Rita Lotfi

Associate, Paris

Biography

Overview

Rita Lotfi is an associate in White & Case's Project Development and Finance group in Paris.

Rita works on large-scale transactions and projects in Africa and the Middle East across a range of industry sectors, including mining, oil and gas, energy (conventional and renewable) and infrastructure.

Prior to joining White & Case, Rita worked as an associate in an international law firm in Paris and as a legal advisor in the international legal department of EDF within the Projects & LNG team.

Bars and Courts
Paris Bar
Education
Master's Degree in Economic Law
Sciences Po Paris
Bachelor's Degree in Political, Economic and Social Sciences
The Rabat School of Governance and Economics
Languages
French
English
Arabic

Experience

Rita recently advised on the following matters:

a major mining company on the sale of several mining assets in Congo*;

Svenska on its oil exploitation activities in Ivory Coast*;

a major mining company on its mining investments in Saudi Arabia*;

a major oil and gas company on the sale of several exploration licenses in Burkina Faso*;

a major oil and gas company in the context of a dispute relating to the application of construction and maintenance contracts in relation to a gas processing plant and its related facilities*;

Eramet on the development of a 13MW solar power plant combined with a 8MW storage battery to power the mining operations of its subsidiary, Grande Côte Operations, in Senegal*;

Scatec as the winner of the Tunisian tender for 500MW photovoltaic projects under the concession regime with three solar projects in Tozeur (50MW), Sidi Bouzid (50MW) and Tataouine (200MW)*;

a sponsor on its investment in the project company developing the hydroelectric plant of Kogbedou-Frankonedou in Guinea*;

the sponsors (Quair and Africa Ren) on the development of three solar photovoltaic power plants of 24MW, 18MW and 38 MW in Zano, Dedougou and Kodeni in Burkina Faso*;

the sponsors (Total Eren, Building Energy, Legendre Energie) on the development of three solar photovoltaic plants of 50MW, 25MW and 50 MW in Mali*;

the lenders in the context of the financing of renewable energy supply services to telecommunication towers in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast and Niger*;

the lenders in the context of the financing of a portfolio of solar C&I projects in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal*;

the Gambian government on the development of the extension of the Banjul container port*;

EDF on the development of a 556MW thermal power plant project in Peru*;

the Beninese government in the context of a pre-qualification procedure for an international tender for the design, construction, operation, commissioning, financing and BOOT transfer of a bi-fuel thermal power plan*;

a major oil and gas company in the context of a preliminary analysis of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to a potential floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) project in Senegal*.

*Recent experiences before joining White & Case