Adil Kourtih

Managing Associate

Paris

Adil Kourtih is an Infrastructure and Energy Associate in Orrick's Paris office with a focus on project development, project financing and public law.

Adil is an associate who focuses on the development, construction and acquisition of projects in the energy and infrastructure sector. He has extensive experience of advising on complex infrastructure projects and corporate PPAs, including notably the structuring / bankability analysis of project agreements and regulatory / public law aspects.

Adil advises clients on public law and highly specific regulatory issues, as well as on transactional matters (analysis and drafting of concession agreements, EPC, O&M, PPAs, etc).

Prior to joining Orrick, Adil worked for two leading law firms in Paris.

Adil is also Teacher/Lecturer in Law at the Ecole Normale Supérieure preparatory class of Lycée Turgot and at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

    • Renault Group on the structuring, negotiation and signing (with Voltalia) of the largest corporate PPA ever signed in France (350 MWp)
    • Dombasle Energie on a greenfield heat (181 MW) and electricity (17,5 MW) facility project on one of Solvay’s industrial site in France, including the review and negotiation of the suite of project documents (offtake, EPC, O&M, Fuel supply and ancillary agreements) as well as permitting and other regulatory aspects including green energy certificates (deal value: EUR 225 million)
    • ArcelorMittal in respect of a PPA (including for the sale of power generated from the gas turbine unit) relating to a gas processing facility producing multiple utilities, including captive heat, wind and electricity, on an industrial site in France