Mr Laurent Lazard > BSP > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile

BSP
11, rue du Château d’Eau
Leudelange
Luxembourg
L-3364
Luxembourg

Work Department

Bank Lending, Structured Finance, Securitisation | Capital Markets | Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

  • 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.

Languages

English, French, German, Luxembourgish.

Memberships

  • Member of the Luxembourg Supervisory Commission of the Financial Sector (CSSF) Securitisation Committee
  • Lecturer in Structured Finance at the University of Luxembourg
  • Luxembourg Capital Markets Association (LuxCMA)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)

Education

  • Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar, 1990.
  • University of Chicago Law School, LL.M., 1993.
  • Université Paris II-Assas, France, DESS en Droit des Affaires et Fiscalité des Entreprises (Post-Graduate Degree in Business Law and Tax Law), 1991.
  • Université Paris II-Assas, France, Maîtrise en Droit des Affaires (Master in Business Law), 1989.

Lawyer Rankings

Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets

(Leading individuals)

Laurent LazardBSP

Led by Laurent Lazard, the ‘responsive and efficient’ team at BSP provides ‘high quality and cost-effective advice’ to banks, funds and corporates seeking or providing finance, often requiring a more bespoke structure. Lazard is particularly adept at advising arrangers and issuers on securitisation transactions, particularly where auto loans form the underlying asset class. The ‘impressive’ Nuala Doyle also advises on securitisation mandates, although she is best-known for her DCM and ECM work, both from a transactional and a regulatory perspective. Nicolas Widung, who was recently promoted to partner, is ‘highly responsive, pragmatic and knowledgeable,’ and has earned particular acclaim for his real estate finance work.