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Rachel Campbell

Rachel Campbell is qualified under both English and French law and is admitted to the Geneva Bar as an EU practicing lawyer. With over two decades of experience, she advises on complex cross-border transactions across the energy, natural resources, infrastructure, and finance sectors.

She regularly acts for banks, trading houses, project sponsors, and developers in matters involving trade and commodity finance, oil and gas, mining, ECA-backed financings, and renewable energy projects. Rachel is particularly recognized for her deep expertise in emerging markets, especially in Africa.

Her career spans leading international law firms in London, Amsterdam, and Paris, complemented by a secondment to the energy, commodities, and projects legal team of a major French bank between 2008 and 2009.

Rachel holds an MBA from ESSEC, a Bachelor of Laws and French from Trinity College Dublin, and a Master’s in Business Law from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Her reputation is built on a rare blend of cross-jurisdictional legal acumen, industry-specific insight, and strong commercial judgment, positioning her as a trusted adviser to clients navigating sophisticated transactions in the global energy and commodities sectors.

Professional Recognitions:

  • Recognised for Banking and Finance Law in France by Best Lawyers 2022.

  • Ranked as a ‘Next Generation Lawyer’ for Banking & Finance in Legal 500 EMEA 2021.

  • “Rachel Campbell is a good partner. She has a pragmatic approach and tries hard to meet the parties’ expectations.” Legal 500 EMEA 2020.

  • Mentioned as one of the 100 most influential French-speaking business lawyers in Africa in 2019 by Jeune Afrique

  • Ranked as Highly Regarded for Banking and Project Finance by IFLR1000 2019.

  • Ranked as a Highly Regarded in the Energy industry by IFLR1000 2019.

  • Recommended for Project Finance by Legal 500 EMEA 2019

Relevant Cases

  • Advising a largetrader as lender in relation to the secured financing and restructuring of a Zambian copper mine and complex sub-participation arrangements a subsidiary of a company using AI to carry out metals exploration activities, and the subsequent refinancing following the sale by an Australian sponsor to a Chinese purchaser and related commercial contract arrangements.

  • Advising a large trader in relation to a USD multimillion revolving credit facility granted by several African banks to finance eligible prepayments in several jurisdictions for copper and cobalt secured, inter alia by security in DRC and Zambia.

  • Advising a large trader in connection with prepayments agreements (i) in favour of a Colombian carbon and metallurgy producer, (ii) in favour a Peruvian carbon and metallurgy producer and (iii) refinancings credit agreements with a leading European bank.

  • Advising a large trader in relation to a bid in relation to a USD multimillion prepayment facility and limited recourse loan facility in favour of a French metals producer for the supply of Lithium.

  • Advising a large trader in relation to a USD multimillion coal borrowing base credit facility granted by a south African bank and a syndicate of lenders.

  • Advising a syndicate of banks in relation to a secured USD multimillion prepayment facility granted to a large metals trader and offtake arrangements with a South African mine.

  • Advising a major French bank in relation to financing and commercial contract arrangements with a Swiss based marketing arm of a Moroccan based mining group.

  • Advising a major French bank as buyer, in connection with (i) a contract for the sale and purchase of silver by the buyer of the copper, silver and gold, (ii) a prepayment agreement, and (iii) a debt service undertaking provided by a Chinese sponsor.

  • Advising European banks, in connection with a senior secured EUR multimillion Soda Ash prepayment facility, in favour of a metals trader.

  • Advising a leading French bank in relation to the prefinancing of a global commodity material technology and recycling group.

  • Advising a major European bank in relation to a USD multimillion limited recourse prepayment loan agreement for a Geneva based trader.

  • Advising a major French bank in relation to the financing of a prepayment for Magnesium concentrate for a large metals trader.

  • Advising an oil trader in relation to a USD multimillion revolving prepayment facility for the purchase of Crude with the SNPC and secured refinancing and intercreditor arrangements.

  • Advising an oil trading company in relation to prepayment and other commercial contract arrangements with a Gabonese refinery and refinancing arrangements with a major French bank.

  • Advising a large oil trader under a framework financing with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (“NNPC”) and marketing agreement.

  • Advising a syndicate of seven banks in relation to a multimillion committed working capital and overdraft facility for a Ghana based company with guarantors in France and Singapore, secured by goods and receivables to finance the prepayment, storage, processing, hedging and transportation of Ghana cocoa beans (including several sub-limits and CAD mechanics).

  • Advising a major French bank and the other mandated lead arrangers on the refinancing of a EUR multimillion syndicated pre-export facility for a Beninese company in relation to the several cotton crops in Benin.