Arnaud Bélisaire is an excellent lawyer. Always available and brings innovative ideas to negotiations.

The Legal 500 EMEA France, 2024

Arnaud Bélisaire has over 20 years of experience advising project developers, utilities, investment funds and financial institutions on project development, acquisition and financing transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors in France and francophone Africa. He advises clients on matters related to corporate, property, regulatory, contracts (including PPA, concession agreements), share purchase agreements, and turnkey and turbine supply agreements.

Arnaud focuses largely on wind power, solar photovoltaic, biomass and interconnections projects, as well as changing regulations and the emergence of new subsectors such as e-mobility, hydrogen, corporate PPAs and behind-the-meter solutions.

He is involved in the works of the photovoltaic commission SOLER and is a member of the solar power association Enerplan. He also is involved in the work of the France Renouvelables (former France Energie Eolienne) committees and the Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables (SER).

Prior to joining Bracewell, Arnaud was a partner and co-head of the Paris energy practice at an international law firm.