Chambers Review
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Banking & Finance - France
What the Team is Known For
Bredin Prat is a well-reputed French firm known for its corporate finance expertise, with significant activity in debt restructuring, acquisition finance and syndicated loans. The team advises a range of leading corporate clients hailing from the energy, telecommunications, healthcare and retail sectors in addition to financial institutions. The practice collaborates closely with the firm's leading corporate, tax and competition departments.
Strengths
The lawyers have comprehensive expertise and are available and attentive to our needs.
Bredin Prat's team demonstrated an outstanding ability to navigate the complex environment of the transaction, delivering on time thanks to smooth negotiation skills.
Bredin Prat know how to protect the client well. It's always a pleasure to work with the team because we have a real trusting relationship.
Work Highlights
Bredin Prat advised Rothschild & Co and Concordia, the holding company of the Rothschild family and Rothschild & Co's largest shareholder, on the take-private of Rothschild & Co by Concordia by way of a simplified tender offer.
Notable practitioners
Karine Sultan is recognised for her broad experience advising on domestic and international acquisition financings and refinancings. She handles mandates for both lenders and borrowers.
Head of department Raphaële Courtier boasts strong corporate finance expertise. She assists with credit facilities and transactional mandates as well as refinancings.
Raphaële quickly grasps the issues at stake in a case and is able to quickly offer solutions to issues that arise. She is very responsive and available.
Raphaële is very rigorous, has strong expertise in financing and is an effective negotiator.
Samuel Pariente is highly sought after by corporate borrower clients for his advice on debt restructurings and acquisition financings.
His strength is the trust and innovation he brings, as well as his strategic and global vision of our group.
Samuel has excellent involvement on the deal, excellent negotiation skills and commercial awareness.