Aymeric Voisin

Aymeric Voisin

Energy & Infrastructure Counsel, Paris

“I guide clients through complex projects involving critical minerals, decarbonisation, and energy transition. With a diverse international footprint, I have advised on mining, EV infrastructure, and hydrogen export projects across Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia.”

Overview

Education and qualifications

Overview

Aymeric has over 15 years’ expertise advising on complex development, financing, sale and purchase of assets across the energy, infrastructure and mining sectors.

Co-leader of our Mining sector, Aymeric has particular expertise in advising on critical minerals projects, associated infrastructure and decarbonisation transactions across Africa, Europe and Asia and is also involved in the battery value-chain.

His experience also includes complex energy transition projects such as hydrogen export projects and large scale infrastructure PPPs.

Aymeric has a wide international experience having been seconded to the Linklaters Hong Kong office and JBIC in Tokyo, and he also lived and worked in Algeria.

Aymeric was distinguished as “Project Lawyer of the Year” in the 2024 Africa Legal Power List rankings from Africa Business Plus and Jeune Afrique.

Work highlights

Aymeric has led or been a key adviser on several innovative, first in market and large-scale transactions. These include advising on:

  • Landmark mining and associated infrastructure projects, including: 
    • Rio Tinto on the US15bn Simandou iron ore and infrastructure project in Guinea;
    • the Lobito Corridor project across Algeria and Zambia;
    • ArcelorMittal on its Liberia iron ore and associated infrastructure project;
    • Rio Tinto on the renewal of its partnership with the government of Madagascar regarding the QMM Ilmenite Project;
    • Fortescue on the Belinga iron ore mine in Gabon;
    • MMG Limited on its DRC copper and cobalt projects;
    • the sponsors of the Franceville manganese mine in Gabon; and
    • ongoing lithium acquisitions in Africa and Europe.
  • EV and Battery infrastructure projects including the first-in-market EV Charging network to be project financed for Allego-Meridiam and on several EV related projects in Europe;
  • Hydrogen export projects including a joint venture between TE H2 and VERBUND for the implementation of a significant Green Hydrogen Project in Tunisia;
  • CWP’s H2 Mauritania project;
  • an ammonia export scheme in Djibouti and Ethiopia;
  • Several rail and road PPP projects in France including the EUR4bn Tours-Bordeaux and EUR 1.7bn Nimes-Montpellier high speed railways as well as Port PPPs in Africa;
  • Numerous conventional and renewables power projects in the Middle East (Facility-D in Qatar, Suez Wind in Egypt) and Africa (Taza Wind Farm in Morocco, Azito in Ivory Coast).

Education and qualifications

Aymeric was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2006; he studied law at University Paris X and Paris XI and lectured Business at ESCP-EAP.