Ophélie Han Fing advises lenders, sponsors, and institutional clients on complex banking and financing transactions, with a particular focus on the infrastructure sector.

 

Ophélie advises clients on financings, refinancings, and major projects across the energy, infrastructure, and telecommunications sectors.

Her experience includes:

  • Infrastructure, energy project, and telecommunications financings
  • Project finance
  • Acquisition and leveraged finance

Ophélie regularly advises on hybrid cross-border transactions at the intersection of acquisition finance and project finance.

Ophélie’s recent experience includes advising:

Energy / Infrastructure Energy / Energy Transition

  • EDF on the development of the new French nuclear program (both on the multibillion financing and EPC aspects) (ongoing)
  • The awardees of most of the offshore wind tenders (AO3, AO4, AO6, and AO8) launched by the French State, in connection with the implementation of the relevant projects and, in most cases, from the tender phase, as well as bidders for offshore tenders AO5, AO7, and AO9 (ongoing)
  • The lenders to international private equity firm Cinven in connection with the financing of Cinven’s acquisition of Artefact, a global provider of data and artificial intelligence consulting services to leading multinational companies*
  • Eiffel Investment Group on the raising of a €65 million junior financing from TSE*
  • Thoraga Holding and its shareholders, EnergieTeam and Quaero Capital, on a €400 million holdco financing to finance and refinance a portfolio of more than 300 MW of wind assets in France*
  • The lenders on the financing of Automotive Cells Company (ACC), owned by TotalEnergies, Mercedes-Benz AG, and Stellantis, in connection with the development of electric vehicle battery manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, and Italy*
  • EIG, Schroders Capital, and Eiffel Investment Group on a landmark €500 million financing supporting the continued growth of ENERPARC AG, a leading developer and operator of utility-scale solar parks and battery energy storage systems (BESS)*
  • The lenders on Electra’s €433 million green loan financing. Electra, a leading European electric vehicle charging operator backed by Eurazeo and PGGM, will use the financing to accelerate its expansion across Europe*
  • The lenders on Dunkirk LNG’s refinancing*
  • The lenders on the refinancing of the existing indebtedness of Molgas Energy Holding, a subsidiary of Infravia Capital Partners and European leader for LNG supply*
  • Eolien Maritime France in connection with the development and financing of the Saint Nazaire (480 MW) offshore wind farm awarded by the French State, a market-first for a French offshore wind project (Saint-Nazaire Financing — European Offshore Wind Deal of the Year, PFI Awards 2019) and its subsequent refinancing (Saint-Nazaire Financing — Refinancing Deal of the Year – Offshore Wind, IJ Global Awards)*
  • Meridiam and Allego on refinancing an existing €170 million credit facility, increasing it to €400 million*
  • Powerdot on the obtention of €165 million in green financing from ABN Amro, BNP Paribas, ING, MUFG Bank, Santander, and Société Générale to significantly bolster its ambitious goal of further deploying ultra-fast power charging points*
  • Zeplug, the French leader in condominiums electric vehicles (EV and PHEV) charging solutions (B2C segment) and increasingly active in the office building sector (B2B segment) and its shareholder ICG on the financing provided to it by NEoT Green Mobility, an investment platform specialized in providing turnkey financing solutions for low emission mobility assets, and Rivage Investment, an independent asset manager*
  • Rubis Terminal Infra on the refinancing of its existing financial indebtedness consisting of (i) high-yield notes which have been issued for a maximum amount of €410 million and (ii) a €75 million revolving credit facility*

Transportation

  • The lenders on the refinancing of the junior debt of Akiem Holding SAS*
  • The lenders on Akiem’s €285 million junior debt raising to support its growth across European markets, as well as advising creditors and new debt investors on the €1 billion refinancing of Akiem’s senior debt platform*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm

Bar Qualification

  • Avocat (Paris)

Education

  • Master 2 in Banking and Finance, University of Montpellier, 2018

Languages Spoken

  • English