Christophe Gaillard
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
Client SatisfactionDe Pardieu Brocas Maffei hosts one of the market's largest banking and finance team and has a strong following among leading French and international banks, while also advising borrowers. The firm is a leading reference for real estate and project finance, recently assisting banks with the refinancing of large property loans. Combining forces with the firm’s top restructuring team, the banking and finance practice is also well positioned to play a key role on large debt restructuring cases. Its corporate and acquisition finance expertise is also well regarded and sought after for ESG, syndicated credit and RCF loans as well as for mid-cap LBO finance work. The practice is led by Christophe Gaillard and also includes Corentin Coatalem and Sébastien Boullier de Branche , who are all experts in corporate and acquisition finance. Also recommended are real estate finance stars Yannick Le Gall , Emmanuel Fatôme and Pierre Gebarowski , while Jean-Renaud Cazali is another strong name for project finance.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Dedicated, committed, responsive and reliable team.’
- ‘Christophe Gaillard really gets involved in files’.
- ‘Emmanuel Fatôme’s reputation is well established’.
- ‘Pierre Gebarowski is a great professional with strong negotiation skills’.
- ‘Jean-Renaud Cazali has exceptional knowledge of the financing players in France (sponsors and banks) in the fields of renewable energy and is remarkably adept at assimilating his clients' guidelines to provide precise and personalized advice.’
- ‘Yannick Le Gall shows great pedagogy towards his clients and third parties.’
- ‘Corentin Coatalem shows ability to bring important points to the forefront in a gentle manner’.
- ‘Sébastien Boullier de Branche : great availability, technical competence, market knowledge and ability ability to move things forward’.
Key clients
- AXA IM
- BPI
- CA-CIB (CREDIT AGRICOLE GROUP)
- CDC HABITAT
- DEKABANK
- DEUTSCHE BANK
- EIB
- HSBC CONTINENTAL EUROPE
- ING
- LA BANQUE POSTALE
- LA SOCIETE GENERALE
- LCL
- NATIXIS
- PIMCO PRIME REAL ESTATE
- TIKEHAU CAPITAL
Work highlights
- Advising the 57 French banks of the "G6", preferred creditors of Orpea, on the second phase of its global restructuring.
- Advising the lenders on the signature with 23 banks of an amendment to its "RCF1" syndicated line of credit.
- Advising the lenders (Groupe Crédit Agricole, BPIFRANCE, Crédit Lyonnais, Crédit Industriel et Commercial) on the due diligence aspects and the financing of the Solarhona project.
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Christophe Gaillard