Louis de Longeaux
Hall of fameHerbert Smith Freehills LLPHerbert Smith Freehills LLP is one of the few firms equally expert at advising borrowers and French lending banks. Through Louis De Longeaux , the team has a busy practice assisting leading French corporations on the granting and refinancing of large corporate loans. Complementing the practice, Laure Bonin is appreciated by leading French banks for mid-cap LBO and corporate loans financing. Additionally, seasoned partner Régis Oréal also contributes, advising on project finance, sovereign loans and real estate finance.
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Key clients
- Amundi Asset Management
- Guerbet
- Société Foncière Lyonnaise
- Soitec
- Vicat
- Australia New Zealand Bank (as panel firm)
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- BNP Paribas (as panel firm)
- BPCE – Natixis group (as panel firm)
- Bpifrance
- Citi
- Crédit Agricole (as panel firm)
- Crédit Industriel et Commercial (and other entities of the Crédit Mutuel CIC Group)
- Crédit Lyonnais
- European Investment Bank
- HSBC Continental Europe
- International Finance Corporation
- JPMorgan
- La Banque Postale
- Société Générale (as panel firm)
- Accor
- Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
- Airbus
- Air Liquide
- Alten
- Arkema
- Bureau Veritas
- Compagnie des Alpes
- Danone
- EssilorLuxottica Devialet
- Elo (Auchan)
- EssilorLuxottica
- Financière Mauffrey
- Gifi
- Indigo
- InnovaFeed
- JC Decaux
- Kering
- L'Oréal
- Maison du Monde
- Monoprix
- Muzinich & Co
- Onet
- Orange
- Proparco
- RTE
- Safran
- Schneider Electric
- SEB
- Stelantis
- Vinci
- Worldline
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