Delphine Siino Courtin
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Practice Areas
Partner in the Energy, Infrastructure and Projects Group based in Paris, Co-founder and Co-Head of the Paris Renewable Energy Practice and Co-Head of the Firm’s West Francophone Africa Practice. She is specialised in projects and finance in energy, infrastructure and natural resources and acts for sponsors, lenders, IFIs and ECAs in Africa and Europe on the development, construction, financing and acquisition of projects in the power, oil and gas and mining sectors.
Career
Herbert Smith London and Paris (2000-2004). Joined Clifford Chance in 2005. Qualified: France, England & Wales.
Personal
Languages spoken: French, English, Italian.
Chambers Review
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Delphine Siino Courtin of Clifford Chance LLP focuses on project development and finance transactions across North and francophone West Africa, particularly in the power sector. Based in Paris, her recent work includes projects and transactions in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal.
Co-head of the firm's francophone OHADA practice, Paris-based Delphine Siino Courtin is well regarded for her handling of project finance mandates. She is prominent within the renewables sector, with her recent work covering hydropower and solar photovoltaic projects, where she is frequently instructed by international and domestic lenders and sponsors.
Delphine Siino Courtin is a highly established practitioner with a strong reputation for her assistance with project development and financing in Africa, as well as with concession projects.
Delphine Siino Courtin is a highly established practitioner with a strong reputation for her assistance with project development and financing in Africa, as well as with concession projects.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Delphine is a very competent lawyer. I take comfort from her involvement in my cross-border financing matters."
"She has a lot of knowledge, is very efficient and has good negotiation skills."
"Delphine is a first-rate brilliant lawyer."
"Delphine is a very competent lawyer. I take comfort from her involvement in my cross-border financing matters."
"She has a lot of knowledge, is very efficient and has good negotiation skills."
"Delphine is a first-rate brilliant lawyer."