Jean-Baptiste Verlhac
Jean-Baptiste's practice focuses on town planning and construction law, public business law, real estate and environmental law.
Jean-Baptiste advises French and international clients on these matters, in connection with real estate and infrastructure transactions (acquisitions and financing), project development and construction projects, as well as industrial sites remediation.
He also specialises in regulated sectors law, as well as in public contracts law, both in advice and litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Jean-Baptiste first practiced in a French boutique firm specializing in public business law and regulatory law, then in the Urban – Energy – Environment department of a leading French law firm.
Jean-Baptiste is a member of the Paris Bar. He is fluent in French and English.
Background
Jean-Baptiste holds a Master 2 in Public Law from the Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II.
He is a laureate of the Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II competition in constitutional law.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- leading domestic companies on real estate, environmental and town planning aspects for the acquisition and sale of wind farms and solar parks in France
- SNCF Réseau on regulatory, environmental and town planning aspects related to the conclusion of the first management transfer agreements for so-called "local interest" railway lines
- a foreign multinational company on real estate, regulatory, environmental and town planning aspects in connection with the acquisition of a company specializing in mechanical, hydraulic & composite engineering
- IZIVIA, an EDF subsidiary specializing in the installation and operation of self-service charging stations for electric vehicles, in connection with the shutdown of part of its network of charging stations, and negotiations with its partners for the relaunch of the network's operation
- alternative energy suppliers and their representatives in connection with challenges to regulated electricity tariffs before the French administrative courts
