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Sylvain Dhennin
Work Department
Corporate & Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Sylvain Dhennin is a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice. Sylvain has a broad practice across corporate, capital markets, and finance transactions. Sylvain advises private equity sponsors, funds, financial institutions, and corporates on a wide range of transactions, including public and private debt and equity securities offerings, acquisitions, disposals, capital raisings, leveraged finance transactions, High Yield bond offerings, Term Loan B, and restructurings across Europe.
Sylvain is ranked as one of the leading practitioners in his field by several leading directories, including Legal500 and IFLR. According to Legal500, clients recognize Sylvain for his “long and rich experience and deep knowledge, yet still a humble and down-to-earth approach” and describe his practice as “dedicated, well-staffed, business-oriented and very responsive”. Sylvain also heads Hogan Lovells’ High Yield practice in Europe.
Languages
English, French, and German.
Education
Law Degree, Oxford University.
Law Degree, Paris II Pantheon-Assas.
LL.M., New York University School of Law.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > High yield
(Leading individuals)Hogan Lovells International LLP acts for both issuers and banks in high yield bond transactions, whether new issuance or restructuring, and it has particular strength in deals by companies in the hospitality, real estate, automotive and aviation sectors. Practice head Sylvain Dhennin is the specialist high yield partner. He advised banks including HSBC, Société Générale and Barclays on the issuance of €300m unsecured in sustainability-linked senior notes by Rexel. DCM partner Andrew Carey is head of the sustainable finance and investment practice, which sees him play a key role in ESG-related high yield bond transactions, including the Rexel deal. Dhennin also acted for a issuer Cinven in a €550m deal to finance the acquisition of Arcaplanet.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Trade finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Transport > Rail
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders