Landmark Projects
Discover our major engagements, rigorously categorized across our 4 practice areas, illustrating our capacity to secure complex infrastructure projects while strictly upholding professional secrecy.
Legal & Regulatory Framework
Institutional reforms, creation of regulatory authorities, and harmonization of legislative frameworks.
Creation of a Single Water Syndicate
Client : LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC BODIES
🇫🇷 FRENCH WEST INDIES
The Challenge : Ending water management fragmentation by merging multiple existing entities into a single major public operator.
Our Role : Comprehensive legal project management: drafting bylaws, defining governance mechanisms, and supporting the complex legal transition.
Regional Electricity Code
Client : REGIONAL INSTITUTION & EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
🌍 west africa
The Challenge : Harmonizing the energy market across 15 countries to attract private international investment.
Our Role : Full drafting of the Regional Electricity Code, creating a unified legal framework to secure cross-border energy transactions.
E-Money Regulation
Client : CENTRAL BANK & INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
🇧🇮 central africa
The Challenge : Promoting financial inclusion by regulating new mobile banking and e-payment services for the population.
Our Role : Advisory and drafting of regulations governing the issuance of electronic money and non-bank payment services.
Structured Finance & PPP Projects
Complex contractual structuring, bankability, and risk allocation.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Client : GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER & FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
🇯🇴 middle east
The Challenge : Developing vital infrastructure for wastewater treatment, requiring a complex allocation of risks (Public/Private).
Our Role : Preparation of the PPP transaction, legal structuring, and drafting of international tender documents.
Smart and Sustainable Urban Hub
Client : WEST AFRICAN STATE
🇸🇳 west africa
The Challenge : Decongesting the capital by creating a new smart and sustainable city, requiring massive financing.
Our Role : Urban planning study, and development of the overarching strategy for implementing PPPs for the city's infrastructure.
Regional Power Plant
Client : GOVERNMENT OF A CARIBBEAN STATE
🇭🇹 caribbean
The Challenge : Delegating the operation of a key power plant to the private sector while ensuring affordable costs for the population.
Our Role : Determination of the optimal contractual structure and preparation of international tender documents.
Corporate & Investment Law
Securing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and international contracts.
240 MW Hydroelectric Dam
Client : EUROPEAN PRIVATE CONCESSIONAIRE
🇨🇭 Switzerland
The Challenge : Securing the construction of a major hydroelectric facility involving colossal technical and financial risks.
Our Role : Preparation of tender documents and negotiation of turnkey (EPC) contracts for supply and installation.
Solar-Gas Hybrid Power Plant
Client : NATIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANY
🇩🇿 north africa
The Challenge : Developing innovative energy infrastructure combining solar power and natural gas (150 MW).
Our Role : In-depth review of specifications and drafting of industrial contracts to secure this pioneering hybridization project.
Mobile Payment Platform
Client : INTERNATIONAL NGO CONFEDERATION
🌍 TRANSNATIONAL
The Challenge : Enabling migrants residing in Europe to transfer funds to 10 African countries at a lower cost via a mobile platform.
Our Role : Legal analysis and feasibility study of the platform setup, including foreign exchange regulations and data protection.
Training & Capacity Building
Knowledge transfer to institutional stakeholders and support programs.
Bank Capacity Building
Client : REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK
🌍 AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST
The Challenge : Securing loans granted to the private sector for large infrastructure projects by mastering legal risks.
Our Role : Creation of a risk mapping methodology and development of a training plan on PPP structuring.
Regional Assistance Program
Client : MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK
🌎 caribbean & latin america
The Challenge : Strengthening the capacities of governments and the private sector to accelerate the structuring of public-private partnerships.
Our Role : Provision of specialized advice and delivery of training modules covering crucial legal and institutional aspects.
Workshops on Energy Contracts
Client : EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
🇪🇺 EUROPE
The Challenge : Mastering the legal and regulatory aspects of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to deploy renewable energy projects.
Our Role : Design and delivery of intensive technical training workshops for stakeholders and executives in international development.
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