Amoetsoe Mkwena

• ACWA Power, as in-house counsel, on the project documentation and financial close of the Rumah 1 and Nairyah 1 CCGT independent power projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a combined capacity of 3,600MW.
• ACWA Power, as in-house counsel, from development through to financial close on PIF 5, a 3,000MW wind IPP cluster in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• ACWA Power, as in-house counsel, on the project documentation and financial close of Nukus II, a 200MW wind power project with a 100MW battery energy storage system and related evacuation infrastructure in Uzbekistan.
• The Government of the Republic of Guinea on the development, construction, operation, maintenance and transfer arrangements for the rail and port infrastructure required for the Simandou mining project.
• A consortium of lenders, including development finance institutions, on the project aspects of the financing of a 200MW wind power project in Egypt, including review of the power purchase agreement, grid connection arrangements, land documents, EPC contract, O&M agreement, LTSA, management agreement and shareholder arrangements.
• UAE-based Phanes Group on the development and project financing of a solar PV independent power project in Malawi.
• Sponsors on a multi-stage power project and associated fuel storage facilities in Ghana, including review of the power purchase and fuel supply arrangements.

• “Transformative potential of renewable energies in Sierra Leone”, Africa Legal / Hogan Lovells, 12 January 2023, co-authored with Selvina Bell.
• “ESG and Fiduciary Duties”, Hogan Lovells Impact Financing, 10 February 2020, contributing author

• Contributor, “Bankable Power Purchase Agreements”, Hogan Lovells / Africa Legal e-learning course.
• Contributor, “Building Your Personal Brand and Network”, Hogan Lovells / Africa Legal e-learning course.

2019, Solicitor of England and Wales, Hogan Lovells International LLP

• English – excellent command
• Zulu – good command
• Ndebele – fluent

African Energy Chamber, 25 Under 40 Energy Women Rising Stars, 2024.

• University of Exeter – LLB Law, 2016.
• BPP Law School – Accelerated Legal Practice Course, 2017.

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.
• SRA-regulated solicitor.