Adrien Fourmon is in charge of our Public Law, Energy, and Environment practice and brings extensive regulatory experience in this area.
He was a partner at Huglo-Lepage & Associés from January 2014 to December 2017, before becoming legal head of structured finance in the Energy, Environment, and Real Estate Financing Department at BPIfrance Financement from 2018 to 2020.
Adrien Fourmon mainly acts on advisory and audit matters as well as litigation advice in public economic law and business law in the energy and environment sectors, and in project finance, in particular with banks, investors, developers, local authorities, national and local public institutions, and private companies partnering with public entities.
Adrien is involved in training activities, as well as in research and development of law in many fields by regularly participating in the drafting of codes or doctrines.
Skills
Lawyer since : 2007
Bar. : Paris
Language(s) : French - English
Training :
- CAPA, 2007
- Specialized Master – ESSEC, 2004
- LLM – University of Nottingham, 2003
Publications
- The greening of State aid: the new guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy – Energy – The greening of State aid: the new guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy – Énergie – Environnement – Infrastructures, 01/06/2022
- Biobased products have a place in the life cycle analysis and in the RE2020 – Le Moniteur, 24/06/2022
- The adoption of a regulatory framework for hydrogen – Destination climat, 04/01/2022
- The Renewable Energy Law Review: France – The Law Reviews, 2021
- EPR in the building sector: a waiting game – Batinfo.com, 02/16/2022
- Smart building: solutions to reduce the consumption of local authority buildings – Smart City Mag n°43, Décémbre 2021
- Contrôle des investissements étrangers : protéger l’innovation des énergies renouvelables – Journal de l’éolien, 01/12/2021
- Transition énergétique – Vers un nouveau durcissement progressif de la réglementation encadrant la rénovation énergétique des bâtiments – Loyers et Copropriété, 01/12/2021
- Two views: New Playing Field – European American Chambers of Commerce, 11/14/2021
- Documents d’urbanisme : les objectifs zan contraints par des délais serrés – Le Moniteur, 12/11/2021
- The fight against artificialisation will require planning – Le Moniteur, 22/10/2021
- The Climate and Resilience Act prohibits the construction of new commercial premises that lead to the artificialisation of land – Le Monde du Droit, 08/30/2021
Jeantet advises Pitch Immo on the acquisition of Groupe XF
Paris, August 2, 2022, Jeantet has advised Pitch Immo, a brand of the Altarea Group, on the acquisition of Groupe XF. Based in Toulouse, Groupe XF is a developer and planner specialising in new real estate in Occitania. As part of Pitch Immo’s growth plan in regional cities, this operation will enable it to offer […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | REAL ESTATE | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS
Jeantet advises ØRSTED on the acquisition of german wind turbine developer and operator OSTWIND
Paris, July 25, 2022, Jeantet has advised the Danish group Ørsted on the acquisition of the French business and portfolio of the German group Ostwind, developer, owner and operator of wind and photovoltaic farms, for an enterprise value of €689 million. With the acquisition of Ostwind, Ørsted enters the German and French markets and expands […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | ENERGY | REAL ESTATE | FINANCING | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY
The greening of State aid: the new guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy – Energy – The greening of State aid: the new guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy – Énergie – Environnement – Infrastructures, 01/06/2022
After a prior consultation phase and an impact assessment, new guidelines on state aid for climate, environmental protection and energy were adopted by the European Commission on January 27, 2022. These new public support rules focused on climate action and ecological transition represent a paradigm shift and prioritize the decarbonization of the economy.
Paris | RENEWABLE ENERGY – RE | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
Biobased products have a place in the life cycle analysis and in the RE2020 – Le Moniteur, 24/06/2022
Pour le Conseil d’Etat (CE, 29 mars 2022, n° 457143), la primeur donnée en pratique à certains matériaux dans le neuf ne soulève pas de problème de constitutionnalité.
Paris | REAL ESTATE | ENVIRONMENT
Jeantet advises Agrofert on the acquisition of Borealis’ nitrogen production business.
Paris, June 7, 2022 – Jeantet and the Austrian law firm Wolf Theiss have advised the Agrofert group, a European leader in the production of nitrogen fertilizers, on the acquisition of Borealis’ nitrogen production business, which includes fertilizers, melamine and technical nitrogen. The offer values Borealis’ “nitrogen” business on an enterprise value basis of EUR […]
Paris, Franco-German team | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | EMPLOYMENT | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY | IP, TECH & DATA | REAL ESTATE | COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC LAW | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS
Jeantet advises The Surgical Compagny Group (TSC GROUP) in connection with the sale of its distribution business in France and Benelux to Duomed Group
Paris, June 2, 2022 – Jeantet advised TSC Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of specialized medical equipment and devices, in connection with the sale of its distribution business in France and Benelux to Duomed Group, a pan-European distributor of medical supplies. The TSC Group, which also includes the Medtech OEM business (via TSC PTM […]
Paris, Franco-German team | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | TAX | EMPLOYMENT | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY | IP, TECH & DATA | REAL ESTATE | COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC LAW | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS
The adoption of a regulatory framework for hydrogen – Destination climat, 04/01/2022
In the first issue of Destination Climat, Adrien Fourmon discusses the challenges of the new regulatory framework for hydrogen. “The hydrogen market is in the process of defining its legal framework, while many local authorities are planning to set up hydrogen production and distribution infrastructures on their territory. Following European advances, France is progressively adopting […]
Paris | ENVIRONMENT | RENEWABLE ENERGY – RE
Jeantet advises Getinge on the contemplated acquisition of Fluoptics, a leader in fluorescence imaging as an aid to surgery
Paris, 3 May 2022 – Jeantet has advised the Swedish listed global medical technology company Getinge AB (publ), with respect to the contemplated acquisition via its French subsidiary Getinge Infection Control SAS of 100% of the shares and voting rights of Fluoptics SAS a leader in fluorescence imaging as an aid to surgery. The transaction […]
Paris | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | IP, TECH & DATA | FINANCING | REAL ESTATE
The Renewable Energy Law Review: France – The Law Reviews, 2021
Introduction France is on track to set up and implement its decarbonisation framework. It benefits from decarbonised electricity, the energy-generating mix being made up of nuclear power and renewable sources as well as fossil fuels. Hydropower is predominant historically and constitutes the main source of renewable energy for electricity in France, with over 25GW installed […]
Paris | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
EPR in the building sector: a waiting game – Batinfo.com, 02/16/2022
Opinion column by Adrien Fourmon on the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for construction products or materials in the building sector (PMCB), which has just reached an important milestone with the publication of application decree no. 2021-1941 of December 31, 2021, published in the Journal Officiel on January 1, 2022.
Paris | ENERGY TRANSITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Smart building: solutions to reduce the consumption of local authority buildings – Smart City Mag n°43, Décémbre 2021
Contribution of Adrien Fourmon for Smart City Mag n°43 in the file “Smart building: solutions to reduce the consumption of the real estate of the communities”.
| URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT LAW
Contrôle des investissements étrangers : protéger l’innovation des énergies renouvelables – Journal de l’éolien, 01/12/2021
The recent decree of September 10, 2021 is an opportunity to revisit the foreign direct investment (FDI) policing system. Through this reform, R&D activities involving renewable energy production technologies benefit from a form of control designed to ensure the protection of activities that are essential to guarantee the greening of the French energy mix. Thus, […]
Paris | ENERGY | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS