Jérôme Michel
Jérôme advises public and private sector companies on public contracts, procurement and general public law, and represents them in administrative litigation. He routinely advises on competition law issues, sales of state-owned equity interests and privatizations. He has specialist expertise in regulated industry sectors such as telecoms and energy.
In the energy sector, Jérôme has advised companies and public bodies for over twenty-five years on power generation projects (PPA and IPP) and concession-type projects (BOT and similar), particularly in the field of renewable energy.
Jérôme has also advised numerous governments and companies (in France, Europe, Africa and Latin America) on projects, privatisations, the sale or concession of public assets, and the drafting of laws and their implementing regulations.
- Legal 500 EMEA 2025 – Jérôme Michel is ranked in Administrative & Public law.
Franklin strengthened its public law offering significantly in September 2024 with the addition of Cendrine Delivré from CDE Avocat, bringing to the practice extensive experience in major transport infrastructure projects and energy regulatory issues, particularly in Francophone Africa. Under the leadership of Jérôme Michel and Michel Sapin, the team advises on public procurement, PPPs, concession contracts and regulatory matters in the defence, energy and transport sectors, both in France and abroad.
- Leaders League 2025 – Jérôme Michel is ranked in the Project finance: advising banks or sponsor (Excellent) category of the Promotion, Projects & Infrastructure Guide
- Leaders League 2025 – Jérôme Michel is ranked in the Project financing (Excellent), Natural ressources and renewable energies (Excellent) and International arbitration and litigation (Recommended) categories of the Africa Desk Guide
- Leaders League 2025 – Jérôme Michel is ranked in the State Aids (Highly recommended) and Interest representation (Mapping) of the Competition and Antitrust Guide
- Leaders League 2024 – Jérôme Michel is ranked in the Energy, Environment, Public Authorities & Businesses Guide in the following categories:
- Administrative contracts and related litigation (Excellent)
- Market regulation (Excellent)
- Renewable energy law (Excellent)
- Energy: market regulation (Excellent)
- Public domain (Highly recommended)
- Urban commercial (Highly recommended)
- Urban commercial planning (Highly recommended)
- Classified installations for environmental protection, polluted sites and soil, industrial wastelands (Highly recommended)
- Waste management law (Recommended)
- Environmental litigation (Recommended)
- Jérôme Michel is individually ranked in the US directory Best Lawyers 2025
- University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas : B.A. (Maîtrise) in business and tax law
- Paris Institute of Political Studies, 1985
