Driss Bererhi
Partner
Paris
Driss Bererhi
Partner
Paris
Contact Details
Driss Bererhi is a specialist in banking and financing law, with a specific expertise in the infrastructure and energy sectors. He advises borrowers, financial institutions, funds, industrial companies, corporates and governments on project/PPP, acquisition and bond financing transactions and general banking/finance regulation issues.
He is very active in the infrastructure, transportation, energy and telecom sectors, in Europe, MENA and Africa.
Driss is a recognised practitioner by « Best Lawyers » since 2019 in Banking and Finance Law
Highly regarded (Industry sectors: Energy, Social infrastructure, Transport)
IFLR 1000 2021 - France (Banking, Project Finance)
Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 - France (Project Finance)
Band 2
Chambers Europe 2021 - France (Projects & Energy: Domestic)
"Driss Bererhi is recognised for advising arrangers and lenders, including leading financial institutions, on project financing. He displays particular expertise across the domestic energy and infrastructure sectors. He garners praise from clients for his expertise on finance law matters, with one stating: 'He is outstanding on the finance front. He is incredibly commercial, an expert in his field, an all-around star'."
Chambers Europe 2021 - France (Projects & Energy: Domestic)
Highly regarded (Industry sectors: Energy, Social infrastructure, Transport)
IFLR 1000 2020 - France (Banking, Project Finance)
Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA 2020 - France (Project Finance)
Band 2
Chambers Europe 2020 - France (Projects & Energy: Domestic)
"Driss Bererhi represents lenders in a number of significant domestic project finance mandates. His expertise encompasses projects in the telecommunications, transport, infrastructure and renewables sectors. Sources highlight his commercial approach, with one interviewee remarking that he is 'really able to adapt to the situation and make things happen between the two parties'."
Chambers Europe 2020 - France (Projects & Energy: Domestic)
"Described as 'efficient, business-oriented and a good negotiator', Driss Bererhi represents lenders and developers in the full spectrum of project finance mandates, with expertise in French social infrastructure, motorways, high-speed broadband networks and railways. Sources also say: 'He knows the banking industry very well and fiercely defends his client's interests'."
Chambers Europe 2019 - France (Projects & Energy: Domestic)
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted to the Bar, Paris, 2003
Academic
Post graduate degree, European Business Law and Banking & Finance, University of Paris V, 2000
Master, Business and Tax Law, University of Paris II, 1999
Comparative Law Institute Diploma, University of Paris II, 1999
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Qualifications
Professional
Admitted to the Bar, Paris, 2003
Academic
Post graduate degree, European Business Law and Banking & Finance, University of Paris V, 2000
Master, Business and Tax Law, University of Paris II, 1999
Comparative Law Institute Diploma, University of Paris II, 1999
