Throughout her career, Anne Lapierre has specialized in first-of-their-kind, ground-breaking energy projects and served as a leading voice in renewable energy procurement.
Anne focuses her practice on project development, construction, financing, acquisition and transfer of projects related to both renewable and conventional oil and gas production and infrastructure. She has advised on numerous energy and infrastructure projects across France, Europe and French-speaking Africa. On top of renewables transactions, Anne assists clients on carbon transactions, green hydrogen projects and energy efficiency solutions.
Anne sat for 12 years on the board of France Renouvelables (former France Energie Eolienne, FEE), the French wind association and sits since 2017 as a sustainable development expert on Bertrand Piccard’s Solar Impulse Foundation’s Strategic Committee. She is highly regarded by all French and foreign market players and advises developers and industrial clients, as well as investment funds and banks.
Anne was a leading adviser on the innovative solar industry start-up initiative led by IRENA and TWI aimed at providing freely available “open source” standardized contract documentation designed to simplify solar power transactions.
Anne consistently ranks as a leading lawyer in international legal directories, such as Chambers and The Legal 500, and has been described as bringing a “great business view on all aspects of the market and giving a global view on all deals” (Chambers Europe).
Clients describe her as “talented, knowledgeable and a good team manager who knows to surround herself with an efficient team” (Chambers Europe).
Prior to joining Bracewell, Anne served as the head of the global energy practice of an international law firm.
She is dual qualified to practice in French and English law.
