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About
Provided by Olivier Mélédo
Practice Areas
Clients turn to Olivier Mélédo for his nearly 20 years of experience in the area of energy, projects and infrastructure and his dealmaking mindset.
Olivier advises large corporations, investment funds and other equity investors, multilateral development banks, national governments, project sponsors and construction contractors on their most complex and large-scale international and domestic projects; and their related share and asset deals. Over the years, he has also been regularly involved in the litigation or resolution of major disputes involving such assets.
In addition to France and overseas territories, Olivier serves clients across several other jurisdictions. He has, in particular, helped clients navigate transactions and projects in almost all 17 Sub-Saharan African states subject to the civil law-based OHADA's set of regulations. Clients also turn to him for counsel in regions such as Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa.
Olivier is a board member and secretary general of the French Association for Energy Law (AFDEN). He also regularly acts as pro bono counselor to non-profit organizations and is an advisor on energy and natural resources-related topics to the Harvard Law and International Development Society (LIDS), which produces research for NGOs.
Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2016, Olivier worked in the Paris, London and New York offices of other leading international law firms.
Chambers Review
Global
Olivier Mélédo of Mayer Brown debuts in the rankings this year with a practice focused on the development and financing of significant renewable energy, natural resources and infrastructure projects. He demonstrates particular strength in mandates related to Africa.
Paris-based Olivier Mélédo has considerable experience acting for sovereign governments across francophone Africa on the development of major energy and infrastructure projects. He is also well versed in acting for EPC contractors and project companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is excellent. He is available and very responsive. He understands the issues and has a very acute commercial sense. He really knows the mining industry."
"Olivier is very sharp and business-oriented."
"He is very active on state advisory mandates."
"Olivier Mélédo is excellent. He is available and very responsive. He understands the issues and has a very acute commercial sense."
"Olivier Mélédo is committed and experienced in project development."
"He is very accessible, able to put himself on our level, gets our problems and can internally activate all the resources for our topics."
"He is excellent. He is available and very responsive. He understands the issues and has a very acute commercial sense. He really knows the mining industry."
"Olivier is very sharp and business-oriented."
"He is very active on state advisory mandates."
"Olivier Mélédo is excellent. He is available and very responsive. He understands the issues and has a very acute commercial sense."
"Olivier Mélédo is committed and experienced in project development."
"He is very accessible, able to put himself on our level, gets our problems and can internally activate all the resources for our topics."
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