Meryll Aloro
DentonsDentons displays solid ability to cover a wide range of financing deals, acting for lenders or borrowers. Recent involvements mostly include corporate refinancing and project-related transactions, spanning various sectors such as healthcare, real estate and railway. The firm is also a top reference in the private fund financing space where it assists leading banks on the equity financing of major investment funds, spanning notably private equity, infrastructure and real estate. Jean-Marc Allix and Philippe Max are the key names. They are supported by counsels Meryll Aloro and Steeve Jaskierowicz .
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‘Fund finance expertise, responsiveness and efficiency, quality of work and attention to detail, professionalism and courtesy. The firm's fund finance team remains the reference in France.'
‘In-depth knowledge of the fund finance market. Problem-solving skills.'
‘Complementary, stable, experienced team.'
‘Responsiveness, availability, reliability.'
‘The team is of a very good level. It is attentive and responsive. It is also capable of creativity. Its commitment is also exceptional.'
Key clients
- Cornerstone Investment Management
- Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC)
- Laboratoire Groupe Rocher
- Maisons de Famille
- BRED Banque Populaire
- HSBC Continental Europe
- Caisse d’Epargne et de Prévoyance Hauts de France
- Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
- The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited
- Société Générale
- AlpInvest Partners
- B.V.|LGT Capital Partners
- La Banque Postale|Caisse d’Epargne et de Prévoyance Hauts de France
- BNP Paribas
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Laboratoires Expanscience
Work highlights
- Advised a consortium of banks on a green loan for Hoog Catharijne shopping center in Utrecht.
- Advised Cornerstone Investment Management on the financing of its acquisition of a leading manufacturer of biodegradable wet wipes Ecowipes, together with its French affiliate Hydra Beauty & Clean.
- Advised CDC on the financing, under an innovative contractual scheme (“ROSCO scheme”), granted to a local public company held by the French Regions of Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine for the acquisition, renewal and maintenance of railway rolling stocks operated in the Regions of Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine..
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Leading associates
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Practice head
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Pascal Jouannic