Alex Bluett is an of counsel in the Paris office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm’s Projects & Infrastructure Practice Group.
As a dual-qualified lawyer (English and French law), Alex advises French and international clients on the development, structuring and financing of large-scale energy and infrastructure transactions across a number of sectors including telecoms, roads, airports, energy transition and renewables. He has experience in project, acquisition and corporate financings (including loans, bonds and hybrid financings) and M&A transactions across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Alex worked for over a decade in the energy & infrastructure group of a Magic Circle law firm in their Paris and London offices.
Admitted to the Paris Bar and a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, Alex holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Cambridge.
Alex speaks English and French fluently.
Representative Matters*
- Advised InfraVia in the context of its JV with Play (subsidiary of Iliad) for the development and operation of an FTTH network in Poland.
- Advised the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Luminor Bank as lenders on the financial close of the first major public-private partnership (PPP) in Latvia, the Kekava Bypass Project.
- Advised the arrangers to InfraVia and EIR in the context of their JV for the development and operation of an FTTH network in Ireland.
- Advised Meridiam, a leading infrastructure investment fund, and Allego, one of the leading developers of European high power EV charging stations, in the context of the structuring and implementation of a pan-European project to build, maintain, operate and finance several EV charging points across Europe.
- Advised the lenders to Rubis terminals in the context of the refinancing of their portfolio of pan-European port terminals.
- Advised the lenders on the financing, construction and operation of a wind farm under a corporate PPA by InfraVia Capital Partners located in Sweden.
- Advised the lenders of a consortium led by Meridiam on their bid submission for the award of a concession for the construction, maintenance, operation and financing of Belgrade airport in Serbia.
- Advised InfraVia and Alkion in the context of the financing and the refinancing of a portfolio of port terminals.
- Advised the lenders to Antin in the context of its acquisition of the Idex group.
*Experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
- Projects
- Derivatives
- Energy Regulation and Litigation
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Finance
- Infrastructure
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Power and Renewables
Credentials
Education:
- University of Cambridge - 2012 Master of Arts
- University of Law - 2009 Legal Practice Course
Admissions:
- England & Wales - Solicitor
- France - Avocat au Barreau de Paris