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Louis-Maël Cogis

Louis-Maël Cogis

Work Department

Capital Markets Banking & Corporate Finance, Structured Finance, Private Equity

Position

Louis-Maël is head of the firm’s Luxembourg office. He acts for financial institutions and international investment banks in international banking and capital markets work.

Louis-Maël specialises in and leads on a wide range of domestic and international finance transactions including secured and unsecured lending transactions, structured corporate finance matters, acquisition finance, property finance, bilateral loans, syndicated loans, real estate finance and debt restructuring.

In addition to his role as head of Banking & Finance, Louis-Maël is recognised for his advisory work in respect of issues of debt securities, securitisation transactions, syndicated lending, leveraged acquisition finance, asset backed securitisations, repackaging’s repos and debt restructuring.

He also advises banks and other professionals of the financial sectors on specific regulatory matters.

Louis-Maël is also an expert in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and sustainable finance.

Career

A founding Partner of Simmons & Simmons Luxembourg LLP in 2015, Louis-Maël has since become its Country Head. Prior to joining Simmons & Simmons LLP, Louis-Maël worked at a magic circle law firm.

Languages

English and French

Education

Louis-Maël qualified as a lawyer (avocat) in 2008 and became a partner at Simmons & Simmons LLP in 2015.

Louis-Maël holds a Master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Rennes I (France) and a Master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Exeter (United Kingdom).

He has been a member of the Paris Bar (Avocat à la Cour) since 2008 and is registered with the Luxembourg Bar as well.

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