Before founding Lamane Partners, Thierry Diouf began his legal career at the Paris office of the UK law firm Clifford Chance LLP, where he practiced for four years, before joining the Paris office of the US firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where he worked for six years.

Prior to founding Lamane Partners, Thierry advised on numerous high-profile transactions, including:

• Zamani Com on the acquisition of Zamani Telecom (formerly Orange Niger), the second telecom operator in the Republic of Niger, by Orange.
• A consortium of Envol Technology and Sonatel on a public-private partnership with the Société de Gestion de l’Energie de Manantali for the operation of fiber optic pairs.
• The heirs of the late Gabriel Fal on the sale of control of CGF Bourse to a consortium led by LBO France.
• Joliba Capital and LBO France on the creation of a private equity platform in West Africa.
• Yeelen Capital on the entry of the African Development Bank into the Yeelen Financial Fund LLP, a Mauritius-based fund focused on financial services investments.
• GlobalFoundries on its joint venture with STMicroelectronics to build a semiconductor fabrication plant in France.
• Alstom on the acquisition of Bombardier Transport from Bombardier Inc. and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
• AXA Investment Managers on the acquisition of EDF’s stake in the Dunkerque LNG terminal.
• APG on the acquisition of an infrastructure asset portfolio from Ardian.
• OPmobility on the acquisition of Faurecia’s Automotive Exteriors business.
• Latour Capital on the acquisition from Solvay of its barium, strontium, and percarbonate operations in Germany, Spain, and Mexico.
• Auchan on the acquisition of 98 hypermarkets and supermarkets from Groupe Casino.
• BPCE on its strategic partnership with Auchan in Oney Bank.
• Sienna Investment Managers on its strategic partnership with Malakoff Humanis in asset management.
• Sienna Investment Managers on the acquisition of Ver Capital, a portfolio management company in Italy.
• Loxam on the acquisition of Sofranel and Société Cominoise de Location from the Beyens family, two major equipment rental players in Hauts-de-France.
• Ramsay Santé and Ramsay Health Care (UK) Ltd on the merger by absorption of Ramsay Santé by Générale de Santé.
• EDF on its strategic partnership with Enbridge on wind energy projects.
• Rabobank on its strategic partnership with Kleper Cheuvreux in equity brokerage.
• Jacobs Douwe Egberts on the sale of Carte Noire to Lavazza.
• Groupe Les Échos on its majority stake acquisition in Pelham Media Ltd.
• Delta Solar and Aloe Invest on the refinancing of a portfolio of power plants.
• The Republic of Senegal and APIX on the renegotiation of the highway concession granted to Eiffage.

Thierry is fluent in Wolof, Sérère, French, and English.

• Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Master II
• Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Magistère in Economic Activities Law