Trinity is widely recognised for its significant experience and its innovative, award-winning approach in the renewable energy sector in emerging markets.

Trinity advises on the development, financing (and refinancing), equity investment, construction, acquisitions, disposals across a wide range of renewable energy projects (including wind, solar, geothermal and hydro projects).  

Trinity and its team are highly rated by leading legal guides including IFLR 1000 where the firm is ranked in Tier 1 in both the Energy and Renewable Energy sectors for sub-Saharan Africa and where the firm is noted as “highly recommended by many commentators as a boutique outfit focusing on power projects in Africa  … Trinity ranks well ahead of all other law firms in terms of depth of experience and quality of advice”.

We are familiar with the various documents which are required to piece together these projects and have significant experience in the project development, financing and security, construction, commercial, environmental and insurance issues involved.

We have also acted on electricity transmission schemes, distribution networks and integrated grid projects.

Some of the recent power projects that Trinity has advised on include: 

• Advising the Government of Seychelles and the Seychelles Energy Commission in connection with the structuring, procurement and negotiations of an innovative floating solar energy project – Seychelles
• Advising the project company with respect to a 7.5MW solar PV plant in Burundi (the first private IPP in Burundi)
• Acting for Scatec, Norfund and EDM in relation to a 40MW solar plant, the first large scale solar plant in Mozambique
• Representing sponsors in relation to the development and financing of a 500MW+ geothermal power project –  Ethiopia
• Acting for African Development Bank, European Investment Bank, FMO, DEG, PTA Bank, East African Development Bank, OPIC, EKF, The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and Nedbank Capital Limited in relation to the €623m financing of a 300MW wind farm – Kenya (Project Finance International African Renewables Deal of the Year 2014 and IJ Global Europe & Africa Renewables Deal of the Year 2014