Hogan Lovells strengthens its Corporate & Finance practice in Paris with key hire Romain Marchand

Global Corporate & Finance Practice Group Leader James Doyle said: “We are delighted to welcome Romain to the firm. His appointment demonstrates our ambition and commitment to grow and invest in the energy and infrastructure sectors, which continue to be strategic priorities for the firm.”

Tobias Faber, Global practice lead for the Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects practice area, added: “We are seeing growing demand across all of our regions, particularly in the renewables, energy transition and digital infrastructure markets. Romain is an exciting addition to the team in areas which are increasingly important to our global client-base.”

Xenia Legendre, Office Managing Partner for Paris, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Romain to the Paris office. We expect a lot of synergies with our various stellar practices including our Energy Transition or Private Equity and Funds just to name a few.”

Romain’s practice specializes in key transactional markets including energy, infrastructure, energy transition, digital infrastructure, telecoms and natural resources. He has a strong track record of advising sponsors, investors, lenders, multilateral institutions and contractors on all aspects of their investments, projects and related financings.

Romain said: "I am enthusiastic about contributing to the development of the Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects practice in Paris. Hogan Lovells’ global integrated network, as well as its focus on energy and infrastructure in particular, provides the perfect platform to allow me to support my clients. I’m looking forward to working with the team in Paris and internationally across the exciting markets in which we operate.”