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Clifford Chance Offices
1 RUE D'ASTORG
75008 PARIS
France
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Alex Bafi
Position
Alex advises corporates, private equity investors and investment banks on complex and innovative securities offerings, including IPOs, rights offerings, and high yield and investment grade debt offerings. Alex has advised on more than €40 billion of securities offerings since 2017.
He is ranked as a leading Capital Markets lawyer by Chambers and IFLR, and is recognized as one of Legal 500’s Hall of Fame Capital Market lawyers.
Alex is a member of the Bar of the State of New York.
Education
New York University (JD) 1993
Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, Paris and London 1993
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 1994
Herbert Smith Freehills, London, Partner 2001
Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2015
Lawyer Rankings
France > Capital markets: debt capital markets
Clifford Chance‘s powerhouse Paris DCM practice combines UK, US and French law expertise that serves both leading corporations and financial institutions. The team advises on the largest DCM bond issuance, from the most standard to the most complex ones and encompassing hybrid bonds, liability management, exchange offers and sustainable linked transactions. It is regularly seen at the forefront of market innovations, including advising in 2023 on the issuance of a digital Climate Awareness Bond. The Paris office’s workload is very often of an international nature (pan-European, emerging markets) and its members regularly collaborate with the firm’s other European offices. Cédric Burford is the standout name within the practice, co-heading the team alongside the experienced Alex Bafi and Jonathan Lewis. They are supported by a solid bench of counsels including Auriane Bijon and Andrew McCann.
France > Capital markets: equity capital markets
(Hall of Fame)Clifford Chance often assists leading banks and financial advisers in ECM transactions and also regularly advises issuers. The Paris team, which combines French and US law capabilities, has been particularly active recently advising on deals concerning the German, French, Dutch and Belgium stock markets and is also experienced in advising on share capital increases via private placement deals. Through US securities expert Alex Bafi, the team also handles innovative Rule 144A IPO transactions. The experienced Aline Cardin and counsel Olivier Plessis are other key team members. Anne Lemercier offers collective employees’ shareholder share plan advice to leading companies.
Lawyer Rankings
- Capital markets: debt capital markets France
- Hall of Fame France > Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Capital markets: equity capital markets France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Compliance
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Media and entertainment: Sports
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Project finance
- Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Aviation
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Private equity: LBO
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Employment
- Industry focus: IT and internet