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Kilian de Cintré
Partner — Energy Transactions & Projects
E: kdecintre@velaw.com T: +44.20.7065.6092
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Partner — Energy Transactions & Projects

Kilian de Cintré

Kilian de Cintré
London
T: +44.20.7065.6092
F: +44.207.065.6001

20 Fenchurch Street
24th Floor
London EC3M 3BY
United Kingdom

E: kdecintre@velaw.com
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Kilian de Cintré

Kilian has extensive experience in acting for sponsors, development finance institutions, commercial lenders and export credit agencies on the development, structuring and financing of complex natural resources, infrastructure and energy projects internationally. Kilian is a native French speaker.

In addition to finance documentation in the context of complex multi-source project financings, Kilian has extensive knowledge of project development and commercial documentation including with respect to complex construction, operation and management, feedstock and supply, offtake, marketing arrangements, vessel charters and conversion contracts.

Experience Highlights

  • Sponsors on the structuring, development and financing of multiple LNG to power and gas hub projects in Brazil

  • Sponsors on the structuring and development of multiple strategic LNG storage and regasification projects in Europe

  • The lenders on the acquisition by Energos Infrastructure of 11 LNG vessels owned by New Fortress Energy (NFE)

  • The buyer in connection with the potential acquisition of an equity interest in a e-methanol production plant to be located in Northern Europe

  • The lenders (ECAs and commercial banks) on the financing of a 9 GWh battery gigafactory to be developed, constructed and operated by Envision AESC in Douai, France

  • Multiple export credit agencies and commercial banks in relation to the $25 billion financing of the Barakah Nuclear Power Project in the UAE

  • The lenders (ECAs and commercial banks) in relation to the SNE deepwater oil project in Senegal

  • A sponsor on the development of an LNG storage and regasification project in Germany

  • The sponsor on the development of an LNG storage and regasification project to be located in the Netherlands

  • The sponsor on the development of an LNG storage and regasification project to be located in the Republic of Ireland

  • The sponsors and ElectroGas in relation to the development and financing of an LNG to power project in Delimara, Malta

  • The lender on the financing of an LNG to power and gas hub project to be located in the state of Para, Brazil

  • The sponsor on the development of an LNG to power project to be located at the Port of Pecém, State of Ceará, Brazil

  • OnCorp on all aspects of the structuring and project development of an LNG storage and regasification terminal to be located at the Port of Suape, Brazil

  • GNA1 and GNA2 on all aspects of the structuring and project development and financing of two natural gas hub and power projects located at the Port of Açu, Brazil

  • The sponsors in connection with the project financing of the CELSE LNG to Power Project in Porto Sergipe, Brazil

  • Arke Energia in connection with the development of the Marlim Azul gas terminal in Brazil

  • Compass in relation to the negotiation of gas supply arrangements in Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • TotalEnergies and OQ in connection with the development and financing of an LNG bunkering project in Oman

  • The lenders on the acquisition by Energos Infrastructure of 11 LNG vessels owned by New Fortress Energy (NFE)

  • New Fortress Energy on the negotiation and documentation of all LNG supply arrangements in connection with natural gas supply and power generation operations in Latin America

  • New Fortress Energy in connection with an LNG to power project in Jamaica

  • GNLQ in connection with the GNL Quintero LNG import terminal in Chile

  • The lenders in connection with an FLNG project in the Gulf of Mexico

  • The lenders in connection with the Woodfibre LNG liquefaction project in Canada

  • The commercial lenders on the acquisition of the gas fired West Burton power plant in the UK

  • SeaOne Holdings in relation to the development and financing of a first of a kind compressed gas to power project in Colombia

  • A sponsor on the negotiation and documentation of charters for its fleet of FSRUs, FSUs and LNG carriers

  • New Fortress Energy in connection with the acquisition of Golar LNG Partners LP and Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. in Brazil

  • The lenders on the acquisition financing of a refinery in Brazil

  • The buyer in relation to the $500 million acquisition of a refinery in the U.S., including advising in relation to crude supply and refined products sale arrangements and pipelines rules and regulation

  • The lenders (ECAs and commercial banks) in relation to the SNE deepwater oil project in Senegal

  • The lenders in connection with the financings of multiple FPSOs chartered by Petrobras

  • The buyer in connection with the potential acquisition of an equity interest in a e-methanol production plant to be located in Northern Europe

  • The sponsor in connection with the development of carbon sequestration project in the USA

  • The lenders (ECAs and commercial banks) on the financing of a 9 GWh battery gigafactory to be developed, constructed and operated by Envision AESC in Douai, France

  • The lenders on a bid for the development, construction and operation of two nuclear power reactors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • GIG on the development and financing of a portfolio of wind and solar power projects in Brazil, including the negotiation of a first-of-a-kind USD denominated PPA

  • The Sovereign Fund of Egypt in connection with the development of a green hydrogen project

  • The World Bank and West African Power Pool in relation to the development and financing of the CLSG transmission line across Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ghana

  • Lenders on the financing of the 2.4GW Dogger Bank A and B offshore wind farms in the UK

  • Lenders on the financing for the 1.1GW Seagreen offshore wind farm in the UK

  • The lenders in relation to the financing of the acquisition by EIG of a biomass power projects portfolio in the UK

  • The lenders in relation to the restructuring of the Kavarna windfarm in Bulgaria

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with the $1 billion acquisition of a global portfolio of renewable power projects

Credentials

  • The University of Law, L.P.C, 2010
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, LLB, 2009
  • Brasenose College, University of Oxford, Diploma in Legal Studies, 2006
  • University of Pantheon Assas (Paris II), Maîtrise en droit, 2006
  • International Financial Law Review (IFLR), “Rising Star” within the EMEA region, 2021
  • Legal 500 UK, Projects, Energy & Natural Resources, 2022 and 2023
  • Recognised as a “Rising Star” for Project Finance and Development, Legal 500 UK, 2023
  • Member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators
  • Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, member of the Energy and Decarbonisation Committee
  • England and Wales
  • French (Native)
  • Co-authored the “Project Finance in Civil Law Jurisdictions” chapter in “International Project Finance Law and Practice”, the Third Edition published by Oxford University Press
  • Co-authored the “Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance” section, UK chapter of Chambers’ Banking and Finance   Global Practice Guide
  • Co-authored an article covering the new public Public-Private Partnerships law in Dubai published in several specialist publications in the Middle East

 

News & Insights

Insight
LNG in Latin America: A Tale of Two Markets

Published by LNG Industry

July 24, 2024
Deals & Cases
Kimmeridge Closes Follow-On Control Investment in Commonwealth LNG
June 26, 2024
Insight
Kilian de Cintré, Vinson & Elkins: "Keeping Clients up to Speed with Regulatory Developments is Essential"

Published by IFLR

Energy Transition
December 5, 2023
Press Release
Vinson & Elkins Enhances London Corporate Practice with Addition of Energy and Infrastructure Partner Kilian de Cintré
November 13, 2023