Cornelius has advised:

• Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (and other lenders) in respect of credit facilities to be made available to a telecommunications group with operations in Kenya for a sum of USD 270 million.
• Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) in connection with the restructuring of facilities of up to USD 50 million advanced to ARM Cement Limited under a convertible subordinated secured term loan facility agreement. The principal amount of the restructured facility was USD 36 million.
• UAP Holdings Limited (UAP) in relation to a term loan facility from Nedbank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division) (Nedbank) for USD 35 million.
• Wananchi Group of companies in Kenya in relation to a loan facility of USD 72 million from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), an agency of the United States of America.
• Banque Cantonale De Geneve in relation to a loan facility of USD 15 million to Kenol Kobil Limited.
• Kenya Commercial Bank Limited in relation to a KES 5 billion facility to County Government of Nairobi.
• Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited on a financing transaction from Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited to the value of USD 250 million.
• Several commercial banks on preparation and perfection of securities. Some of these banks include Kenya Commercial Bank, NIC Bank Limited, CfC Stanbic Bank Limited, Equity Bank Limited, Bank of Africa, UBA Bank Limited, GT Bank Limited.
• Developers, Hello Properties Limited and Lagoon Developments Limited, on project structuring and transaction documentation for the Mandharini development and sale of 130 homes on 150 acres of land in Kilifi. The development received international acclaim and won the international development award for the best residential development in Africa – 2011.
• PwC on the then proposed acquisition of a building in Nairobi that was to house their regional offices; deal value of KES 2 billion.
• PwC on a financing transaction from Standard Chartered Bank to the value USD 17.9 million.
• ED & F Mann Holdings Limited on its exit from the Dormans Group; a well-established coffee business in East Africa.
• Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited in obtaining project finance from Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited for the purpose of upgrading its Mombasa petroleum refinery; deal value of USD 13.5 million.
• Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited on a financing transaction from UBA Kenya Bank Limited to the value of USD 150 million.
• Equity Bank on a financing transaction to Riverside Mews Limited to the value of USD 5.5 million.
• East African Breweries in its sale of a piece of land for the sum of KES 650 million.
• British-American Asset Managers Limited in their acquisition of a piece of land worth USD 4.6 million.
• Actis on the purchase of prime real estate in Nairobi for the purpose of developing a residential cum commercial estate; deal value of KES 1.2 billion.
• Actis on the project structuring and transaction documentation for the proposed development of a residential cum commercial estate in Ruaraka, Nairobi. Actis proposed to develop 600 units as part of this project.
• Buffalo Malls Limited, on project structuring and transaction documentation for the development of a shopping mall in Naivasha, Kenya. The transaction involved a joint venture between the land owner and the developer where we drafted and negotiated a joint venture agreement, drafted and negotiated the terms of a long term lease with an anchor tenant – (one of Kenya’s) leading supermarket chains.
• Norfund on the transaction documentation for the financing of a power project in Kenya coupled with an equity interest; deal value of USD 15 million.
• PSP Homes on the sale of a piece of land for the sum of KES 450 million.
• KTGA in deliberations with the Ministry of Lands and the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution on the introduction of new Land laws and the proposing of amendments to the draft bills.
• Musiara Limited on the protection of its property rights within the Maasai Mara Conservancy, in relation to the parcel of land on which it established the world famous Little Governors Camp.