Luke von der Heyde is an Executive at ENS in the Project Development and Project Finance practice.

His experience includes acting for many of South Africa’s large corporate entities, international developers and investors, IPPs and financial institutions (commercial lenders and DFIs, local and international) as part of a team advising on projects developed, promoted or funded both in South Africa and internationally.

Regular tasks undertaken and completed include:

• conceptual project development structuring, risk identification and allocation;
• reviewing, drafting, commenting and negotiating project agreements (including concessions, joint development agreements, joint operating agreements and offtake agreements);
• drafting, reviewing, amending, negotiating, settling and advising on all aspects relating to project finance lending agreements (clubs, syndications, sub-participations), including project security and sponsor support;
• reviewing and the provision of ancillary advisory services regarding suspensive conditions on agreements and the closing thereof;
  • reviewing and commenting on projects documents for financeable risk allocations;
  • reviewing of opinions issued by borrower’s/project legal counsel;
  • preparing and commenting on all forms of corporate authorisations;
  • issuing and delivering of lender legal opinions; and
  • implementing and perfecting the project finance security packages.