Sibylle Weiler and Boris Martor jointly lead the Bird & Bird project finance practice, which is particularly well regarded for its work in traditional energy and utilities. Martor advises investment institutions, governments, state-owned entities, banks, sponsors and developers on the structuring and negotiation of financings. Complementing this, renewable energy specialist Weiler combines project finance and investment expertise.
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Key clients
- Tikehau Capital ADEME Investissement Epopée Gestion Afrigreen Akuo Valorem TotalEnergies Amea Power Suez Edf Renault BPCE Energeco Caisse d’Epargne et de Prévoyance Aquitaine Poitou-Charente Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Auxifip Agence Française de Développement DS Smith Paper Rouen SAS pHYnix SAS Interxion France SAS Energieteam – Huit Jours & Vauteleux FVR West Africa Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Servicios Espana SL
Work highlights
Advised Akuo on the cross-border bonds financing of the 94MW Santas BESS project in Portugal.
Advised Afrigreen on the €15m non-recourse senior debt financing of SolarX’s multi-country self-consumption solar portfolio in West Africa.
Advised Caisse d'Epargne et de Prévoyance Aquitaine Poitou-Charente on the financing of two solar plants 17.7 MW in France developed by Valorem.
Practice head
Boris Martor; Sibylle Weiler
Other key lawyers
Stan Andreassen; Sébastien Hoff; Louise-Marie Nicolas; Olivier Fazio