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Jones Day Offices
2 RUE SAINT-FLORENTIN
75001 PARIS
France
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Philippe Delelis
Work Department
Government Regulation; Energy
Position
Partner
Career
Philippe Delelis focuses on public law, administrative and constitutional, administrative litigation and government contracts. He represents Firm’s clients before administrative courts in legality and indemnification cases. With regard to public contracts, Philippe advises clients on procurements, concession contracts and project financing, as well as other contractual arrangements. Additionally, Philippe advises on both French and European regulatory law involving general and sector-specific regulation, particularly in the energy, transportation and public finance sectors. He has published numerous articles related to public contracts law, and he teaches project finance at University Pantheon-Sorbonne. Philippe served in high-profile positions with the French Ministry of Finance and other departments before entering private practice.
Languages
English, French
Education
- University of Lille II (Doctorat en droit public [Ph.D. in public law] 1990;
- DEA Science administrative [master’s in administrative science] and DEA Aménagement et urbanisme [master’s in land settlement and planning law] 1983);
- Ecole Nationale d’Administration (1984-1986)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Industry focus: Energy
(Leading individuals: Regulatory and public law)Jones Day‘s energy offering is underpinned by its regulatory expertise and in-depth knowledge of the global financial markets. Key contacts at the firm include M&A specialists Alexandre de Verdun and Audrey Bontemps, project and asset finance expert Nicolas Brice, and public law authority Philippe Delelis. Rémy Fekete, Qian Hu, Florent Bouyer and Armelle Sandrin-Deforge are further practitioners capable of leading big-ticket matters in the energy sector. Significant areas of activity for the firm include the creation of joint ventures, corporate and tax restructurings, and equity financings.
France > Project finance
Jones Day‘s practice is well-versed in matters involving the financing of infrastructure, renewable energy, waste, and transportation projects. The group is jointly led by energy and infrastructure project specialist Rémy Fekete; Nicolas Brice, who has broad expertise in concession contracts, and infrastructure and utilities-related PPPs; regulatory expert Philippe Delelis; and Florent Bouyer, who is known for his expertise in capital markets transactions. Sophie Chevallier left the team for an in-house position in October 2023, while Carine Mou Si Yan joined the practice in December 2023 from Orrick.
France > Administrative and public law
(Hall of Fame)Jones Day‘s very established practice thrives in the public procurement field where the firm regularly advises on large mandates, often linked to urban transport, rail, energy and TMT infrastructure. In addition, the team is able to draw on its high-end regulatory know-how to assist leading corporations in challenging the current regulatory framework governing various industry sectors including the healthcare, energy and banking ones, while its expertise in the energy sector is particularly established and extends beyond regulatory issues. The highly experienced Philippe Delelis and the excellent Nicolas Brice jointly head the practice, with counsel Pierre Barthélemy also a key names. Of note, the team further strengthened its capabilities through the hiring of Xavier Domino as of counsel, a former magistrate of the Conseil d’Etat (France’s highest administrative court) in 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Administrative and public law France
- Hall of Fame France > Administrative and public law
- Leading individuals: Regulatory and public law France > Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Energy France
- Project finance France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Environment
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Industry focus: Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Employment
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Insolvency
- Real estate
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance
- Tax