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Banking and finance: transactional work

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

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De Pardieu Brocas Maffei fields a sizeable team that brings together almost 40 lawyers and has a strong focus on advising banks, while also handling some work for borrowers. The team regularly assists pools of banks on the granting of syndicated loans and RCF credits to corporates (including during major debt restructuring procedures), and on the financing of LBO and public tender offers. The team is also prominent in the market for large real estate financing. The practice is headed by Christophe Gaillard and also includes Corentin Coatalem; both are experts in corporate and acquisition finance. Yannick Le Gall and Emmanuel Fatôme are two strong references in real estate finance.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Great flexibility, level of service and responsiveness.’
  • ‘The banking and finance team is recognized for its technical excellence and great commercial acumen.’
  • ‘Excellent team in the areas of corporate and real estate financing. Unquestionably the best on the market for midcaps corporate financing.’
  • ‘Christophe Gaillard is both technically and commercially excellent. He has an excellent understanding of business issues. It's a pleasure to work with his team.’
  • 'Availability of the team and high quality of advice.’
  • ‘Corentin Coatalem has expertise in both financing and derivatives, with a finesse and availability without comparison. Christophe Gaillard: highly appreciated expertise and experience in mid/large cap transactions.’
  • ‘Jean-Renaud Cazali and his team are among the lawyers who excel in their field. Jean-Renaud is a very good lawyer, rigorous and pragmatic at the same time. He knows the banks and their constraints perfectly. He always delivers on time.’
  • ‘Pierre Gebarovski: recognized expertise, great experience and knowledge of the needs and constraints of banks, commercial, available, great negotiation skills.’

Key clients

  • CA-CIB (CREDIT AGRICOLE GROUP)
  • SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
  • BNP PARIBAS
  • LCL
  • NATIXIS
  • CDC
  • ING
  • AAREAL BANK
  • DEUTSCHE BANK
  • DEKA BANK
  • TIKEHAU CAPITAL
  • CREDIT FONCIER
  • ERAMET
  • EIB
  • WENDEL
  • TERRENA
  • HSBC CONTINENTAL EUROPE
  • IDINVEST
  • La BANQUE POSTALE
  • Chargeurs
  • Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits
  • Groupe Looping

Work highlights

  • Advising a banking pool of nearly 60 banks for the provision of more than €3.2 billion in syndicated loans, accompanied by securities, in order to finance the cash flow needs of Groupe Orpea.
  • Advising the banking pool on the setting-up of a corporate/acquisition syndicated financing of a global amount of €2,400M for acquisition financing and general needs and external growth operations of the Altrad group, specialized in scaffolding.
  • Advising the banking pool on the setting-up of a RCF corporate syndicated financing of a global amount of €2,400M for general needs of Vinci.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Christophe Gaillard

Christophe Gaillard

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

Christophe Gaillard, partner, specialises in banking and finance, he mainly handles acquisition financing, syndicated and structured financing matters. He also handles derivatives transactions, such as equity derivative products used in employee equity participation plans.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christophe Gaillard

Other key lawyers

Emmanuel Fatôme, Yannick Le Gall, Corentin Coatalem

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