal Trading Kenya, both part of the J.V. Gokal & Co. PVT of India, a leading exporter, manufacturer and supplier of packed tea, in connection with the set-up, financing, operations and licensing requirements of the two operating entities in Kenya.

Advising Tata Motors regarding their establish-ment of a distributorship relationship in Sudan, including intellectual property, corporate, employment, import into Sudan, anti-trust and competition laws.

Facilitation of Bureau Veritas India, a global leader in conformity assessment and certifica-tion services, in the establishment of a domestic company and the subsequent amendment in the Rwanda Development Board of corporate struc-ture involving its directors.

Advising various Indian companies and investors on Mauritian law taxes and providing structuring advise.

ALN INDIA PRACTICE

REPRESENTATIVE DEALS

Manufacturing and Industrial

Oil and Gas

Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals

Setting up and Tax Advisory

ALN INDIA PRACTICE

Acting for MSA Group Services and Vedanta Resources on a long-term transaction relating to the management of all mine planning and geolog-ical services of Vedanta in India itself.

Advising Jindal Steel India on its proposed acqui-sition of Mmamabula coalfield from CIC Energy and in relation to its general exploration activities in Botswana.

Filing approximately 20 trade mark registration applications on behalf of Fresenius Kabi Oncology, an Indian research and development company specialising in oncology medication.

Acting for Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, an Indian hospital chain based in Chennai, India with hospitals in India, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Qatar and Kenya (among others), in the protection of their intel-lectual property rights in Kenya.

Acting for an Indian company registered in Kenya and dealing in salt mining and production, in relation to structuring, negotiating and engag-ing in registering its trademarks in Rwanda.

Acting for an Indian company registered in Uganda and dealing in fruity juices, on the protection and registration of all intellectual property rights in Rwanda.

Acting for the Essar Group in prosecuting and defending various litigation in Kenya, and coordi-nating on their behalf, the litigation work under-taken by other external counsel in Kenya.

REPRESENTATIVE DEALS

Mining and Minerals

Intellectual Property

Dispute Resolution

ALN INDIA PRACTICE

Chambers and Global, Legal 500, IFLR and other international legal directories, have highly ranked ALN firms for their work in the continent and other jurisdictions. For instance:India Business Law Journal ranked Anjarwalla & Khanna among its global stars in the Regional and Specialist Firms category. It said of A&K, “Anjarwalla & Khanna maintains its pre-eminence as a go-to firm for African deals involving Indian parties…”

Mesfin Tafesse & Associates in Ethiopia, ranked Band 1 in General Business Law. Chambers Global notes that "They are very good at prioritising the work and at making practical assessments, and they are very commercial in their approach." Chambers Global 2017

ABCC in Mozambique "I trust them fully. I know they will always respect the deadlines and get the work done." Chambers Global 2017

Anjarwalla & Khanna in Kenya is ranked Band 1 in Banking & Finance, Corporate/Commercial, and Employment. Sources say that "Their network is very helpful. It's great to have a single port of call for transactions involving international investors and several countries.” Chambers Global 2017

G. Elias & Co in Nigeria, ranked Band 1 in Banking and Finance. Chambers notes, "They have a very good reputation for corporate work …They are fantastic” Chambers Global 2017

Savjani & Co. in Malawi, ranked Band 1 in General Business Law. "They are definitely, in my view, the most thorough, most professional law firm in Malawi." Chambers Global 2017

BLC Robert & Associates in Mauritius, ranked Band 1 in General Business Law. "Strong on commercial law, high efficiency and give good guidance to the customer." Chambers Global 2017

AWARDS AND

ACCOLADES

ALN INDIA PRACTICE

Akash R. DevaniPartner, Anjarwalla & Khanna | ALN Kenya

T: +254 (0) 41 231 2848 E: [email protected]

Akash is a Partner in the corporate and commer-cial department and is the co-head of the firm’s Banking & Finance practice. He principally advises on banking and finance, intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, real estate and construction and shipping. Akash has cross-border practice experience, having advised on commercial trans-actions in various parts of Africa, including the Aditya Birla Group and the J.V. Gokal & Co. PVT of India. He has participated in numerous legal and business forums, both locally and internationally. Akash has been recognised as a Leading Lawyer in Kenya by IFLR1000 in 2017, and as being ‘proac-tive’ and ‘highly skilled’ and ‘has the ability to think on his feet’ by Legal 500 2017.

Anne Kiunuhe Partner, Anjarwalla & Khanna | ALN Kenya

T: +254 20 364 0222 E: [email protected]

Anne is a Partner the Corporate Department. With over ten years of experience as a corporate lawyer, Anne specialises in mergers & acquisitions, IT & telecommunications law, competition law and IP law. Anne regularly represents multinational corporations, PE Funds and other investors and is a recognised leader in her field. Clients she has advised include the Godrej Group, Essar Group, Bharti Airtel, Tata Communication, Tech Mahindra and Avaya. She is ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global, 2017 and has been voted one of Kenya’s best M&A lawyers by Best Lawyers Inter-national. In 2015, Anne won the CfC Stanbic Rising Star Award in the Professional Services category. She is the Editor of Legal Notes, a news-letter published by ALN.

