Mr Bertrand Andriani > Linklaters > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

With practitioners based in Paris and London, Linklaters continues to act on significant transactions in Algeria and offers abundant strength across a multitude of key practice areas, including corporate, finance and dispute resolution. The firm is increasingly active in a number of key economic sectors, including mining, renewable energy, fintech and digital infrastructure. Practice head Bertrand Andriani has over three decades of experience handling major project financings, insolvencies and corporate restructurings. Counsel Aymeric Voisin is also a name to note; he specialises in complex projects in the mining, infrastructure, industrial and agribusiness sectors.

From large-scale energy projects, to distribution and joint venture agreements, Linklaters LLP‘s transactional prowess is brought to bear on matters for clients including private equity firms, financial institutions and telecoms companies. London-based Andrew Jones heads up the team alongside Paris-based Bertrand Andriani. The latter’s project financing expertise extends to secured and unsecured syndicated loans. Justin Faye is well placed to assist with the financing and development of energy and infrastructure projects.

Distinguished by its ‘great ability to understand the expectations and issues faced by the client’, the team at Linklaters handles all aspects of project structuring and financing. Its expertise cover the gamut of sectors, and it has particular strength with regards transportation, renewables, and infrastructure projects. The group is led by Bertrand Andriani, who has vast knowledge of major infrastructure and energy project financings in France and Francophone Africa. Additional key figures include François April, Stephen Le Vesconte, Justin Faye, and the ‘particularly efficient’ Samuel Bordeleau. Darko Adamovic left the firm in July 2023.

Described as a ‘cornerstone of the energy sector in Europe’, Linklaters‘ far-reaching practice includes advice on energy regulatory and competition issues, project finance and structured products. The team is additionally praised for having the ‘full range of services needed to develop, finance, build and operate renewable energy projects in Africa and other parts of the world’. Practice head Bertrand Andriani draws frequent praise for his involvement with the development and financing of energy projects in France. François April is equipped to advise on mandates involving renewables and infrastructure assets. Global project finance transactions are firmly in the wheelhouse of Stephen Le Vesconte. Pierre Zelenko is regularly tasked with major merger control matters, while Bruno Derieux‘s practice centres on corporate work in sectors including energy and infrastructure.

Linklaters operates in the Moroccan market through its Paris office. Led by Andrew Jones and Bertrand Andriani, the firm handles cross-border acquisitions, project finance, and joint ventures for both international and domestic clients. Pierre Tourres provides advice on cross-border M&A deals for large international businesses.