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Foreign Expert
About
Provided by Jonathan Lewis
Practice Areas
Partner specialising in banking, structured finance, securitisation, capital markets, derivatives, real estate finance, fund finance and financial regulation. Since 2010, has had a strategic role in advising on the resolution of the euro area sovereign debt crisis. Advises financial institutions, supra-national organisations, corporates and private equity funds. Leads the Paris Structured Finance and Derivatives teams.
Career
Christ's College, Cambridge (MA Law); Worcester College, Oxford (BCL); Harvard Law School (LLM).
Qualified: England & Wales, France and New York.
Partner since 1999.
Publications
Le Monde "Titrisation, le retour", March 2015. L'Agefi "Le FEILT, une opportunité pour le financement de l'économie réelle", January 2016 and "La réforme des IBORS: un vrai défi pour les banques et les entreprises", September 2019.
Chambers Review
Global
Jonathan Lewis is triple-qualified in France, New York and England & Wales. His practice spans derivatives and structured finance, and he regularly advises on trade receivables and repackagings, as well as compliance and securitisation regulations. His clients include a roster of large financial institutions.
Jonathan Lewis is triple-qualified in France, New York and England & Wales. His practice spans derivatives and structured finance, and he regularly advises on trade receivables and repackagings, as well as compliance and securitisation regulations. His clients include a roster of large financial institutions.
Jonathan Lewis is triple-qualified in France, New York and England & Wales. His practice spans derivatives and structured finance, and he regularly advises on trade receivables and repackagings, as well as compliance and securitisation regulations. His clients include a roster of large financial institutions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jonathan covers both English and French law, therefore he has wide range of interests and experience, and he's always proved to be a good choice."
"He is an absolute pleasure to work with."
"Jonathan covers both English and French law, therefore he has wide range of interests and experience, and he's always proved to be a good choice."
"He is an absolute pleasure to work with."