92 LAWYER MONTHLY MAY 2023 The Creation of Tanzania’s First Sports Academy About the Deal Bergs & More Legal, Tax and Business Advisory assisted Tan Warriors, a company founded by the Tanzanian entrepreneur Mainga Kalaita in association with the Tanzanian Ministry of Culture and Sports, on its establishment of the nation’s first multisport sports academy. The operation concerned the creation of the Tan Warriors Sport Academy relating to both its infrastructure and sports offering – including management aspects and agreements useful for its implementation – as well as obtaining the structured finance needed for the completion of the action. Once finished, the academy will be able to host more than one hundred athletes and will include amenities such as sports fields, a gym, an indoor arena, study rooms, a canteen and a boarding school. The academy will be built in Morogoro, close to the Tanzanian capital of Dar Es Salaam. The agreement was signed at the residence of the Italian ambassador to the Republic of Tanzania in the presence of Tanzanian Minister of Culture and Sport Pindi Chana and Tanzanian ambassador to Italy Mahmoud Thabit Kombo. Bergs & More drew upon its extensive experience in international sports law in providing its consultancy. The firm advised Tan Warriors with a team led by Riccardo Giacomin, founding partner and department head. “The assistance provided by Bergs & More in this operation is part of a broader path of activities that the firm is carrying out with reference to consultancy for government bodies, private associations and event organisers in Africa,” Giacomin said in a statement. Transaction Interview Legal Advisor to Tan Warriors:
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