Audrey Alevina

Founding partner

audrey@alevinapartners.com
+31 621 898 554
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Audrey is the principal and founding partner with 20+ years of experience in M&A and project finance, focusing on energy, natural resources, and transport sectors, especially in Africa and emerging markets. She is known for her technical excellence and practical advice.

Audrey is the principal and founding partner with 20+ years’ experience advising infrastructure funds and private equity sponsors on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, Audrey is a seasoned project finance practitioner.

Her vast range of industry experience has seen her advising sovereign funds and financial sponsors, on the development and financing of infrastructure projects, as well as navigating complex projects and structured lending transactions.

With a specialist focus on the energy, natural resources, and transport sectors, Audrey’s clientele includes a diverse range of corporates, infrastructure entities and private equity funds, whom she advises on their most high-profile transactions.

Her practice extends globally, with a particular emphasis on Africa and other emerging markets. In recent years, Audrey has played a pivotal role in some of the most significant platform M&A transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors in these regions.

Clients commend Audrey for her professional demeanour and ability to seamlessly integrate technical excellence with commercial, pragmatic advice.

Alevina & Partners is often retained for key strategic financial and infrastructure projects in Gabon the region (below some of our public disclosed projects):

  • Alevina & Partners advises the commodities trader GUNVOR on the $1 billion financing of the Gabon National Oil company to buy oil producer Assala from the Carlyle Group.(2024)
  • Alevina & Partners advises DEUTSCHE BANK as part of their investment of €100 million in Gabon Republic bridge infrastructure project. (2024)
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists AFREXIM BANK as part of their $450 million investment of in the Economic Zone of Gabon, Togo and Benin (Arise IIP). (2023)
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists NATURE CONSERVENCY as part of their investment of $500 million Gabon Republic EUROBOND BLUE BOND. (2023)
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists BANK OF AMERICA NEW YORK and BANK OF AMERICA LONDON as part of their investment of $500 million Gabon Republic EUROBOND BLUE BOND. (2023)
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists CESCE – SANTANDER – as part of their investment of €100 million in the AIRBUS aircraft. (2023)
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists the Gabon Sovereign Wealth Fund in a number of their investments.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists International Finance Corporation (IFC), African Development Bank (AfDB) on a infrastructure project in Gabon.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists African Development Bank (AfDB) and Standard Charted on a infrastructure project in Gabon.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists the consortium UKEF – SANTANDER, as part of their € 50 million investment in the Gabon Republic Road construction in Libreville project.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists BGFI CAPITAL Gabon, BGFI Bank as part of their investment some Mining Concession (2022-2024).
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists Afrexim’s Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) as part of their $85 million investment in Arise IIP industrial Park- Nkok.(2022)
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists BW OFFSHORE in their negotiation with the State of Gabon.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION (IFC) and PROPARCO as part of their investment in the Gabon Railway Concession.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists ORANJE NAUSSAU ENERGIE and DYAS on merger & acquisition transaction in Gabon.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists UKEF SANTANDER, as part of their €50 million investment in Gabon Road construction in Libreville project (Phase 1).
  • Alevina & Partners advises CAPRICORN in their attempt of merger&acquisition transaction with TULLOW oil.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists the consortium the Consortium AIIM and CDC United Kingdom (new BII) in their acquisition of a stake in Libreville Airport Concession.
  • Alevina & Partners advises PROPARCO, as part of their investment in a infrastructure project and mining concession CIMAF.
  • Alevina & Partners advises ORANJE NAUSSAU ENERGIE in their negotiation with the State of Gabon in the acquisition of some oil fields.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists STOA in connection with its acquisition of shares in the capital of GSEZ PORT GABON.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists AFREXIM BANK on the refinancing of the Mineral Port of Owendo.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists BGFI Capital, BGFI Bank Gabon and AFREXIM, as part of their investment in a Gabonese mining company.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists GUARANTCO (UK) in a local currency credit enhancement through the first corporate bonds issued by Gabon Special Economic Zone SA in the CEMAC region Nkok.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists the private bank Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) as part of its € 180 million investment in the OYEM STADIUM.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists the private bank Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) as part of its € 72 million investment in the PORT-GENTIL STADIUM.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists China Construction Bank Corporation (“CCB”), Beijing Branch as part of their investment in the Gabon Stadium Libreville projects.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists the consortium of private banks lead by AFREXIM bank as part of its € 250 million investment in GSEZ Mineral Port.
  • Alevina & Partners advises and assists the consortium of private banks BDEAC (“Banque de Développement des Etats d’Afrique Centrale”) BGFI Capital, BGFI Gabon, UGB, AFRILAND ECOBANK as part of its € 416 million investment in GSEZ Cargo and container Port.

Professional

Founding Partner
Dhow Advisory – United Arab Emirates

Founding Partner
Alévina & Partners – Law firm (Gabon & United Arab Emirates)

Oil & Gas Industry
United Arab Emirates

Bank Industry
Netherlands

Oil & Gas Industry
Ernst & Young Société d’Avocats

Education

ESSEC Business School
Advanced Master International Business Law and Management

Toulouse I University
Master I, Business Law

Master II, Corporate Law

languages

French – English – Dutch

Audrey Alevina is one of the founding partner of Dhow Advisory, an asset manager based in United Arab Emirates. She is a member of the investment committee.

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