Mr Alexander Premont > Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP
17 AVENUE MATIGNON
CS30027
75378 PARIS
France
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Work Department

Banking

Position

Partner

Career

Alexander Premont regularly advises financial institutions, alternative credit providers, corporates and private equity sponsors on acquisition/leveraged financings (particularly in the insurance, hotel, and transportation industries), asset and insurance financings.

Alexander has a breadth of leverage product knowledge (including European and U.S. Term Loan B (TLB), covenant-lite, PIK, unitranche, super senior structures and pari high-yield bond transactions).

Alexander is regularly involved in a broad range of asset financings, representing banks, equity investors, lessors, and lessees. Asset sectors include aircraft/business-jets, ships/super-yachts, rail, other big ticket assets, and real estate.

Additionally, Alexander advises a number of banks and insurance market participants on finance facilities supporting their funds at Lloyd’s and other insurance/reinsurance financings. Alexander has been involved in the financing of several insurance M&A transactions and has developed extensive experience in the regulated area of insurance company financings.

Languages

English, French

Memberships

Franco – British Lawyers Society

Education

LL.B (Hons), Sheffield Hallam University, 2005; L.P.C., Inns of Court School of Law, London; Masters, University of Paris XII

Lawyer Rankings

France > Aviation finance

(Leading partners)

Alexander Premont – Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP assists leading French banks on export credit agency-supported financings, acquisition financing and disposals of individual and aircraft portfolios. The team has a strong knowhow advising on French and Japanese tax-leasing transactions of commercial aircrafts operated by major French airline companies, while also advising on the financing of private jets. Alexander Premont leads the team, supported by senior associates Tam Guerout ,  Alexandre Salem and Stephanie Saunders .

France > Banking and finance: transactional work

(Leading partners)

Alexander Premont – Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP  has a strong involvement alongside leading French financial institutions (the firm is on the panel of many of the world’s leading banks) while also assisting corporations and alternative lenders. The practice regularly advises on the setting up of mid to large corporate loans and refinancing deals (term loans and RCF notably) and is also renowned for its excellent mid-cap acquisition finance and LBO finance expertise. Its range of involvement also extends to property and asset financing. The team is co-headed by  Sabine Bironneau-Loy and Alexander Premont, and also includes Cassandre Porgès, as well as counsels Guergana Zabonova  and Maria Klass .

France > Shipping finance

(Leading partners)

Alexander PremontHogan Lovells (Paris) LLP

Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP advises on the full range of vessel financing, undertaking high-end, structured, and complex transaction work for an impressive roster of clients. The Paris shipping finance practice is also well-equipped to advise on both the financing of individual vessels and portfolios of vessels or as part of large corporate acquisitions, corporate financings, reorganisations, and restructurings. Alexander Premont leads the team, harnessing extensive experience in asset financings, notably representing banks and large shipping groups on large fleet financings. Stephanie Saunders is a specialist in asset financing across the shipping and aviation sectors, including the private wealth market, while Tam Guerout advises on complex asset financings with multijurisdictional elements.