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Jones Day Offices
2 RUE SAINT-FLORENTIN
75001 PARIS
France
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Armelle Sandrin-Deforge
Work Department
Government Regulation; Energy; Health Care & Life Sciences; ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)
Position
Partner
Career
Armelle Sandrin-Deforge’s practice focuses on French, European, and international environmental law and regulatory issues. Her experience covers climate change and sustainable development, industrial facilities, contaminated sites, waste and circular economy, renewable energy, marine and coastal environmental issues. In addition to advising on regulatory and litigation matters, Armelle has extensive experience in environmental issues related to M&A, particularly in environmental audits and environmental representation and warranties. She also provides services to French and international clients with respect to ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting pursuant to French and European regulations such as duty of vigilance, taxonomy, CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), and deforestation as well as in connection with capital markets transactions.
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Education
- University of Washington (LL.M. 1999; Fulbright Fellow);
- Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Rennes (Sciences Po) (Master’s in Political Sciences 1998)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Industry focus: Energy
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 > Environment
(Next Generation Partners)Jones Day’s ‘proactive and responsive’ environmental group is regularly instructed by multinational corporations, government entities and public bodies for its advisory, transactional, and contentious support. Core areas of expertise include the handling of matters relating to chemical substances and product safety, environmental crisis management, and assisting with the development of renewable energy projects. Françoise Labrousse heads the team and focuses on environmental, crisis management, and health and safety-related mandates. Additional key contacts include Armelle Sandrin-Deforge and Elodie Simon, who major on environmental-related M&A and health and safety issues, respectively.
Lawyer Rankings
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