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Laurent Lazard
Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

Banking & Finance

Luxembourg

4 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Capital Markets

Luxembourg

16 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Laurent Lazard

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Practice Areas

Laurent Lazard has been advising clients for over 25 years on a wide range of banking and finance matters.

As an expert in structured finance, in particular securitisation, he has assisted numerous regulated and unregulated securitisation vehicles, sponsors and originators. He has represented major banks in setting up multi-billion Euro platforms for the issuance of structured finance instruments.

Laurent Lazard is also recognised for his capital markets work and his expertise in restructuring and insolvency matters.

Career

Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar, 1990.

Lecturer in Structured Finance - University of Luxembourg.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Luxembourg Supervisory Commission of the Financial Sector (CSSF) Securitisation Committee

Loan Market Association (LMA)

Luxembourg Capital Markets Association (LuxCMA)

International Bar Association (IBA)

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Luxembourg

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Laurent Lazard is well regarded for his work advising lenders on acquisition finance, corporate finance and real estate financing mandates. He also assists clients with non-performing loan transactions and securitisation transactions.

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Capital Markets - Luxembourg

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Laurent Lazard is well regarded for his work advising lenders on acquisition finance, corporate finance and real estate financing mandates. He also assists clients with non-performing loan transactions and securitisation transactions.

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Articles, highlights and press releases

11 items provided by BSP

Press Release

A new Senior Counsel and new promotions at BSP

BSP is pleased to announce the arrival of Françoise Pfeiffer, who has joined the Banking & Finance and Capital Markets department as Senior Counsel, and the promotion of three counsels, four senior associates and three associates, as of 1st January 2025.

Jan 13, 2025
Authored by Alain Steichen, Laurent Lazard, Françoise Pfeiffer, Elzbieta Tumko, Carolina Vasselli, Pauline Wirtzler, Mikail Ceylan, Maria Natsiou, Alexeji Nickels, Alexandra Simon
Press Release

BSP announces new partner promotions

BSP is pleased to announce the promotion of four new partners, effective 1st January 2022. The partnership now consists of 16 partners, 9 women and 7 men.

Feb 17, 2022
Authored by Pierre-Alexandre Degehet, Linda Harroch, Laurent Lazard, Anne Morel, Alain Steichen, Fabio Trevisan, Gaëlle Felly, Cécile Jager, Isabel Høg-Jensen, Pol Mellina
Press Release

BSP announces a new promotion as partner within the firm

​After the announcement of six new promotions within the firm in January, BSP is now pleased to announce the promotion of Michaël Kitai to partner.

Feb 17, 2021
Authored by Pierre-Alexandre Degehet, Linda Harroch, Laurent Lazard, Anne Morel, Alain Steichen, Fabio Trevisan, Michaël Kitai, Evelyn Maher, Christèle Pierre-Alexandre, Nuala Doyle
Article

CSSF Fees

The Grand-Ducal Regulation of 26 October 2019 (the "Amending Grand-Ducal Regulation") amending the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 21 December 2017 relating to the fees to be levied by the CSSF updates the fee arrangements

Jan 24, 2020
Authored by Pierre-Alexandre Degehet, Laurent Lazard, Nuala Doyle
Article

Luxembourg Stock Exchange | Various Updates

Updated Application Form and Undertaking Letter

Jan 24, 2020
Authored by Pierre-Alexandre Degehet, Laurent Lazard, Nuala Doyle
Article

MIFID II & MIFIR | Update of ESMA Q&A

Since our last newsletter, ESMA updated its Q&A on the Market in Financial Instruments Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014 ("MiFID II") and on the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation 600/2014 of 15 May 2014 ("MiFIR"), on the following topics

Jan 24, 2020
Authored by Pierre-Alexandre Degehet, Laurent Lazard, Nuala Doyle
Article

ESMA Guidelines on risk factors

On 1 October 2019, ESMA published the required guidelines (the "Guidelines").

Jan 24, 2020
Authored by Pierre-Alexandre Degehet, Laurent Lazard, Nuala Doyle
Article

CSSF Updates on IT Outsourcing by Supervised Institutions

New and Modified CSSF Templates for Authorisation Requests and Notifications

Jan 24, 2020
Authored by Laurent Lazard, Nuala Doyle
Article

PSD 2 | EBA Opinion on the Deadline of the SCA

On 16 October 2019, the European Banking Authority (the "EBA") published an opinion on the deadline for the migration to strong customer authentication (the "SCA") under the Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal market (the "PSD 2") for e-commerce card-base

Jan 24, 2020
Authored by Laurent Lazard, Nuala Doyle
Article

Securitisation Regulation | Finalisation of the Disclosure Technical Standards

Background Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation (the "Securitisation Regulation") imposes strict disclosure requirements on originators,

Jan 24, 2020
Authored by Laurent Lazard, Nuala Doyle
Press Release

BSP announces new promotions within the firm

BSP is glad to announce for 2020 the promotion of three Counsels, four Senior Associates and eleven Associates

Jan 24, 2020
Authored by Pierre-Alexandre Degehet, Linda Harroch, Laurent Lazard, Anne Morel, Alain Steichen, Fabio Trevisan, Nuala Doyle, Christèle Pierre-Alexandre, Laure-Hélène Gaicio

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