Marco Sequeira

Associate
About
Marco has experience in various types of local and cross border debt finance transactions, including leveraged, acquisition, real estate, project, corporate and structured finance. He also advises on syndicated lending, refinancing, and preference share funding transactions.

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising an international distributor, as borrower, in respect of multiple revolving credit facilities with a total commitment of EUR50m and the related security arrangements.
  • Advising a major African regional bank, as lender, and a hydropower plant, as borrower, in respect of a USD29,400,000 project finance secured term loan facility agreement to fund the development, financing, construction and operation of a 9.7MW run-of-the-river hydropower plant located in Rwanda.
  • Advising two South African banks in their capacities as preference share subscribers and lenders in respect of a ZAR820m preference share subscription and revolving credit facility agreement and the associated security arrangements
  • Advising a major regional renewable energy power plant construction and operations phase common terms agreement for the development, design, financing, ownership, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of a 100MWAC Solar PV project in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa to supply energy to a portfolio of buyers on a wheeled basis.
  • Advising two South African banks in their capacities as lenders in respect of a ZAR20bn bridge facility, revolving credit and term loan facility transaction and the associated security arrangements.
  • Advising two South African banks, as lenders, and a facilities management company, as borrower, in respect of a ZAR650m senior term facilities agreement as part of a refinancing transaction.
  • Advising an international health and fitness club, as borrower, in relation to a ZAR200m refinance transaction.
  • Advising two South African banks, as well as an international financial institution, as Lenders, and a major health care operator, as borrower, in respect of a ZAR200m loan facility to form part of a syndicated loan package to enhance access to quality healthcare locally and internationally.
  • Advising an issuer in relation to a ZAR22m preference share funding transaction.
  • Advising a local and international bank, as lenders, and an international distributor, as borrower, in respect of a EUR40m term facility agreement.
  • Advising a South African bank, as lender, and a major fund management group of solar power, as borrower, in respect of a ZAR52m facilities agreement.
  • Advising a lender and property investment fund, as borrower, in respect of a ZAR162m facility agreement.
Languages
  • English
Education
  • The University of Law, Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, 2022
  • University of Pretoria, LLB, cum laude, 2022
  • The University of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law, cum laude, 2021
  • University of Pretoria, BCom Law, cum laude, 2020

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society

Connect

Phone

+27 11 302 0812
(Work, Johannesburg)
+27 66 471 4911
(Mobile, Johannesburg)