Jurisdictions worked in: Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Congo, Kenya, , Mauritius, Monaco, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and Zambia. 
Languages fluent in: English

* Includes experience gained prior to joining Bowmans.

A selection of Amanda’s key client experience includes advising:

Debt Restructuring

• Pick ‘n Pay Group on its debt and capital restructure involving a broad group of investment banks and financial institutions.*
• The creditors (including investment banks, development finance institutions and impact investors) in respect of waiver, standstill and restructuring support arrangements for various entities within the d.Light group, a leading provider of solar home systems in Africa. The transaction spanned across several jurisdictions including Mauritius, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and California.*
• Ascendis Health Ltd on the restructuring of its approximately ZAR 6 billion indebtedness – a first of its kind in the South African market, being a debt and capital restructuring of a JSE listed company by way of an asset for debt swap transaction.*

General and Leveraged Finance

• FirstRand Bank Ltd, acting through its Rand Merchant Bank division, and The Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd on USD 175 million facilities provided to Channel VAS Investments Ltd – a funding transaction across several jurisdictions including the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Nigeria and the British Virgin Islands.*
• The finance parties on USD 425 million loan facilities to FQM Trident Ltd, a Zambian corporate.*
• Intesa Sanpaolo Group, Investec Bank Ltd and a large syndicate of South African and international lenders in relation to USD 150 million facilities advanced to CRDB Bank Plc, a Tanzanian bank. This was the first private sector syndicated loan transaction in Tanzania.*
• Investec Bank Ltd, Nedbank Ltd, Rand Merchant Bank and The Standard Bank of South Africa on the ZAR 4 billion term, revolving and working capital facilities provided to Actom Proprietary Ltd for purposes of refinancing its existing indebtedness.*
• The Country Bird group of companies on its short and long term financing in South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique.*
• The Standard Bank of South Africa on senior secured USD facilities provided to Juven Africa Ltd, a Mauritian corporate.*
• A South African micro-lender in respect of mezzanine financing and the restructuring of the intercreditor arrangements between senior and mezzanine financiers.*
• The Standard Bank of South Africa on senior secured USD facilities provided to Es-Ko Group Ltd, a Maltese corporate, with credit support and security provided by entities in Monaco, Switzerland, Dubai and Congo.*

Preference Share and Structured Finance

• A South African financial institution in respect of a structured USD facility provided to a Jersey corporate, with the financing arrangements providing for the issuance of an option in respect an equity participation instrument governed by English law. *
• Rand Merchant Bank and a financial services group as lenders and preference shareholders on the financing of the 97.5MW Solar PV Project. The funding structure was constituted by pari passu loan and preference share funding instruments.*
• A South African financial services group as preference shareholders in respect of a preference share finance raise by a South African banking group.*