Corporate/Commercial: OHADA Specialists
Africa-wide
8 years ranked
Corporate/Commercial: OHADA Specialists
Africa-wide
8 years ranked
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
France
5 years ranked
Provided by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Barthélemy Faye’s practice focuses on corporate and financial matters and Africa-related transactions, including energy and natural resources projects, financings, acquisitions and JVs, private equity, and sovereign debt.
Barthelemy joined the firm in 1998 and became a partner in 2008. From 1998 to 2001, he was resident in the New York office.
Member of the Bars of New York and Paris.
Yale Law School
LL.M.
1998
Université de Paris II - Panthéon-Assas
Maîtrise
1997
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
Agrégation
1995
Serer-Sine (native)
French (fluent)
Wolof (fluent)
Spanish (proficient)
English (fluent)
Provided by Chambers
Paris-based Barthélemy Faye of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton continues to be a consistent player on major transactions arising under OHADA law. He is particularly active in regard to fund formation and investment transactions, as well as oil and gas M&A. He acts for large international corporates and private equity firms.
Paris-based Barthélemy Faye offers considerable depth of experience with respect to transactions 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 Faye possesses renowned expertise in energy, mining and infrastructure project development. He handles a variety of public and private mandates including PPPs, concessions, development agreements and joint ventures. He often represents governments, public actors and state-owned companies.
Paris-based Barthélemy Faye heads the Africa group within Cleary. He has a wide-ranging practice, spanning M&A, finance, capital markets and project development. He is particularly noted for his work on behalf of francophone African governments.
Barthélemy Faye assists corporates and investment funds with acquisitions and divestments across multiple African jurisdictions.
Barthélemy Faye possesses renowned expertise in energy, mining and infrastructure project development. He handles a variety of public and private mandates including PPPs, concessions, development agreements and joint ventures. He often represents governments, public actors and state-owned companies.
Provided by Chambers
He is a brilliant and highly regarded lawyer who is not just there to articulate a problem, but to solve it.
Barthélemy Faye provides sophisticated and differentiated advice.
He has relevant and up-to-date knowledge of the market.
He never shies away from a complicated negotiation point and leaves no stones unturned.
He manages all our files with an excellent level of service.
Barthélémy is a brilliant, highly regarded lawyer who is not just there to articulate a problem, but to solve it.
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