KEY CONTACTS

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Sunita Singh-Dalal Partner, Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota | ALN UAE T: +971 5 038 42410 E: [email protected] Sunita is a Partner in the firm and has been practising corporate & commercial law for over 17 years. She has experience in cross-border transactions and dispute resolution, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and PE with a strong focus on health-care, education and hospitality. Sunita is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, the UAE and Africa Representative of Indian National Bar Association (INBA) the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF), Legal and Business-women for Africa (LABFA) and is registered as a Legal Consultant with the Dubai Ruler’s Court as well as the Wills and Probate Registry of the DIFC.

Gbolahan EliasPartner, G. Elias & Co. | ALN Nigeria

T: +971 4 452 9091E: [email protected]

Prof. Gbolahan Elias is a Principal Partner at G. Elias & Co. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Junior Research Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. Prof. Gbolahan is also a member of the New York State Bar, the New York Federal Bar, Nigerian Bar Association, and the Chartered Insti-tute of Arbitrators. He was called to the New York Bar in 1990 and worked for 3 years at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. His practice covers litigation, taxation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisi-tion, power, oil and gas and telecommunications. Gbolahan is ranked in Chambers Global, 2016 in Dispute Resolution.

KEY CONTACTS

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ALN FIRMS

ALGERIA Bourabiat Associés Chemin Mackley, Résidence de la Présidence, Bat C, Ben Aknoun, Alger, Algérie Tel: DZ: +213 775 388 597 | FR: +33 660 790 822 Email: [email protected]

BOTSWANA Desai Law Group 3rd Floor, North Wing, Central Square, CentralBusiness District (CBD), GaboroneTel: +267 3162727 Fax: +267 3162737 Email: [email protected]

ETHIOPIA

Bole Road, Cape Verdi Street Tel: +251 11 667 2341 +251 11667 2271 Email:

GUINEA SD Avocats Carrefour de Nongo, Pont de Kaporo, à côté de l’Ecole CentraleTel: GN +224 620 56 54 95 | FR +33 7 78 02 72 84 Email: [email protected]

KENYA Anjarwalla & Khanna

Parklands & Jalaram Road Westlands Tel: +254 0 203 640 000 | +254 0 703 032 000 Email: [email protected]

MADAGASCAR

Ankorondrano, Antananarivo MadagascarTel: +261 20 23 256 23 Email: [email protected]

MALAWI Savjani & Co. Ground Floor, Hannover House Hannover Avenue - Blantyre, Malawi Tel: +265 1 824 555 Email: [email protected]

MAURITIUS BLC Robert & Associates 2nd Floor, The Axis, 26 Cybercity

Tel: +230 403 2400 Email: [email protected]

ALN INDIA PRACTICE

ALN MEMBER FIRMS

MOROCCO BFR & Associés 201, Boulevard Zerktouni Casablanca, Morocco Tel: +212 5 22 94 96 77 Fax: +212 5 22 94 85 25 Email: [email protected]

MOZAMBIQUE ABCC Av. Kenneth Kaunda, 660, Bairro da Sommershield, Maputo, Mozambique Tel: +258 823 026 110 | +258 843 894 872 Email: [email protected]

NIGERIA G. Elias & Co. 6 Broad Street Lagos, Nigeria Tel: +2341 4607890 | +2341 2806970 Email: [email protected]

RWANDA

KN 50ST Ganza -Kiyovu Nyarugenge, Kigali City, Rwanda Tel: +250 727 000 973 Email:

SUDAN Omer Ali Law Firm

Agricultural Investment and Development Plot 2/1, Block 9/E, Khartoum East, Sudan Tel: +249 155 155 554 Email:

TANZANIA ATZ Law Chambers 1st Floor, Opal Place, 77 Haile Selassie Road, Masaki, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tel: +255 22 260 1151/2 Email: [email protected]

UGANDA MMAKS Advocates 3rd Floor, DTB Centre, Plot 17/19 Kampala Road, Uganda Tel: +256 414 259920 Email: [email protected]

ZAMBIA Musa Dudhia & Co.

Avenue Tel: +260 211 253822 Email: [email protected]

REGIONAL OFFICEAnjarwalla Collins & HaidermotaSaaha Offices, Block C, Office 501AThe Palace DowntownTel: +971 4 4529091 Email: [email protected]

ASSOCIATE FIRMWebber Wentzel90 Rivonia Road, Sandton,Johannesburg 2196Tel: +27 11 530 5000Email: [email protected]

ALN

The Oval, 3rd Floor, Junction of Ring Rd. Parklands & Jalaram Rd.

P.O. Box 200-00606, Sarit Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

T: +254 20 364 0000, +254 703 032 000

E: [email protected]

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