Finance & Financial Services

Supporting the development and transformation of the financing ecosystem. Our team of over twenty lawyers acts on behalf of companies, banks, investment and debt funds, mutual insurers, insurance companies, etc., in both domestic and international transactions, across a wide range of transactions, from acquisition financing to project / public-private partnership (PPP) financing and renewable energy financing, as well as real estate and disintermediated financing (bond financing, SSD/NSV, EMTN, TCN...).
Against the backdrop of a transforming European credit model, marked by the development of "market" financing, we assist our clients in implementing these new formats and practices.
In addition to its "transactional" practice, the Financing team also has a strong advisory activity in the "financial services" sector (rules governing the activities of regulated entities), on behalf of numerous types of financial sector players and financial institutions (banks, mutual insurance companies, investment and payment service providers, fintechs, etc.). Backed by our international network of partner firms, our lawyers are active notably in Europe, the United States, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Our services
The team is involved in infrastructure and PPP financing, advising developers, lenders (banks and bondholders) and/or investors on infrastructure projects conducted at both the State and local authority level, particularly in the transport, environmental, education, telecom, energy and "social" infrastructure sectors.
The team assists lenders, funds and other financial institutions, as well as developers (sponsors) in arranging greenfield and brownfield financing for renewable energy projects (wind, photovoltaic, biomass, methanization, etc.). We are regularly involved in the legal and tax structuring of financing transactions (senior debt, mezzanine, bridge loan) and in preparing the contractual documentation.
We assist lenders and borrowers in the legal and tax structuring of their financing transactions and in negotiating and drafting the contractual documentation relating to acquisition and LBO transactions (credit, bridge, mezzanine) in support of our M&A and Private Equity teams.
The team works alongside lenders and borrowers in drafting and negotiating credit documentation for real estate financing (share and asset deals): loan agreements, intercreditor agreements, security interests.
We advise lenders and borrowers on asset financing (transport, industrial equipment, etc.), particularly in the structuring of domestic and cross-border recourse or non-recourse transactions and deconsolidating arrangements.
Disintermediated formats (standalone bonds or EMTN sub-programs, German law formats (SSD/NSV) and negotiable debt securities) are increasingly used as a substitute for or complement to traditional bank financing - most types of assets (corporate loans, real estate financing, acquisition financing) are concerned. The team advises both issuers and underwriters on the implementation of these transactions, capitalizing on its lawyers’ experience and expertise in market instruments and related contractual techniques.
Our firm's size, our close relationships with expert financial services consulting firms, and our large client base of financial institutions, particularly mutual insurers, explain the historical and very active development of our financial services teams and expertise. Covering a wide range of services and providers (banking, investment and payment services, asset management, insurance, etc.), our financial services expertise is especially relevant and sought-after in the current context of profound regulatory change, particularly at the European level, in these highly regulated sectors (emergence of fintechs, alternative financiers, etc.).
Our experts in financing law & financial services

Joanna Candelier
Joanna Candelier
Langue(s) parlé(es) : French, Polish, English
Area of expertise
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions Finance & Financial Services
Blandine Bochaton Chamot
Blandine Bochaton Chamot
Area of expertise
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions Finance & Financial Services
Harold Forestier
Harold Forestier
Langue(s) parlé(es) : English
Area of expertise
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions Business Restructuring & Turnaround Finance & Financial Services
Arnaud Dumont
Arnaud Dumont
Area of expertise
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions Finance & Financial Services
Christian Fournier
Christian Fournier
Area of expertise
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions Business Restructuring & Turnaround Finance & Financial Services
Geoffrey Burrows
Geoffrey Burrows
Langue(s) parlé(es) : English
Area of expertise
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions Finance & Financial Services