Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP 's strong and solid team is often retained by prominent investment funds or their portfolio companies to assist with large corporate financing and refinancing deals and acquisition finance transactions. Recently, the practice has been particularly busy assisting with large amend and extend and refinancing deals spanning banking term loans, RCF loans as well as unitranche and ESG loans. It is also able to advise on the financing of public M&A deals and is highly respected by creditors to assist with market’s landmark debt restructuring transactions. Finally, infrastructure finance is also dealt with. The practice is headed by the excellent Stéphanie Corbière , with Fabrice Grillo,Marie Roche and Laurent Mabilat being other key names within the practice.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Best restructuring team on the creditor side of the Paris market.’
‘Laurent Mabilat is the best restructuring lawyer in the market for creditors with unparalleled attention to detail, unmatched mastery of documentation and procedures, a strategic vision and an unrivaled tactical sense coupled with a very good knowledge of his clients (banks and funds) and the Parisian business microcosm.'
Key clients
- Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Charterhouse Capital Partners
Work highlights
- Advising La Française des Jeux on the EUR2bn financing of a tender offer to acquire the entire share capital of Kindred.
- Advising a group of commercial banks, including BNP Paribas, on the financial restructuring of the indebtedness of the Casino Group.