France Teams 2017
| Engie
Engie
| ENGIE Türkiye
The Turkish legal team at French multinational power, natural gas and energy services company, ENGIE is led by general counsel, Berna Gungenci. The team is now made up of six...
| Engie Perú
In May 2018, the Engie-owned Intipampa project was “plugged in”. This is a 40 MW solar plant in Peru Moquegua, and the venture was awarded in a power auction held...
| Engie
The energy sector is fast paced and unpredictable. Climate change, the new technology and the shift to accommodate renewable energy has added to the pace of change, leading to a...
| Engie
In a market that fluctuates constantly, the legal team at ENGIE Mexico has become a point of reference to competitors and to its ENGIE Latin America business colleagues. Mechanisms it...
| Engie
French multinational Engie has been active in Mexico since 1989 and is currently a major player among private gas pipeline operators and natural gas distributors in the country, operating three...
| ENGIE Australia
Active in Australia since 1996, ENGIE Australia (formerly GDF Suez Australia) is now responsible for the generation of approximately 2,000MW of energy via renewable, gas-fired and brown coal power plants....
| ENGIE Africa
With over 50 years in the continent, ENGIE Africa is active in a variety of countries through its power generation, energy services, and micro-grid/off-grid subsidiaries. The 12-member legal team in...
Engie’s market for power and water in the Middle East is both immense and growing, with the UAE alone projected to increase its electricity requirements by up to 40% between...
| Engie Italy
ENGIE has been operating in Italy for 20 years and is now one of the leaders in the energy sector. It is also a shareholder of Tirreno Power, one of...
| Engie
Engie continued its excellent record of success in 2018 with revenues of €60.6bn posted at year end. Its legal team prizes excellent knowledge of the law and implications on the...
| Engie
The Italian subsidiary of French energy company ENGIE is served by a legal team that is highly recommended by its internal business partners and external colleagues alike. A nominating source...
| Engie Energía Chile
Engie Energía Chile, part of GDF Suez Group, is the largest electric company in Chile’s Great North Interconnected System (SING) – its northern region, specialised in the production and transport...
Described as a ‘group of diverse, innovative and solution-oriented lawyers’, the 23-person legal team (18 legal professionals and five non-legal staff) at Engie’s Asia Pacific Business Unit (BU) supports the...
During 2015, international energy company ENGIE began an ambitious transformation programme to reorganise its business lines, which collectively generate €70bn in turnover and employ 150,000 people, into 24 new geographical...
France-headquartered Engie is a multinational utility company operating in the fields of electricity generation and distribution, natural gas, nuclear and renewable energy. Known as GDF SUEZ until April 2015, the company underwent a rebrand in an effort to expand its footprint internationally. This first step has opened the floodgates for growth into new sectors and markets – creating a large amount of work for the legal team – and the company now has an annual revenue of over €70bn. Led by legal director François Graux, the legal team has already supported a large number of transactions, investments and agreements in 2017 to facilitate continued progress. In March and April 2017, the global team has overseen notable deals in France, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, as well as many others. One such deal occurred when Engie and Gazprom signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the French company join a group of other European energy suppliers that are providing funding to Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline; the five European companies will cover 50% of the €9.5bn cost of the pipeline. Closer to home, also in April, the legal team helped finalise the acquisition of the remaining 41% of wind developer and operator La Compagnie du Vent, helping to solidify Engie’s position as leader in both the wind and solar markets in France. The Engie legal team is in an interesting position in its domestic market concerning the regulatory authority (CRE), which required Engie to cooperate and encourage competition in the sector after previously holding a monopoly. This level of regulatory scrutiny is always expected to be a challenge, and energy prices are a constantly pressing matter for the company, with Engie announcing that it plans to drop gas prices in France by 3.3% in May 2017. In 2016, the Engie legal department was reported to contain approximately 490 lawyers across more than 40 countries – 60 of which work at the headquarters in France. A legal team of this magnitude has proven to be a necessity for a company that is known as the largest independent electricity producer in the world. The flexibility and adaptability of the team has been an important factor in Engie’s success in recent years, and the team contains individuals that have developed their talent to become some of the best lawyers in France. As illustration of the depth of talent within the numerous divisional legal teams, the 2016 GC Powerlist for France included two individuals from the Engie team: Francois-Xavier Olivieri, director legal and regulation – energy management and trading; and Harald Peter Knöbl, general counsel, Engie E&P International.
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