Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
The project finance team at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP regularly assists clients with issues regarding greenfield and brownfield project acquisitions and project development and financing transactions. The group is known for its vast knowledge of energy, power, telecoms, natural resources and infrastructure projects. Practice head Amir Jahanguiri specialises in the development and financing of public and social infrastructure projects, including highways, airports, and hospitals. Antoine Bouzanquet's primary areas of expertise are financing mandates within the telecoms, transport and energy sectors.
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Key clients
- Ardian
- Bouygues
- BW Ideol
- CMA CGM
- EDF Renewables
- Eiffage
- iCON Infrastructure
- Meridiam
- Nareva
- Republic of Djibouti
- Ronesans
- Vinci
- Voltalia
Work highlights
- Advised Rönesans and Meridiam on the acquisition of 51% of the shares in Gaziantep Hastane Saǧlik Hizmetlei İşletme Yatirim, and on the restructuring and refinancing Gaziantep Hastane Saǧlik Hizmetleri İşletme Yatirim’ s debt.
- Assisted CMA CGM and iCON Infrastructure with the refinancing of GMP, the concessionaire of the Port of Le Havre and the financing of future expansion capex (two additional berths), general corporate needs and working capital.
- Advised Voltalis, the selected bidder in the context of the AOE 2023 tender, where RTE allowed for the project to be financed on a non-recourse basis.
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Antoine Bouzanquet is Partner in the Corporate and Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Paris. He focuses on the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects, in France and abroad. Antoine advises a broad spectrum of market players, including sponsors (industrial sponsors and investment funds) and lenders (commercial banks and institutional investors), on complex greenfield and brownfield energy/infrastructure-related private equity, M&A or project development and financing transactions. Over the past few years, Antoine has been involved as main legal advisor in numerous high-profile transactions in the telecom, transport and energy sectors and has earned a reputation of problem-solving and success-oriented lawyer, with a combination of robust technical skills and strong business acumen. Before joining Willkie in 2015, Antoine worked as an associate at Mayer Brown where he advised on LBO and real estate transactions. He also gained experience in capital markets in a leading French bank. Admitted to the Paris Bar, Antoine graduated from the University of Paris 2 – Assas and the University of Oxford in business law. He also graduated from ESCP Europe, where he received a degree in management and finance. A native French speaker, Antoine is fluent in English.
Practice head
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Amir Jahanguiri