Profile: Brigette Baillie
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Law Firm: | Webber Wentzel |
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| Office: |
Webber Wentzel 10 Fricker Road Illovo Boulevard 2196 |
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| City: | Johannesburg | |
| Country: | South Africa | |
| Tel: | +27 11 530 5222 | |
| Fax: | +27 11 530 6222 | |
| Email: | brigette.baillie@webberwentzel.com |
Project Finance
Biography: Project Finance
Brigette Baillie joined Webber Wentzel Bowens in 1995 and moved to the corporate department in 1996. She specialises in finance transactions and has advised numerous companies (both as borrowers and as equity funders) and banks on a wide range of finance transactions, both locally and in respect of the South African aspects of international financings. She has also advised on the provision of financing to government (national provincial and local) and government entities. A large number of the transactions on which she has worked have involved the funding of black economic empowerment participation in transactions or acquisition of equity. In addition, she has advised the international underwriters on several large South African share placements that were placed internationally. Recently Brigette has advised the senior lenders and development finance institutions on the South African aspects of the Sasol Mozambique gas project, which was financed on a hybrid basis with recourse to the balance sheets of certain Sasol companies and then to the project. She has advised on Chapman's Peak Drive PPP, the Platinum Corridor Toll Road PPP and the Mangaung Maximum Security Prison PPP. She is presently advising Bombela as the preferred bidder and now concessionaire on the Gautrain Rapid Light Rail Project and the preferred bidder in respect of the Department of Education Accommodation PPP. Brigette was born in 1966 and educated at the University of Cape Town, King's College London (from which institution she has an LLM (Corporate and Commercial Law) and the University of the Witwatersrand (from which institution she has an LLM (Tax)). She has been a partner at the firm since 1999.This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Project Finance Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.
Banking
Biography: Banking
Brigette Baillie is a partner in the corporate services department at Webber Wentzel. She is experienced in the areas of general and commercial law specifically mergers and acquisitions, various financial instruments such as preference shares, promissory notes and debentures, structured finance, partnerships and joint ventures, construction and operational contracts, distribution agreements, sales agreements, leases and franchise agreements.
Brigette achieved her BA LLB from the University of Cape Town and her LLM (Corporate and Commercial Law) from London University (King's College). She gained a second LLM (Tax) from the University of Witwatersrand.
Major and recent transactions include advising the Sethekgo Consortium as preferred bidder in respect of the South African National Department of Education Accommodation PPP; advising Bombela Consortium as concessionaire for the Gautrain Rapid Light Rail; advising National Ports Authority of South Africa as concession grantor in respect of potential concessions at the Ports Of Ngqura and Richards Bay; leading the International Project Finance Association work group commenting on the South African PPP Unit's Standardised PPP Provisions. She also acted for the lenders to the Grand West casino project financing; acted for the lenders and empowerment lenders to the Meropa casino project financing; acted for the borrower in respect of the Sun Coast casino project financing; acted for the lenders in respect of the project financing of President Steyn Gold Mine; acted for the lenders in respect of the project financing of Barbarton Mines; acted for the Development Bank of South Africa as the bridge facility lender to the Sasol Mozambique Gas Field and Pipeline project; acted as South African legal counsel to the lenders to the Sasol Mozambique Gas Field and Pipeline project; and acted for the National Ports Authority of South Africa in respect of the transaction with Aluminium Pechinery.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Banking Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.