Mr Justin Faye > Linklaters > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters LLP is involved in domestically and internationally significant matters in the infrastructure, finance, energy and TMT sectors. The practice is jointly led by Justin Faye and Francisco Ferraz de Carvalho and works on concession agreements, export financing and revolving credit facilities. The Paris-based Faye runs the firm’s Africa group and is involved in several multi-jurisdictional transactional matters, while Carvalho, based out of Lisbon, specialises in finance and energy cases in Lusophone countries.

Linklaters’ Tunisian office which is stationed in Paris is jointly led by Justin Faye and Bertrand Andriani. Faye is highly experienced in project finance across the energy, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors, and Andriani specialises in project development and financing. Aymeric Voisin co-heads the firm’s mining division and he is often engaged in minerals projects as well as infrastructure and decarbonisation transactions.

The ‘highly qualified, dynamic, innovative’ team at Linklaters is a strong choice for project structuring and financing work alike. Core areas of expertise include transportation, oil and gas, renewables and telecoms financings.  Bertrand Andriani steers the group; his broad practice takes in project finance, insolvency and corporate restructuring. Also noted are François April, who focuses on the energy, infrastructure and mining sectors; Stephen Le Vesconte, who deals with project development, financing and M&A; Africa group lead Justin Faye; and ‘high-flying team leader’ Samuel Bordeleau, who specialises in the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects in France and abroad.

Linklaters’ ‘agile’ energy sector team offers lenders and sponsors a deep bench of experts on complex, cross-border, and high-value financing and M&A mandates. Bertrand Andriani heads the practice and, alongside Justin Faye, regularly advises lenders on project financing matters, particularly concerning the construction and operation of landmark battery gigafactories. François April brings further experience within the green infrastructure space, demonstrating a stand-out engagement on complex sponsor-side financing and refinancing mandates. Stephen Le Vesconte is a key contact on global deals, with deep expertise acting for lenders, project companies, and state authorities in the debt and equity financing of renewable, alternative, and conventional energy assets. Samuel Bordeleau specialises in project finance matters in the renewable energy and electricity segments.

Linklaters is active in a range of corporate, financial and contentious matters in Ghana. Under the leadership of Paris-based Justin Faye, the team often acts as counsel to clients in the oil and gas, mining, power, consumer goods, telecoms and sports sectors in the country. The group is also strong in handling mandates from entities in the commodities space. Robert Cleaver, who is based in the firm’s London office, has an excellent reputation for his experience in advising on M&A and equity capital markets matters, and Singapore-based Adrian Fisher is well versed in handling technology transactions and data privacy matters. Andrew Jones has retired from practice.