The energy group at De Pardieu Brocas Maffei provides major domestic clients broad expertise in financing and M&A mandates. The practice is co-headed by Jean-Renaud Cazali , who regularly acts for lenders and sponsors on large-scale project finance matters in the solar and wind power segments. A further key contact is M&A specialist Thomas Breart de Boisanger, who advises project operators, investment managers, and financial institutions on the sale and acquisition of renewable energy portfolios and company stakes. An expert in the waste and e-fuels segments, Antoine Payen is a further authority on impactful financing mandates. Christine Le Bihan-Graf departed the firm in April 2024.
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Key clients
- Albioma
- Boralex
- Dalkia
- Demeter 4 Infra
- EDF
- Elements Itauna
- Eiffel Investment
- ENGIE
- Innovent
- Innergex France
Work highlights
- Advising the lenders on the due diligence aspects and the financing of the Solarhona project, the subsidiary of CNR responsible for developing photovoltaic projects.
- Advising BORALEX for the due diligence aspects and the bonds financing of a solar farm selling the produced electricity to Getlink through a corporate PPA.
- Advising the sponsor on the setting up of an RCF loan to be used for short-term financing of the construction of photovoltaic power plants.
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Practice head
Thomas Bréart de Boisanger; Jean-Renaud Cazali
Other key lawyers
Antoine Payen