19 February 2008 - Private Equity / Renewable Energy: Gide Loyrette Nouel Paris structures the acquisition of a wind farm.

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. was the legal counsel for DIF Renewable Energy fund over the tender offer and acquisition of a wind farm situated in the Beauce region (Louville-la-Chenard, Eure-et-Loire) from Platina Finance Limited, the private equity fund manager that was selling the wind farm.

DIF Renewable Energy, an independent infrastructure asset management firm, specialised in renewable energies, mainly targets the wind and solar energy production fields, and places France at the heart of its development strategy. This transaction marks its second European investment since the fund was launched in September 2007.

The transaction took place within the wider context of the strengthening of Gide Loyrette Nouel's experience in projects linked to long term development. It was carried out by a team from Gide Paris, in particular using the expertise of the Tax Law department, notably for the structural aspects of the transaction (Olivier Dauchez, Guillaume Jolly, Marina Rodrigues), mergers and acquisitions law (Antoine de La Gatinais, Emilie Leygonie), public law (Emmanuel Vital-Durand, Sylvain Berges, Romain Frémont, Thomas Garancher, Lucie Roldan), real estate transactions and financing law (Antoine Mary), European and economic law (Véronique Froding, Florian Harms, Marc Peresse) and project finance law (Jihène Choyakh).