Clifford Chance LLP primarily handles inbound transactions for a diverse client base, including commercial and development banks, private equity funds, and public institutions, as well as industrial conglomerates, energy and oil and gas companies, and construction firms. Leading the Mozambique practice are Gibbs Johnson, a Dubai-based consultant, and Russell Wells, located in London. Johnson is an expert in energy and infrastructure project finance, particularly in Mozambique’s electricity sector, while Wells spearheads the firm’s global energy and resources sector group, bringing extensive experience in commercial, corporate, and finance matters within the oil and gas and power industries. Delphine Siino Courtin, stationed in Paris, is an expert in renewable energy and infrastructure, and is adept at representing lenders in Mozambican solar projects.
Testimonials
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‘This is a star energy and infrastructure team.’
‘They work well as a team.’
Key clients
- DFC
- Agence Française de Développement
- EDF
- TotalEnergies
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Central Termica de Temane
- Azura Power
Work highlights
- Advising AFD – Agence Française de Développement as partial risk guarantor on its first political risk guarantees in respect of a solar project in Mozambique.
- Advising US-DFC in connection with a solar power project in the Niassa province of Mozambique.
- Advised a bidding consortium on the Mphanda Nkuwa hydropower project, a 1,500 MW run-of-the-river hydroelectric facility proposed to be built on the Zambezi River.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gibbs Johnson, Russell Wells