Séverine Losembe

Primary Focus & Experience 

Ms. Losembe’s experience includes the representation of financial institutions and project sponsors in domestic and international project and structured financings, with a focus in the power, infrastructure, mining and oil and gas sectors.

Her recent experience includes:

• representation of lenders in the construction debt financing of the $9.5 billion New Terminal One at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York (named 2022 “Americas P3 Deal of the Year” by PFI).
• power projects including financings for Cypress Creek’s 1.6GW portfolio of solar parks; the acquisition by APG of a minority interest in Southern Power’s 2.2GW portfolio of solar and storage capacity projects in the US; Kindle Energy’s 700MW Magnolia gas-fired power plant with hydrogen capability and Brookfield Renewable’s 872MW portfolio of hydroelectric facilities in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia.
• oil & gas transactions including financings for an equity investment in the Port Arthur LNG Project and the acquisition by Energos Infrastructure an international marine LNG infrastructure company, majority-controlled by Apollo-managed funds and minority shareholder New Fortress Energy Inc., of two FSRUs from affiliates of Dynagas.
• mining transactions including the representation of IFC, EDC and the commercial banks in connection with the $300 million project financing of Kinross’ gold mine in Mauritania (named 2020 “African Mining Deal of the Year” by IJGlobal) and K-Exim, K-sure and the commercial lenders in the $2.1 billion long-term financing of the Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém steel mill in Brazil.
• energy transition projects including representation of lenders in a dairy-to-renewable natural gas projects in Indiana with an LCFS credits offtake and other renewable natural gas projects.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Ms. Losembe earned her J.D. from Fordham Law School, cum laude. She received a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University.