The practice at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is known for its experience handling domestic and international project financings involving the infrastructure, mining, oil-and-gas and renewables segments. Mining and power companies and sovereign and state-owned companies regularly look to the group for support. Practice lead Barthélemy Faye specialises in the financing and development of energy and natural resources projects across Africa. A recent mandate of note saw the team advise the Institut Pasteur de Dakar on the development and financing of a large-scale manufacturing facility for the vaccines in Senegal.

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Key clients

  • Institut Pasteur de Dakar
  • The Republic of Senegal
  • Petrosen Trading & Services
  • The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
  • Port of Cotonou
  • AIBD
  • SEN-TER

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Barthélemy Faye