Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advises companies and asset management firms on the setting up of large and sophisticated credit facilities (including RCF, multi-currency and bridge loans), as well as on acquisition finance transactions. Valérie Lemaitre is the key name in the team for those aforementioned areas, while co-practice head Barthélemy Faye is routinely entrusted by African states and other institutions for their financing needs, notably on project development, energy and mining.

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Key clients

  • Attestor
  • Henry Schein
  • Apollo Funds
  • OVHcloud
  • Nexans
  • Amundi
  • Institut Pasteur de Dakar
  • The Republic of Congo
  • The Republic of Benin
  • The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
  • The Republic of Chad
  • The Republic of Senegal

Work highlights

  • Advising Attestor on a €925 million joint investment in the context of Casino’s restructuring.
  • Advised OVH Groupe on an up to €200 million inaugural financing entered into with the European Investment Bank.
  • Advised the Republic of Chad and state-owned oil company Société des Hydrocarbures du Tchad (“SHT”), alongside Rothschild & Co. as financial adviser, in connection with the restructuring of the USD 1.3 billion oil-for-cash facility agreement granted by Glencore in 2014 and renegotiated in 2018.

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Valérie Lemaitre, Barthélemy Faye