Gallien Lefevre

Gallien regularly acts on cross-border transactions, guiding clients across the full project lifecycle from initial procurement stages (including international tenders) to financial close and beyond.

Combining deep technical understanding in underlying commercial project agreements (PPAs, concessions and large-scale EPC contracts) with extensive credit documentation experience, Gallien is trusted by sponsors, lenders, and governments to structure bankable terms, navigate multi-creditor dynamics, and execute multi-sourced financings involving international commercial bank syndicates, multilateral development banks (MDBs), and export credit agencies (ECAs).

• A multilateral development bank and local authorities on the Patenga Container Terminal PPP project in Bangladesh, structured under the government-to-government (G2G) project framework.
• A multilateral development bank and local authorities on various PPP projects in the Philippines, including PPPs for the upgrade and maintenance of the Laguindingan and New Bohol airports.
• The winning consortium on the bidding, concession agreement, EPC structuring, and early-stage financing for the US$7.5 billion High-Speed Rail Linking Three Airports PPP project in Thailand.
• A multilateral development bank and local authorities on the structuring, international tendering, and concession implementation of the US$490 million Tibar Bay Port PPP in Dili (IJGlobal Asia-Pacific PPP Deal of the Year).
• The lenders on the US$2 billion project financing of the Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries polypropylene plant in Kazakhstan.
• A Chinese policy bank on the financing for the proposed US$3.5 billion methanol and ammonia project on Brass Island, Nigeria.
• A Chinese policy bank on the financing of the US$1.8 billion 2 x 1,000 MW Java 7 thermal power plant in Indonesia.
• The lenders on the US$35 billion multi-sourced project financing of the Yamal LNG export project in Russia.
• A sovereign fund in relation to its proposed purchase of a portfolio of more than 40 electricity generation assets in the Philippines.