Linklaters acted for Unifergie (a member of the Crédit Agricole group) as mandated lead arranger and lender for itself and on behalf LCL and Crédit Agricole Alpes Provence as well as BPIfrance Financement and La Banque Postale Crédit Entreprises as lenders in relation to the € 150,000,000 refinancing by Tenergie SAS of a portfolio of 42 solar plants with an aggregate capacity of 54.4MWp.
Asset manager Rivage Investment, who participated in the structuration of the transaction alongside Unifergie, also participates in this refinancing through two of its funds.
The Linklaters team was led by Projects partner Francois April, assisted by Samuel Bordeleau, Vivien Bon, Cédric Sinarinzi, Marion Caoudal and Chuanyu Fan.
CGR Legal also advised the lenders on public law and real estate aspects with a multipractice team led by Hélène Gelas and Philippe Jacques.
Clifford Chance (Daniel Zerbib, partner, and Pierre-Benoit Pabot du Châtelard, counsel) acted for the sponsor.