Banking – Finance

Our teams put their experience and creativity to work for their clients – credit institutions, insurance companies, debt and investment funds, other financial institutions, non-financial companies and groups, and sovereign states – in banking, finance and insurance law and regulation.

Our team has recognized experience in understanding and mastering the legal and operational aspects of regulated financial institutions and activities, as well as the ecosystem and practices in which financial operations take place.

We assist our clients in over 145 foreign jurisdictions, with the support of partner firms, and have extensive expertise in cross-border transactions.

Our global offering is structured around two business areas, in consulting :

– Financing and financial engineering

– Banking and financial regulation

and a litigation and disciplinary practice.

Financing and financial engineering

– In-depth expertise in a wide range of financing transactions: bilateral or syndicated structured financing (asset-backed and securitization), acquisition financing, leveraged or unleveraged, corporate financing, equity financing, bond issues, asset-backed financing, equity financing, leasing, fund financing, project financing and public-private partnerships in the fields of energy, transport and telecommunications, trade and export credit financing, real estate financing

– Structuring and negotiation of term sheets, step plans, conventional or fiduciary security documents, intercreditor agreements and risk coverage documents

– Implementation of often complex financial transactions or structures requiring expertise in specialized regulations, notably: derivatives, financing transactions involving securities.

Banking and financial regulations

– Advice and assistance to our clients in their relations with their regulatory authorities

– Advice and assistance to our customers in matters of internal control, risk management, risk mapping, governance, compliance, anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, including the drafting of internal procedures, know-your-customer (KYC) audits and regulations applicable to our professional customers, both in France and abroad.

– Drafting/adaptation of contractual documents

– Assisting our customers in drafting and negotiating contracts with their suppliers

– Assisting and advising our customers in the structuring and distribution of banking, insurance or financial instrument products for institutional or non-professional investors, covering customer prospecting, product marketing, specialized credit, payment instruments, online banking and financial services, as well as UCITS and FIAs

– Judicial, regulatory and disciplinary pre-litigation and litigation.