Derivatives and structured finance
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Hall of fameClifford Chance
Jonathan Lewis specialises in securitisation, structured finance, banking, derivatives and real estate finance.
Since 2010, Jonathan has had a strategic role in advising EFSF / ESM in relation to the resolution of the euro area sovereign debt crisis.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Addleshaw Goddard
Julien Bacus is a partner in the Finance group of Addleshaw Goddard’s Paris office.
Julien Bacus is a recognized lawyer in the field of finance, capital markets and structured finance. Julien advises in respect of a wide range of financing activities in relation to a number of asset classes. He focuses, in particular, on derivative transactions covering different types of underlying assets. Julien has more specific experience in documenting these types of contracts as well as advising on issues relating to netting, collateral, the role of clearing houses and the implementation of new regulations applying to these products.
Julien's activity is also oriented towards restructuring. He advises his clients in financial difficulty on the restructuring of derivative transactions. He is also used to work with his clients on pre-litigation matters linked to derivative and structured finance transactions. In addition, he has extensive experience in the hedging of financing transactions (LBOs in particular) as well as financial regulation.
Julien has developed expertise with his clients in issuing debt products and various types of structured products. In this respect, he has been working both for different types of issuers, including financial institutions, corporates and sovereign entities.
Julien is also a University Professor associated at Le Mans University (Professeur des Universités associé) where he teaches financial and corporate law.
Linklaters
Partner
Patrice leads the firm’s Paris office structured finance group. He advises investment banks, private equity and debts funds, fintech companies and asset managers on structured finance deals, covered bonds and securitisations. These deals include Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS), Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS), Asset-Backed Securities (ABS), Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP), project bonds, and whole business and synthetic securitisations. More recently, Patrice has advised on portfolio sales.
Patrice also has in-depth knowledge of European regulation applying to securitisation deals.
Vincent Hatton
Herbert Smith Freehills LLPThomas Vogel
Latham & WatkinsThomas Vogel is a partner in the Paris and Frankfurt offices of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Vogel leads the Structured Finance and Derivatives Practices and the Fintech Industry Group in Paris. He is also a member of the Financial Regulatory Practice and the Global Digital Assets & Web3 Practice.
Mr. Vogel regularly acts for global financial services firms, investment managers, hedge and investment funds, sovereign funds, and UHNW individuals. He advises on structured finance transactions, alternative investment structures across asset classes including structured strategic equity solutions, structured fixed-income transactions (delivered in synthetic format through derivatives instruments or in funded format through debt securities), strategic contingent hedging transactions, regulatory capital and synthetic risk transfer transactions, NPL portfolio transfers, synthetic credit, fund, energy, catastrophe and longevity derivatives, structured repo, and stock-lending transactions.
Mr. Vogel also advises emerging companies, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), financial institutions, and investment managers on complex regulatory challenges in the development of bespoke financial crypto-asset and cryptocurrency technologies or DeFi market solutions including token sales, trading, refinancing, clearing, and settlement solutions on distributed ledger technology. He also advises clients on domestic and cross-border cutting-edge Fintech initiatives. He has also advised numerous corporates on innovative NFT and semi-NFT projects.
Mr. Vogel regularly advises clients on financial regulatory issues (including in the crypto space) and pre-contentious financial disputes in the context of mediation, arbitration and litigation procedures, as well as on internal derivatives compliance programs and derivatives clearing documentation.
Mr. Vogel has acquired years of transactional experience in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo both as a private practitioner (with a Magic Circle firm) and senior in-house counsel (with a leading US investment bank in New York). In recent years, he has represented clients in multi-billion dollar structured transactions in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Mr. Vogel is a member of the Frankfurt Bar Association.
Grégory Benteux
CMS Francis LefebvreHubert Blanc-Jouvan
Ashurst LLPHervé Ékué
Hall of fameA&O ShearmanFabrice Faure-Dauphin
A&O ShearmanNext Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2008, Laurent Vincent specialises in capital markets and structured finance and has recognised expertise in structured products. He regularly advises financial institutions and French and foreign corporates on their issuance, investment, debt-rating and liability management transactions.
