Banking & Finance

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Provided by Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie's Banking & Finance team in Paris is renowned for its cross-border activities in particular advising our clients on Trade & Export Finance, Project Finance, Acquisition Finance, Syndicated Lending and Fund Finance.

The team's expertise in Export Finance continues to be increasingly important in France. With Export and Structured Trade Finance playing a key role in providing essential liquidity to leading French manufacturers. Our extensive representation of French banks in cross-border deals covered by Bpifrance, Euler Hermes, SERV and other ECAs is increasingly high profile, particularly on the African continent, where the team has been consistently recognised as having a market leading practice. 

The team is further renowned for its strong presence in bank-to-bank syndicated lending.  In addition, the team is heavily involved in the new area of Sustainable Finance, working with leading banks in providing ESG linked loans to banks and corporates seeking to access this new area of financial investment.  Finally, the tream has a leading practice in fund financing, particularly in refinancing LBO loans.