Europe - France

A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman's ‘highly professional and highly technical’ group handles a broad range of infrastructure and renewable energy mandates, and is noted for its deep transactional, and contentious expertise. The team regularly acts for a varied client list of banks, credit agencies, construction companies, and government bodies. Driss Bererhi steers the practice and is supported by public law expert Romaric Lazerges; energy specialist Alexandre Ancel; and Adrian Mellor, who is adept at handling financing mandates. Amine Bourabiat and Tzvetomira Pacheva are key contacts within the practice.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Amine Bourabiat's team - highly professional and highly technical.'
  • 'Amine Bourabiat is an excellent professional, management of deliverables, quality of advice, pragmatism in finding solutions and defending our interests as lenders.'

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Key clients

  • Altitude Infrastructure
  • Bpifrance

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Work highlights

  • Advised Les Eoliennes en Mer/ENGIE on the EUR 5.3bn financing of offshore wind farm projects in, Iles d’Yeu, Noirmoutier, Dieppe and Tréport for a total capacity of 1 GW.
  • Advised Bolloré on its divestment of 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics, comprising all the transport and logistics activities of the Bolloré Group in Africa, to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA.

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