Antoine Payen advises French and international financial institutions (bank and institutional lenders) and sponsors (industrialists, developers, investment funds) on projects development and financing in the energy and infrastructure sectors. His practice also covers asset financing transactions.

He is member of the Debt Finance Group and the Project Development and Finance team.

Education
  • Master 2 in Banking and Finance Law – University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2009
  • Master 2 in Business Law – University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 2008
  • Lawyer since: 2011
  • Bar admissions: Paris

Contact

Languages: French, English

Awards

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS FRANCE
Individual

  • Project Energy – Up and Coming

LEGAL 500 EMEA

Next Generation Partner

  • France > Project finance – Tier 3

“Antoine Payen has demonstrated in various files his proactivity and his ability to defend the interests of lenders.”

LEGAL 500 EMEA

Recommended lawyer

  • Industry focus: energy – Tier 2

BEST LAWYERS

Recognized since 2023 in:

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Project Finance and Development

IFLR 1000

Ranked as “Rising star” in:

  • Banking
  • Project finance

LEADERS LEAGUE

Leading

  • Banking and Finance
  • Project Finance: advising banks or sponsors

Excellent

  • Administrative contracts and related litigation
  • PPP contrats: mid-cap struturing
  • Waste management law
  • Renawable energy law
  • Classified intallation for environnemental protection, pollued sites and soil, industrial wastelands

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