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Bentam Societe D'Avocats
12 rue La Boétie 75008 Paris
France

Secteurs et industries > Energie Tier 3

Bentam Societe D'Avocats intervient auprès de banques et de sponsors sur la gestion des aspects corporate et de financement attachés aux projets d’énergies renouvelables. La pratique est dirigée  par Guillaume Ansaloni .

Responsables de la pratique:

Guillaume Ansaloni

Autres avocats clés:

Marie-Cécile Rieu

Les références

“L’équipe est aussi compétente sur les aspects financements que sur les aspects projet en matière d’énergies renouvelables.”

“Guillaume Ansaloni, Marie-Cécile Rieu et leurs équipes ont démontré qu’ils étaient capables de gérer des dossiers dans des délais très serrés et inhabituels.”

« L’équipe possède une connaissance approfondie des besoins spécifiques du client.

“Guillaume Ansaloni a la capacité de trouver des compromis qui permettent des transactions équilibrées, sans renoncer à la qualité juridique et à la défense des intérêts de son client.”

« Nous sommes très satisfaits du travail réalisé par l’équipe Bentam dédiée au financement de projets qui nous accompagne régulièrement dans nos opérations.

« Guillaume Ansaloni, avec qui nous travaillons depuis de nombreuses années, est très apprécié au sein de notre organisation en raison de son expertise en financement de projets.

‘Bentam allie expérience et réactivité à une approche pragmatique afin de pouvoir finaliser une transaction.’

« Guillaume Ansaloni est un avocat extrêmement compétent et sérieux, ainsi qu’un négociateur exceptionnel capable de résoudre des problèmes complexes avec intelligence et perspicacité. Il s’efforce toujours de trouver un terrain d’entente entre les parties et de proposer des solutions de financement innovantes.

Principaux clients

Credit Industriel et Commercial

Bpifrance

Auxifip

Ler Developpement – Watt & Co Ingenierie

Edmond De Rothschild Asset Management (UK) Ltd

Tenergie

JP Energie Environnement

Generale du Solaire

Reservoir Sun

Greenyellow

Caisse d’epargne cepac

Banque Populaire Grand Ouest

Credit Cooperatif

Semardel

Principaux dossiers

  • Conseil de Bpifrance dans le cadre du financement d’un portefeuille de centrales photovoltaïques au sol de 87,8 MWc développé par l’IPP française Générale du Solaire, représentant un montant total de 87,6 M€.
  • Conseil de la Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC, en tant qu’arrangeur, et des acteurs financiers dans le cadre du financement d’un portefeuille de 265 centrales photovoltaïques en toiture développé par le français IPP Technique Solaire.
  • Conseil d’Edmond De Rothschild Asset Management (UK) Ltd et d’autres acteurs financiers, en tant que souscripteurs, dans le cadre d’un financement de 20 M€ à CVE pour le développement d’un pipeline de 293 MWc de centrales photovoltaïques.

Bentam is a law firm dedicated to the financing industry. The firm, created in 2021, has 12 professionals. It advises banks, investment funds, financial institutions, public persons and companies involved in the firm’s key sectors. The value of the services provided by the firm lies in a functional organization designed to adapt to the expectations of its clients.

Public and Private bond finance

Bentam assists the dealers (issuers, placement agents, investors) in setting up bond financing, in the form of stand-alone issues (public or private placements, listed companies or not) and Euro Medium Term Notes (EMTN) programs. Bentam intervenes in bond finance for all types of issuers with a particular expertise in disintermediated financing for the public sector. In this regard, the firm’s lawyers advise its clients on bond financing for local governments, public inter-municipal cooperation establishments (municipal, mixed, urban communities), public health establishments, mixed economy companies and issuers from the world of public housing.

Other market financing

Bentam has an equally strong expertise in alternative financing such as equity securities, associative securities and negotiable debt issuance programs (NeuCPs and NeuMTNs), as well as in loans governed by German law (Schuldschein and NSV).

Project finance

We have a well-known experience in renewable energy and infrastructure project finance. Our team assists lenders (banks, debt funds, investment funds) and developers in the structuring and implementation of their project financings: senior debt (bank or private financing), subordinated debt, mezzanine debt, green bonds, bridge financings, including legal and tax structuring and interest rate derivatives issues. Our team performs the due diligence on the projects financed, including all regulatory, contractual, financial and corporate aspects.

Asset and receivables finance

Our team has a proven track record in asset financing, particularly for industrial or rolling stock or equipment, whether through loans, leases, financial or operational leases, or through the use of trusts.

We are involved in receivables financing: domestic and international factoring, receivables discounting in infrastructure or tax credit projects, or other financing based on assignments of receivables.

Real estate finance

Bentam has extensive and proven expertise in real estate finance, including hotel finance. We generally advise lenders in connection with the financing of leisure and hotel assets. In particular, we have recently acted for banking pools in ultra-marine hotel financing schemes including a Girardin tax exemption dimension.
We also have experience in corporate real estate refinancing transactions, in particular with trust-based transactions.

Acquisition finance

We work alongside lenders (banks and/or bondholders) and borrowers in setting up, negotiating and drafting all financing documentation regarding acquisition transactions (LBO/unitranche).

Equity-bridge financings

We generally advise lenders in the setting up of bridge financings for the benefit of investment funds (FPCI, free partnership companies, Luxembourg funds, etc.) in the context of pre-financing the acquisition or divestiture of their assets. We advise lenders on the financing documentation, eligible securities and regulations applicable to these particular financings.

Acquisitions

We assist buyers or sellers in their acquisition of assets or companies. In particular, we have extensive experience in the energy transition sector, where we regularly assist in the sale and acquisition of projects or developers, in both competitive and non-competitive processes.

Private Equity

We assist sponsors, investors or senior or mezzanine lenders in the context of private equity transactions, in particular development capital and LBOs, with a strong practice in the field of energy transition and mobility. We assist our clients with legal and tax structuring and the choice of legal tools, as well as the negotiation and drafting of documentation.

Department Name Email Telephone
Project Finance Guillaume Ansaloni guillaume.ansaloni@bentam.fr +33675231949
Photo Name Position Profile
Guillaume ANSALONI photo Me Guillaume ANSALONI Founding Partner
Gautier Chavanet photo Mr Gautier Chavanet Partner
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