The cross-practice team at Clifford Chance assists clients across the globe with a range of major projects, including wind projects, hydrocarbon pipeline projects and battery power projects. Work relating to clean hydrogen is a notable focus and the team assists stakeholders throughout the clean hydrogen value chain. Anthony Giustini is a key contact at the firm and has a strong focus on project development and financing transactions in the energy transition sector. David Préat is well versed in public law matters. Laurent Schoenstein excels in M&A work such as the acquisition of offshore wind parks. Finance expert Richard Tomlinson is sought out by both sponsors and lenders for assistance with transactional work in the EMEA region. Nikolaï Eatwell, Delphine Siino Courtin, Milica Zatezalo-Falatar, Daniel Zerbib, Gauthier Martin, Marianne Pezant, Emmanuel Mimin, Pierre-Benoît Pabot du Châtelard and Benjamin De Blegiers are further key members of the ‘high-calibre’ cohort.
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‘Very experienced, knowledgeable and agile. They provide timely input and in a concise way. Problem solvers and high-calibre lawyers.’
‘Benjamin de Blegiers is a highly experienced, out-of-the-box thinker. He is an excellent lawyer and very detailed-oriented.’
‘The firm's different departments and offices work very well together, meaning that their Paris office can act as a single point of contact for a number of topics in various jurisdictions.’
‘Marianne Pezant fights very well for her clients, and was able to explain difficult legal concepts in a way that could be understood to allow us to be comfortable with the decisions we were taking.'
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Delphine Siino Courtin specialises in projects and project finance, particularly in Africa and Europe. Delphine has advised on projects in the power, oil & gas and mining sectors as well as on French private finance initiatives (PFI) and on acquisitions in the energy sector. Delphine is the Africa Practice Leader for Energy and Infra Transition.
Nikolaï Eatwell specialises in Project, Project Finance and Export Credit transactions, particularly in Africa, Russia, the former CIS and Turkey. The matters Nikolaï has advised on include projects in the mining, metals, oil & gas, power and telecommunications sectors and financings with a wide range of commercial banks, ECAs and multilaterals. He also works on commodities financing.
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Anthony Giustini, Delphine Siino Courtin, Nikolaï Eatwell, Richard Tomlinson, Milica Zatezalo-Falatar, David Préat, Laurent Schoenstein, Daniel Zerbib, Gauthier Martin, Marianne Pezant, Emmanuel Mimin, Pierre-Benoît Pabot du Châtelard, Benjamin de Blegiers