Bénédicte Mazel

Bénédicte Mazel is a partner in Gide's Public Law team in Paris.

She advises private and public sector players in all areas of public business law as applied to infrastructure or public service projects in France (contracts, concessions, operations on public property and all forms of public-private partnerships), throughout the project life cycle (structuring, financing, construction, operation), including litigation. She also advises financial institutions on public sector financing transactions.

Bénédicte works on energy transition projects (solar, wind, hydrogen, heating networks, IRVE) for investors, owners, producers or consumers (connection to networks, PPA, obligations under the APER law, CEE); sports and event facilities (stadiums, training centres, nautical centres, casinos, hospitality) and supported Paris 2024 for 4 years for the delivery of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games; and airport, port, road and rail concessions.

Bénédicte holds a postgraduate diploma (DEA) in public economic law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1999.