Experience


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Goitseona Pilane Attorneys is an accredited Level 1 B-BBEE Contributor

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  • Advised SANRAL regarding a court review application brought against it in connection with the procurement process of a tender it had put out. SANRAL to oppose a Judicial Review Application launched by one of the disgruntled bidders in a tender with a total value of approximately ZAR400m.

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  • Member of the team conducting a due diligence on the re-issue of the Transnet domestic medium-term note valued at US$4m.
  • Part of the team that advised Transnet on the procurement of a loan facility from Nedbank, including opinions on Transnet’s borrowing capacity and authority laws, and internal documents.
  • Advised Transnet on the credit facility agreement concluded with Agence Française de Development for the advancement of a credit facility of ZAR2bn to part-fund Transnet’s ZAR4bn programme to expand the Cape Town container terminal.

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  • Advised and provided a legal opinion to CEF working with the Department of Energy in relation to a claim submitted by one of the bulk fuel supplier licensees in South Africa against the Equalisation Fund, involving refunds claimed in terms of the Incremental Inland Transport Cost Recovery Levies of approximately ZAR200m.
  • Advised the CEF on the procurement and implementation of a solar heating water project for roll-out in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.
  • Ad hoc legal advisor to the project team in the build and procurement space and renewable energy, reviewing procurement documents, drafting various agreements.

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  • Part of the legal team that advised PetroSA in a bid to purchase the entire shareholding of PetroNAS in Engen Pty Limited.

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  • Advised on the ZAR1.2bn tender awarded to Altech to build a fibre-optic broadband network within the Gauteng Province to digitally connect all Gauteng government buildings.

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  • Advised the CGS with regard to the drafting of an opinion to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy concerning an application for environmental authorisation by a mining company.

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  • Attorney of record for the Minister in the urgent application brought by the Chamber of Mines of South Africa to interdict the implementation of the 2017 Mining Charter.

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  • Acted as joint attorneys and legal advisers to the PIC in respect of a mezzanine facility agreement concluded between the PIC and a third party borrower, pursuant to which the PIC agreed to make a ZAR410m term loan facility available to the borrower.
  • Advised the PIC in a transaction that involved mining assets worth ZAR161m; conducting due diligence, drafting equity and finance agreements, negotiating and settling all equity, funding agreements and security documents.
  • Advised the PIC in respect of design, development, engineering, procurement, construction, financing, insuring and start-up of the 100 MW parabolic trough plant with a five-hour thermal energy storage system constructed in the Pofadder region, Northern Cape, in Round 3 of the Department of Energy’s IPP Procurement Programme.
  • Member of the team that advised the PIC in respect of design, development, engineering, procurement, construction, refinancing, insuring and start-up of the 44 MW concentrated photovoltaic panels in Touwsriver, in Round 2 of the Department of Energy’s IPP Procurement Programme.

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  • Advised the company in a transaction involving a major franchisor in South Africa and the National Empowerment Fund; drafting various agreements, advising on the Companies Act, and reviewing the franchise agreement and term loan facility agreement.
  • Advising and drafting heads of agreement for the construction and development of the City of Moruleng, North West Province.

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  • Conducted research and draft a legal opinion for SANEDI on constitutional documents, which included research on the Constitution of South Africa, the Companies Act, the Public Finance Management Act and its Regulations, the National Energy Act, the Public Service Act, the King III Report on Corporate Governance, various National Treasury Practice Notes, various High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal cases.

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  • Advised SAA in a transaction with two major banks in South Africa on the renewal of a ZAR3bn transaction revolving loan facility, including reviewing various term loan facility agreements and security documents, advising and providing a legal opinion on the legality and enforceability of various finance documents, corporate governance, the Companies Act and the Public Finance Management Act.
  • Advised SAA on a matter involving Telkom SOC Limited on applicable case law, drafting legal opinions, and reviewing the Master Services Agreement – VPN Solutions.
  • Provided a legal opinion on the status of the catering agreement for ZAR1bn concluded between SAA and one of its subsidiaries.
  • Reviewed of a term loan agreement of ZAR3bn and drafting the capacity and enforceability legal opinions.
  • Reviewed and amended a lease agreement for a division of SAA worth ZAR1.2m.

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  • Lead attorney on behalf of the BEE partner in Neotel (Nexus) in a transaction involving the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Neotel by Vodacom to the value of ZAR7bn.

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  • Advised the petroleum retailer in a transaction for the sale of a BP service station for ZAR4m, drafting the term loan facility agreement, security documents and sale of business agreement.

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  • Advising the company on the implications of the business rescue provisions of the Companies Act, 2008 in respect of a Section 345 letter of demand.

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  • Advised and provided a legal opinion to the SAT with regards to the interpretation of an Instruction Note from the National Treasury, the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999 and consideration of various aspects of administrative law.

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  • Advised the Gauteng Tourism Authority on the feasibility of merging the two projects listed in terms of the Blue IQ Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd Act 5 of 2003 with the Gauteng Tourism Authority into a single entity.

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  • Advised Siemens on the manufacture and supply agreement and the technical support and spares agreement in respect of its bid on the PRASA Rolling Stock Fleet Renewal Programme.

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  • Advised the Post Office on the roll-out of the set top boxes as part of the digital terrestrial television migration project.

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Unit 11A First Floor
1 Melrose Boulevard
Melrose Arch
Johannesburg 2198

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