Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Client SatisfactionCleary 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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Practice head
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Valérie Lemaitre, Barthélemy Faye