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Jonathan Lewis

Global 2026

Clifford Chance Europe LLP

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Capital Markets: Structured Finance

France

19 years ranked

Capital Markets

France

14 years ranked

About

Provided by Clifford Chance Europe LLP

Practice Areas

Jonathan Lewis specialises in securitisation, structured finance, banking, derivatives and real estate finance.

Since 2010, Jonathan has had a strategic role in advising EFSF / ESM in relation to the resolution of the euro area sovereign debt crisis.

Career

Christ's College, Cambridge (BA Law) 1983

Worcester College, Oxford (BCL) 1984

Harvard Law School (LLM) 1985

Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 1986

Called to the English Bar 1986

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1989

Secondment to Banking Supervision Division of Bank of England 1991-1993

Joined Clifford Chance 1995

Partner since 1999

Admitted as an avocat in Paris 2009

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Capital Markets: Structured Finance - France

Senior Statespeople

Individual Editorial

Jonathan Lewis is triple-qualified in France, New York and England and Wales, and his practice spans structured finance and derivatives. An experienced figure in the market, he has expertise in trade receivables as well as compliance and securitisation regulations. His clients include a roster of large financial institutions.

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