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Securitisation and covered bonds lawyers

The Banking & Finance team serves the needs of a wide variety of clients in France and abroad: retail banks, investment banks, investment service providers, institutional investors, insurance companies, industrial and commercial companies and local, national or supranational public authorities. The team assists clients on the legal and tax aspects of transactions, the preparation and negotiation of legal documentation, and advises clients on transactions arranged on their own account.

Securitisation: our areas of practice

The Banking/Finance team has vast experience in securitisation, involving a wide range of assets and structures:

  • securitisation of all asset types
  • risks securitisation (in particular insurance risks)
  • defeasance transactions
  • French special purpose real estate credit institutions (sociétés de crédit foncier)
  • French housing finance companies (sociétés de financement de l'habitat)
  • advice and assistance to investors in complex debt securities.

Covered bonds: our areas of practice

The Banking & Finance team has also acquired unparalleled experience in the issuance of covered bonds and the management of investment vehicles:

  • structured covered bonds
  • property bonds
  • legal and tax advice for issuers in acquiring eligible assets
  • investor advice and assistance

Our approach

Ability to deal with complex issues: our team works on innovative cross-border transactions along with our CMS network partners as necessary.

Synergy of expertise: we call upon the skills of other experts in the firm, notably our tax lawyers, to ensure that the matters to which we are entrusted are dealt with in the best possible manner and that every transaction is fully covered. The firm’s excellence in tax matters enables us, for example, to offer innovative, optimised tax structures in this field.

Innovative, customised solutions: attentive to our clients, we respond in the best possible way to their present and future needs. Our knowledge of market practices allows us to offer our clients tested solutions although we attach particular importance to ensuring that for each situation or transaction, the solutions we propose and the documentation that is drawn up correspond effectively to the real needs of our clients. 

Monitoring of transactions: we are well placed to respond to the requirements of our clients both for new matters as well as for the monitoring or unwinding of current transactions.

 
Gregory Benteux
Grégory Benteux
Partner
Head of Securitisation and Structured Finance
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Grégory has joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2009 and is in charge of the securitisation and structured finance and debt activities. He specialises in both domestic and offshore securitisation and structured...
Laurent Mion
Laurent Mion
Partner
Lawyer
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Laurent joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1986. A partner in the firm since 1998 and former member of the Supervisory Board, he now manages the Banking and Finance Department, which employs around twenty...
Jérôme Sutour
Jérôme Sutour
Partner
Head of Financial Services
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Jérôme joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2007. He is responsible for the Financial Services Group within the firm's Banking, Finance & Insurance Department and co-chairs the Funds and Regulation Practice...
Victor Delion
Victor Delion
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Victor Delion joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2021. Victor specialises in financial law and in particular in capital markets. He advises financial institutions, issuers and investors on all types of transactions:...
Anne Dufay
Anne Dufay
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Anne Dufay joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2022. She is involved in Banking and Finance law and in particular in securitization and other kinds of structured financings such as loans (secured in particular...
Myriam Issad
Myriam Issad
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Myriam Issad advises financial institutions, issuers and investors on numerous market transactions in the area of debt securities (bond issues, European private placements (Euro PP), EMTN programmes...
Camille Lartigue
Camille Lartigue
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Camille is attorney-at-law in the state of New York, has joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in March 2019 and is working in the Securitisation and Structured Debt team. Camille specialises in both domestic...
Aurélie le Griel
Aurelie Le Griel
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Aurélie le Griel joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2022 as an associate. She is involved in banking and financial law and in particular in structured finance and securitisation
Estelle Legrand
Estelle Legrand
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Estelle Legrand joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2018. She is involved in banking and finance law and in particular in structured debts and securitisation transactions. Estelle specialises in both domestic...
Roncelli-Mathilde
Mathilde Roncelli
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Mathilde joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2021. She is involved in banking and finance and in particular in  structuring and negotiation of domestic and cross-border securitisation and structured finance...