Antoine Fortier-Grethen

Practice Areas

Antoine is a partner and head the fund finance practice of SJL. He advises on Banking & Finance transactions, with a particular focus on fund finance, real estate finance, debt capital markets, corporate and acquisition finance transactions.

Career

Before joining SJL, Antoine spent 12 years at Loyens & Loeff, including 2 years as local partner.

Professional Memberships

Antoine is admitted to the Luxembourg Bar and is a former member of the Paris Bar.

Publications

Antoine is the author of major publications in fund finance transactions, in particular on the impact of investors’ side letters, security structures and pledge in respect of investors’ commitments in fund finance transactions. He co-authored for several years the Luxembourg Chapter and contributed to an article of the “pink book” on Fund Finance published by Global Legal Insight.

He is also a regular contributor to the Doing Business Project of the World Bank Group.

Antoine is a regular lecturer since 2008 for master degrees at the University of Lorraine, on contract law, business law and finance transactions.