Laurent also has a strong expertise in derivatives, structured products and related regulatory and post-market issues. He notably assists financial institutions and commercial companies with the structuration and documentation of their derivative transactions, repos/stock-lending transactions and on the regulatory and documentation issues associated with clearing. More generally, Laurent advises on a wide range of securities issues and on various aspects of stock markets and financial regulations.
Laurent Vincent is recommended in Capital Markets and Derivatives by international legal guides Legal 500, Chambers Global / Europe, Best Lawyers in France and IFLR1000.
Prior to joining Gide's Capital Markets team, Laurent worked for seven years within the International Capital Markets team of a Magic Circle law firm. He holds an LL.M. in Commercial and Financial Law (2008) from King's College London, a Master's Degree in Banking and Financial Law (2006) and a Master's Degree in Business Law (2004) from the University Paris II - Panthéon-Assas. Laurent also holds teaching positions in various master degrees of Sciences Po Paris, Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Paris II - Panthéon-Assas University.
Julien Rocherieux
Clifford ChanceSuzana Sava-Montanari
Latham & WatkinsSuzana Sava-Montanari is a partner in the Paris and London offices of Latham and Watkins. Ms. Sava-Montanari is a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Industry Group and Structured Finance and Derivatives Practices.
Ms. Sava-Montanari regularly advises investors on a wide variety of structured credit, fund-linked or tax driven structures, including securitizations, capital relief trades, cash and synthetic CLOs, public and private debt, hybrid capital market issues, and OTC derivatives. She has also advised banks, sovereigns, and corporates in relation to structuring and implementing their general or finance-linked hedging strategies (FX, interest rate and commodity) or using equity derivatives in strategic transactions.
Ms. Sava-Montanari’s regulatory practice includes advising EU and non-EU financial institutions, asset managers, and corporates with their regulatory compliance requirements under EMIR, including in connection with clearing, margining, and reporting, as well as in their dialogue with the European rule- making bodies.
As part of her pro-bono work, Ms. Sava- Montanari assisted through the Financial Services Volunteer Corps in Washington, D.C., the Albanian Financial Services Authority in preparing its new Investment Funds Law.
She was also one of the leaders of Latham & Watkins’ Women Enriching Business network.
Alexandre Bordenave
CMS Francis LefebvreAlexandre advises financial institutions and their clients in the implementation and negotiation of securitisation and structured finance transactions. Alexandre is very keen on practising law thoroughly and innovatively. His broad and in-depth experience (securitisation, LBO/OBO, trusts, ABL financing, real-estate financing, etc.) significantly enhances his advice.
Alexandre pays special attention to smooth communication between parties and ensures that all the requirements and expectations of the parties, especially those of his clients, are well understood.
Alexandre joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2009
Agathe Motte
Ashurst LLPLeading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Jaime Hall
Latham & WatkinsJaime Hall is an associate in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. Her practice focuses on derivatives, financial regulatory matters, cross-border capital markets transactions, and structured finance.
Ms. Hall has significant experience advising corporates, financial institutions, investment managers, hedge funds, sovereign funds, and high-net worth individuals on a wide variety of derivatives, structured finance, and cross-border capital markets transactions including structuring and implementing general or finance-linked hedging strategies, strategic contingent hedging transactions, strategic equity derivative transactions, securitizations, regulatory capital transactions, international securities offerings, EMTN programs, and trade receivables programs. She represents clients in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
She also advises clients on a wide variety of financial regulatory issues relating to EMIR, MIFID, Dodd-Frank, and AML-FT requirements.
Ms. Hall has transactional experience in Latham's London and Paris offices, having started her career in the London office working in its corporate and finance departments. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Hall worked as a project manager for an international non-governmental organisation, managing and designing media and civil society projects funded by the EU, the United Nations, and international agencies.
Fabien Jacquemard
Clifford ChanceGuillaume Malaty
LinklatersLaure Seror
OrrickClément Vandevooghel
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.Aurélien Fournier
Ashurst LLPCaroline Marion
A&O ShearmanVincent Poilleux
Gibson Dunn