Paul Lignières

Linklaters

25 rue de Marignan
Paris
France
75008
+33 1 56 43 58 10
paul.lignieres@linklaters.com

Ranked In

France
PFI/PPP (Band 1)
France
Public Law (Band 1)
France
Energy & Natural Resources (Band 2)

Profile

Practice Areas: Extensive experience in a wide variety of areas projects Government-related, corporate transactions in regulated sectors, privatisations, PPPs, public procurement, state aids, litigation and environmental law. Recent matters:(i)PPP: French €26bn Economic Stimulus Plan; GSMR; Koniambo mining; Fos-sur-Mer waste-treatment plan; Defence, toll roads, hospitals and Railways; (ii)corporate transactions: mergers Suez/GDF and Veolia/Transdev; Opening of the capital of Semmaris (Rungis) and La Poste; IPOs of GDF and ADP; acquisition of Pisto by Macquarie, of SAUR by Axa/CDC, of Viaduc de Millau by CDC.

Career: The World Bank; PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Publications: Partenariats public-privé (2005,Lexis-Nexis); Regular contributor to the review 'Droit administratif' (Lexis-Nexis).