Mr. Fondufe was recognized for his work in the development and financing of oil and gas, petrochemicals, mining and infrastructure projects in Africa.Chambers Global 2012

Clement N. Fondufe

New York | Paris
  • 885 Third Avenue
  • New York, NY 10022-4834
  • USA
 
 

Clement Fondufe is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and the global Chair of the firm's Africa Practice.

Mr. Fondufe's practice focuses on international and domestic corporate, commercial and financial transactions.

Mr. Fondufe has experience representing public, private and state-owned corporate clients (including sovereign wealth funds) in the development and financing of large projects and focuses on the oil, gas, petrochemicals, mining and infrastructure industries.

 Mr. Fondufe's representative experience includes advising:

  • The mandated lead arranger and lenders in connection with the $500 million financing of Phase 1 of the Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone and the development of associated infrastructure, including roads, bridges, railways and seaports
  • Mittal Steel Holdings Limited in connection with the financing of a $1.3 billion iron ore mining development of the LAMCO project in Liberia and the associated rail, warehousing and port infrastructure
  • Mubadala Development Company in connection with the evaluation of an investment in Compagnie de Bauxite de Guinea, a large bauxite mining project in Guinea
  • The Federal Ministry of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in close coordination with other Government agencies, in the structuring and creation of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
  • Large national hydrocarbons company in connection with the development and the structuring of the financing of a joint venture to implement a refinery, ethane craker and world-class petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia. Further representation in the expansion of this project, including the production and marketing of several differentiated specialty petrochemicals products*
  • Development and negotiation of project documents for the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia in connection with the implementation of a project for the design, construction, management, operation and maintenance of a multi-user container port terminal in Saudi Arabia pursuant to a long-term concession agreement

*matter handled while at previous firm