Kalema Legal & Associates advises lenders, borrowers, sponsors, investors and other stakeholders on a broad range of domestic and cross-border banking and finance transactions.
Our experience covers corporate lending, acquisition finance, project finance, infrastructure finance, real estate finance, structured finance, trade and commodity finance, refinancing, debt restructuring and secured lending transactions.
We assist clients throughout the entire financing process, including transaction structuring, legal due diligence, negotiation and drafting of finance documents, creation and perfection of security interests, satisfaction of conditions precedent, disbursement, closing and post-closing matters.
We also provide regulatory and compliance advice to banks and other financial institutions on their establishment, licensing, operations, governance and dealings with the competent regulatory authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Our lawyers regularly advise on foreign-exchange regulations, security arrangements, guarantees, intercreditor arrangements, syndicated lending, facility agreements and the enforcement of lenders’ rights.
Our clients include domestic and international banks, development finance institutions, investment funds, corporate lenders, project sponsors, operators, borrowers, guarantors, state-owned enterprises, governmental institutions and international organisations.