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Projects & Energy - Africa-wide
What the Team is Known For
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton maintains a robust energy and infrastructure group with a particularly developed presence across francophone Africa. The firm represents a broad range of national and international energy companies, sponsors and investors, with an incredibly deep client roster of sovereign governments. The practice demonstrates notable capabilities in PPPs, infrastructure and energy project financing and development, investor-state negotiations and joint ventures, as well as in the sale of energy assets. The firm is also highly experienced in energy-related disputes.
Strengths
It's an excellent team and they are always available.
The hands-on approach taken by Cleary Gottlieb's lawyers stands out for me. They assist with so many issues that they have become an integral part of the project.
Work Highlights
Cleary Gottlieb acted for Institut Pasteur de Dakar on all aspects of its construction of a large-scale vaccine production facility in Senegal.
Notable practitioners
Paris-based Barthélemy Faye offers considerable depth of experience with respect to transactions and financing matters born out of developments in the energy and natural resources space. He possesses significant expertise in offshore oil and gas projects, as well as public infrastructure. He often acts for governments and parastatal entities across West Africa.
Barthélemy has been instrumental to the success of the project.
He is great at dealing with the authorities and ministers, and his writing is clear and sound. He has a great understanding of all parties' requirements and is really knowledgeable.