Enzo Beule
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Enzo Beule

Senior Associate

Email

enzo.beule@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 4391

Offices

London

V-CARD
Enzo has a wide experience advising sponsors, lenders, multilateral institutions, export credit agencies and host governments on the structuring, financing and development of major projects internationally.

Having successfully worked on complex energy and infrastructure projects in more than 20 countries, Enzo is an expert in emerging markets, with significant experience on transactions across the African continent and in Latin America. 

In addition to his experience in traditional infrastructure projects (including toll roads and airports), Enzo has developed an expertise across the energy spectrum, ranging from traditional sectors such as oil and gas and mining to energy transition (decarbonisation transactions, hydrogen projects, battery storage and charging projects). 

Enzo is dually qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and a French avocat à la Cour and has a wide international experience having previously lived and worked in Paris, Johannesburg and Kampala.

Enzo speaks English, French and Spanish and is a member of A&O Shearman Africa and Latin America Groups. 

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • CWP Global on the ongoing development of an large-scale integrated green hydrogen and ammonia project involving dedicated renewables energy generation plants, desalination; processing plants and export facilities including all negotiations with the State of Mauritania. 
  • Olam International Ltd in connection with a 150,000 MT yearly capacity PALM Methyl Ester production plant and associated pipelines to be built and operated by Olam Palm Gabon and the state of Gabon located near a hydro-carbons storage terminal in Owendo Gabon.* 
  • BBVA Peru in connection with the amendment and restatement of the original PEN 1.195bn subordinated loan facility to Lima Expresa S.A.C., a subsidiary of Vinci Highways S.A.S. that operates a toll road concession in Peru. 
  • The lenders (IFC, Proparco, OPEC Fund, DBSA, Ninety One) on the financing of the Antananarivo and Nocy Be airports in Madagascar operated by Ravinala.
  • IFC and Proparco on a facility for Sama Al-Manar for General Trading Company Ltd and Manar FZCO for the financing of an agro-industrial complex in Iraq.
  • Envision AESC Group Limited in relation to the financing the 9GWh battery factory in Douai in Northern France, supported by offtake arrangements with Renault.

*Previous firm experience

Pro bono

  • Enzo worked as a volunteer as part of Pro Bono scheme of the Uganda Law Society advising local population and prisoners on various legal issues.

Published Work

  • Enzo Beule & Louis-Jerome Laisney, "The Devil in the detail: A comparative study of the regime of regulated agreements in commercial companies under OHADA Law" RDAI/IBLJ, N° 1, 2021.
  • Enzo Beule & Biddy Faber, "Are Project Bonds a Financing Solution for Western and Central Africa?", Without Prejudice, Vol 18 No. 4, May 2018, p. 17-18.
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.