Norton Rose Fulbright
Regularly acting for financial institutions and investment funds, Norton Rose Fulbright assists clients with the full gamut of matters involving the financing, transfer and acquisition of projects. The group is jointly led by the firm’s global energy lead, Anne Lapierre; energy and infrastructure specialist Arnaud Bélisaire; and Simon Cudennec, who noted for his expertise in the financing of renewable energy projects in regions across Francophone Africa.
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Key clients
- Total Energies
- African Development Bank
- BpiFrance
- Auxifip
- Africa Finance Corporation
- FMO
- The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund Limited
- The OPEC fund for international development
- Treis Partners Advisory Limited
- MASEN
Work highlights
- Assisted Masen with all phases of the tender for the development and operation of a 200MWac photovoltaic power plant combined with a battery energy storage system to be built in Midelt, Morocco.
- Advised the lenders on the €174.3m senior financing of a hydro power project in Côte d’Ivoire, arranged by the African Development Bank.
- Assisted Bpifrance with financing for the construction of a wind farm in France named Kernebet developed by TTR Energy and held indirectly by Hexagon Renewable Energy.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Anne Lapierre, Arnaud Bélisaire, Simon Cudennec