Norton Rose Fulbright
The ‘excellent team’ at Norton Rose Fulbright keeps on top of developments in the market such as corporate PPAs, hydrogen and e-mobility batteries. The unit is well placed to leverage its project finance experience, construction capability and regulatory prowess to handle major projects in Francophone Africa. Anne Lapierre frequently wins plaudits for her renewable energy procurement expertise. She co-heads the practice alongside project development expert Arnaud Bélisaire and Simon Cudennec, whose energy projects practice focuses on projects in Africa. The firm’s domestic and international client base includes industry players, investment funds and government entities.
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Testimonials
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‘The energy team has a real advantage through its size and the specialist lawyers who are exclusively dedicated to energy.'
‘Anne Lapierre has perfect knowledge of the issues and stakeholders.'
'Arnaud Bélisaire can adapt to any type of project.'
'Ismaël Sinaceur stands out for his rigour and ability to deliver.’
‘Excellent team in the energy field.’
‘Arnaud Bélisaire is an excellent lawyer. Always available and brings innovative ideas to negotiations.’
'Great advisers with depth of knowhow and commercial and legal understanding.'
Key clients
- Total Energies
- ENGIE
- Shell
- INELFE SAS (RTE and REE)
- Treis Partners Advisory Limited
- African Development Bank (AFDB)
- BpiFrance and Auxifip
- Infinity
- Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production
- Investindustrial Investment Holding Sarl
- Energy Infrastructure Partners
- TDF
- L’Oréal Fund for Nature Regeneration represented by Mirova
- Proparco
- STOA
- Swedfund
- Tullow Oil Plc
- CNOOC
- TTR Energy
- BPCE SA
Work highlights
- Advised EIP Race Renewables 2 Holdings Sarl in relation to the acquisition of a 30% stake in Boralex, which operates a portfolio of renewable projects in France with a total capacity of 1,055 MW.
- Advising the lenders on a senior financing of circa €174.3m arranged by the African Development Bank for the development of a hydropower production project in Côte d'Ivoire.
- Advised on the financing by Bpifrance of the construction of the Kernebet wind farm, which is made up of four turbines with a total capacity of 8.6MW.
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Practice head
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Anne Lapierre, Arnaud Bélisaire, Simon Cudennec