Mr Olivier Bazin > HFW > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
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HFW
6TH FLOOR
COURS DE RIVE 13-15
1204 GENEVA
Switzerland
6TH FLOOR
COURS DE RIVE 13-15
1204 GENEVA
Switzerland
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Mr Olivier Bazin
Work Department
Commodities
Position
Partner
Career
Olivier leads the Restructuring and Finance team in Geneva and is head of the firm’s global Banking and Finance practice. With a particular focus on commodities trading and shipping, he regularly advises trading houses, corporates and financial institutions on their bilateral, club and syndicated financings (transactional trade finance, borrowing base, RCF, guarantee and LC facilities, prepayments, margin loans, project finance, export finance and reserve-based lending), and risk transfers through discounting, risk purchase, sub-participations, securitisations and portfolio sales. Olivier also advises on collateral management and warehouse arrangements, inventory finance and repos. His practice covers transactional “new money” deals as well as debt restructuring, enforcement and fraud (civil and criminal). Olivier also advises clients on shipping transactional matters. Prior to HFW Olivier was at BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA where he held legal and commercial positions.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva
(Leading individuals)HFW’s team covers the whole spectrum including trade and asset finance, project and infrastructure finance, and regulatory work. The team is headed by Olivier Bazin who has unrivalled expertise handling complex disputes in the Swiss soft commodities market. Jason Marett often advises trading houses, corporates and financial institutions on a variety of financing transactions in the commodities market. New hire Gibran Alaoui, who joined the firm in April 2023, advises financial institutions and trading houses on all aspects of finance, including trade finance, structured trade finance, and bilateral and syndicated lending markets. Caroline West is an additional key contact at the Geneva office.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva
- Banking and finance: Geneva Switzerland