Marie-Bénédicte DESVALLON is admitted both as an English Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales (Common law) and as an Avocat at the Paris Bar (Civil Law). Expert UN- ECE du groupe de travail sur les normes des PPP d electrification rurale hors reseau UICN Expert - Commission Droit et politiques environnementales Fouding partner of WAT & LAW dedicated to :- PFI/PPP projects in energy, water and natural resources, biodiversity notably in Africa and UK.- Public affairs Before working in private practice, she has worked as in-house counsel for BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION in London, THALES and ALSTOM POWER in France and UK. Graduated :- College of Law :electives: acquisitions, banking & debt finance and commercial- International business law (France and in Austria)- International management (French –Chinese relationships).- Public law licence