Anthony Giustini

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Tony Giustini is the senior partner of our global energy, infrastructure and projects practices. His global practice covers investment, development and finance transactions in the power, renewables, sustainability, clean hydrogen, oil and gas, petrochemical, mining, and infrastructure sectors. He served for years as head of the firm's Worldwide Projects Group and Africa Group. Tony is also the leader of the Clean Hydrogen Taskforce (CHT), a group of Clifford Chance lawyers around the globe following the latest in clean H2 regulation, transaction structuring and market developments.

Over more than three decades, Tony has represented developers, investors and lenders in many multisource, complex energy, infrastructure and industrial projects in a variety of sectors, in Europe, Africa and other emerging markets. These include oil and gas pipelines, renewables (including geothermal), gas (including renewable natural gas) and coal fired power plants, LNG, mining and transportation projects. Most recently, he has led or worked on teams assisting clients on several (including GW-scale) clean H2 matters, including in Spain, France, The Netherlands, Morocco and Namibia. As the CHT leader, Tony brainstorms with market players across the upstream, midstream and downstream of the emerging clean H2 value chain, including developers, offtakers, regulators, investors, and lenders.

Tony has several notable rankings, including Chambers (Chambers & Partners) Band 1 in Project & Energy France, and Project Finance Africa-wide. He is also listed in the Legal500 (Legalease Ltd.) Hall of Fame, and IFLR (Delinian Ltd.) across several categories.

Career

Princeton University (AB) 1981

Harvard Law School (JD) 1984

European University Institute (LLM) 1985

Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 1985

Admitted as an attorney-at-law in Washington DC 1988

Admitted as an avocat in Paris 1990

White & Case, lawyer and Partner, Paris and New York 1985

Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2001

Admitted to practice law in Texas 2024

Admitted as an attorney-at-law in Texas 2024

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Languages: French, English, Italian