About Us
CLP, Attorneys committed to creating the infrastructures of tomorrow
Our firm is dedicated to assisting its clients in the conduct, realization and financing of long-term projects, whether through acquisition, private investment, co-investment or public-private partnerships, mostly in the field of infrastructure, energy and ecological transition.
At CLP, we believe in value added lawyering and in bringing ideas as how to achieve your long-term goals. Also, we believe that our advice should build on the trust of its full independence: deontology is to us a core value added metric.
Latest News
News and deals
Private Equity
Advising Blue Revolution fund on a Series A funding round for a Toulouse-based French biotechnology company specializing in animal nutrition development find out more
Project Finance
Advising the successful consortium, made up of Bouygues Bâtiment Grand Ouest, Récréa and Infra Gestion, in relation to the service concession project for the intermunicipal aquatic centre in Honfleur find out more
Private Equity
M&A
Advising the investor pool — notably Starquest and ARMOR GROUP — in Atawey Hydrogen’s €22M equity fundraising to accelerate hydrogen deployment across Europe.
M&A
Arkolia’s advice in its partnership with Banque des Territoires. The agreement was concluded for an initial drawdown of 160 MWp of ground-mounted and rooftop solar power plants, as part of a 350 MWp operation representing a total investment of €370 million.
M&A
Advising the Ortec Group on its partnership with Banque des Territoires. The transaction involves the creation and financing of a joint venture and the implementation of an €84 million investment to roll out the Oreve network of charging stations . Find out more
Energy
Advice from the French Development Agency on identifying opportunities for improving the Mauritian regulatory framework to enable the development of agrivoltaic projects in Mauritius. Find out more
M&A
Counsel to FMET, a fund managed by Demeter Investment Managers, for the sale of a minority stake of Flash, an investment platform dedicated to electric vehicle charging infrastructure, to Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and Crédit Agricole Transitions Région see more
CLP Partners
CLP founding partners & partner
Thomas Clément Partner - M&A/Financing
Thomas grew up in Paris & Geneva, graduated in Business Law from Paris-Sorbonne and Business Tax Law from Paris-Dauphine. He then practiced in Beijing and Paris.
Admission: Paris
Languages: French, English
Fanny Vellin Partner - Environment & Renewables
Fanny lived in France & Mauritius. She graduated in Public Law from Paris-Sorbonne and holds a Master’s degree in Public Law from the Institute of Political Studies in Strasbourg. She also holds a certificate of specialisation in environmental law.
Admission: Paris
Languages: French, English
Bertrand Galvez Partner - M&A/Tax
Bertrand is specialized in Mergers & Acquisitions and Tax Law with more than two decades of experience. He provides guidance to various groups, SME-SMIs, and their executive leadership on fiscal and corporate elements of their growth plans and any routine or extraordinary issues.
Admission: Paris
Languages: French, English
Olivier Fourcault Partner - M&A/Financing
Olivier grew up in Tokyo and then studied business administration in London and France. He then graduated in Business Law and holds an advanced Master’s degree in European Law from Paris II.
Admission: Paris
Languages: French, English
Yves Pons Partner - PPP & public contracts
Yves is a lawyer specializing in public business law, with a focus on public contracts (public procurement, concessions, PPP). Yves holds a Master’s degree in Public Business Law from the University of Paris 2 – Panthéon Assas and is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies
Admission: Paris
Languages: French, English
Damien Le Mouël Partner - Financing & Bank law
Damien focuses primarily on project finance, with a practice centered on the financing of energy infrastructure and, in particular, renewable energy projects (solar, wind, hydroelectric power). He holds a Master’s degree (Master II) in Banking, Corporate and Finance from Paris IX Dauphine and a Master’s degree (Master II) in Business Law from the University of Paris-Sud.
Admission: Paris
Languages: French, English
CLP Counsels & Associates
Catherine Husson Counsel
Catherine is a Counsel working in the department of Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions and in corporate and commercial laws.
Admission: Paris
Languages: French, English, German, Turkish
Adriana Ciobanu Counsel
Adriana is a Counsel working in the department of Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions and in corporate and commercial laws.
Admission: Paris
Languages: French, English, Romanian
Amandine Praud Senior associate
Amandine is a senior associate working in the department of Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions and in corporate and commercial laws.
Admission: Paris
Languages: French, English
Honorine Jacques Associate
Honorine practices in public business law, energy law, and administrative litigation. She advises on public contracts, from procurement through to performance (public procurement and occupation of the public domain), as well as on issues relating to energy, planning, and environmental law in the renewable energy sector.