Infrastructure
«Jeantet provides its clients and partners with tailor-made solutions at every stage in preparation and implementation of their infrastructure projects»
Jeantet’s multi-disciplinary Infrastructure department supports investment and infrastructure funds, independent companies (developers, builders and operators), national and international financial institutions, investment banks and large strategic public or private companies in their infrastructure projects.
The Infrastructure team brings together expertise in :
- Corporate M&A and Private Equity (sales and acquisitions, fundraising (equity, quasiequity), setting up strategic partnerships and joint ventures)
- Project Financing (bank and bond financing (bridge projects, financing of investor infrastructure funds), structuring and implementation of guarantees, direct agreements and step-in rights..)
- Project Contracts (development, construction, operation-maintenance and asset management contracts)
- Public Law and Regulations (administrative authorizations and filings, public contracts (concessions and public utility delegations),
environmental protection, public-private partnerships) - Litigation (judicial expertise, public and administrative litigation, sanctions and appeals, criminal litigation, disputes between partners, provisional measures, disputes with licensing authorities)
- Credit and project restructuring (Renegotiation of financing, collateral, hedging contracts, direct agreements, equity or quasi-equity injection, audits)
We are involved in all stages of infrastructure projects, from development to operation, financial closing and construction, as well as in investment transactions, disposals and acquisitions of infrastructure assets, and the structuring of partnerships and joint ventures.
Our lawyers’ experience spans all infrastructure asset classes, including :
- Energies and energy transition (renewable energies, energy storage, hydrogen, nuclear energy)
- Water and waste (water distribution and management, waste treatment, wastewater treatment plants)
- Social infrastructure (schools, hospitals, cultural centers)
- Digital infrastructures (telecommunications, smart cities, data centers, fiber optics, connectivity networks (Wifi , 5G)
- Transport (airports, ports, rail networks (trains, metro, tramway), bridges, tunnels, satellites)
- Storage / Logistics (warehouses, distribution centers, automated logistics platforms)
Through our international network, we support our customers in their international projects, working with leading local firms to ensure a thorough understanding of the legal, regulatory and cultural specificities of each region, ensuring smooth and efficient execution of our customers’ projects on a European and global scale.
Jeantet advises Solarhona in connection with its banking agreement to finance a thousand solar power plants in France over the next 10 years
Paris, February 8, 2024 – JEANTET advises SOLARHONA, a specialist in photovoltaic projects, in connection with its banking agreement to finance a thousand solar power plants in France over the next ten years. Specializing in the development of photovoltaic projects, Solarhona has officially signed a bank loan to help finance its large-scale investment plan. The […]
Paris | FINANCING
PFAS in the environment – Energy – Environment – Infrastructure – May 2023
Alors que pendant plusieurs mois, des journalistes du « Forever Pollution Project » ont collecté et agrégé des milliers de données, afin d’établir la première carte de la contamination en Europe de ces substances extrêmement toxiques et persistantes, la pollution liée aux PFAS, reste méconnue jusqu’à récemment, mais ses conséquences commencent à se mesurer et à se traduire juridiquement. […]
Paris | ENVIRONMENT
Jeantet assists Conquest in connection with its investment in E-Totem and E-Totem Infrastructure 2
Paris, March 28, 2023 – Jeantet has advised Conquest, an independent asset manager recognized for investing in real assets in the infrastructure and energy transition sectors in Europe, in (i) its investment, alongside Bpifrance, in the capital of E-Totem, and (ii) in its investment in E-Totem Infrastructure 2 In order to support the growth of […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY
One year of case law on renewable energy – Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, 01/10/2022
This column presents, in a non-exhaustive way, the most important decisions on renewable energy law for the period from September 2021 to August 2022 – more specifically on wind and photovoltaic energy, as well as, to a lesser extent, on hydropower and energy from methanization. [in french]
Paris | ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The greening of State aid: the new guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy – Energy – The greening of State aid: the new guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy – Énergie – Environnement – Infrastructures, 01/06/2022
After a prior consultation phase and an impact assessment, new guidelines on state aid for climate, environmental protection and energy were adopted by the European Commission on January 27, 2022. These new public support rules focused on climate action and ecological transition represent a paradigm shift and prioritize the decarbonization of the economy.
Paris | RENEWABLE ENERGY – RE | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW