Watson Farley & Williams LLP‘s energy and infrastructure team assists domestic and foreign developers, lenders and investors in all aspects of energy projects. Its workload includes clean hydrogen, corporate PPAs, battery storage, EV infrastructure and agrivoltaics projects, among others. Laurent Battoue has regulatory and public law expertise with particular strength in energy bids and transactions, the electric mobility sector and electricity sale strategies. Banking specialist Laurence Martinez Bellet acts for sponsors and lenders in portfolio and project financings in the renewable energy sector.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Accolades
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Leading team in renewable energy. Excellent knowledge of the market and industry practices.’
- ‘The team is client-focused, remains accurate under pressure and is able to meet ambitious deadlines!’
- ‘Both Thomas Rabain and Laurent Battou have excellent sector knowledge which each of them combines with a strong technical expertise.’
- ‘Knowledge of regulatory and contractual specificities, excellent communication skills and availability of teams and partners. Educational skills and ability to provide/share contextual information on previous transactions.’
- ‘Laurent Battoue, Thomas Rabain: strong sector knowledge combined with commercial pragmatism. Clarity and negotiating skills to bring parties to the table and find pragmatic solutions.’
- ‘Excellent team: Thomas Rabain: professional, available, responsive, kind, and provides excellent advice.'
Key clients
- Amarenco Group
- Bpifrance
- Baywa r.e.
- BPCE
- Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC
- Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel d’Aquitaine
- Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel du Languedoc
- Corsica Sole
- Crédit Agricole Transitions & Energies - Auxifip
- Commerz Real AG
- Cube Energy
- Elyse Energy
Work highlights
Advising Rabobank, Santander and Intensa Sanpaolo bank as lenders for the financing of a multi-country solar project.
Advising Technique Solaire on a term loan for the financing of a portfolio of power plants.
Advising Elyse Energy, a French industrial SME pioneer in the production of sustainable fuels and low-carbon raw materials on the due diligence and project aspects of a €120m fundraising.
Lawyers
Leading partners: Energy projects
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Antoine Bois-Minot
Practice head
Laurent Battoue; Laurence Martinez-Bellet
Other key lawyers
Thomas Rabain