Mr Jean-Marc Zampa > HFW > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Jean-Marc has significant experience in:

• complex domestic and international tax-leveraged financing (on or off balance sheet);
• syndicated international secured and unsecured loans;
• issuance of bonds and hybrid securities;
• financing of cross-border assets;
• export credit;
• financing restructuring.

Jean-Marc regularly advises top-tier investment banks and European financial institutions. He also advises important French borrowers and foreign groups. He is highly regarded for his extensive ship finance expertise.

Systematically ranked as a Leading Individual in Banking & Finance and Shipping Finance by the leading international legal guides (Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Décideurs, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal, Best Lawyers), “Jean-Marc has a very strong knowledge of the industry as a whole; he is technically competent and fast on his feet.” He is an expert in shipping finance. It is very agreeable to work with him, he is very keen to find solutions even in complicated transactions.” (Chambers Europe 2023). His clients praise his expertise  in French tax lease structures. He never loses track of the global picture and what we should focus on (Chambers Europe 2022).  He is “a prominent figure on the shipping finance market”, “held in high esteem among market commentators, who applaud his extensive experience” and widely renowned for his great experience in highly complex, international financial transactions” (Chambers 2019, 2017 & 2016).

Jean-Marc has been an auditeur at the Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN)) and is a member of the French Association of Maritime Law (Association française du droit maritime (AFDM)), the French Association of Corporate Treasurers (Association française des trésoriers d’entreprise (AFTE)) and the International Bar Association (IBA).

Jean-Marc is registered at the Paris and Brussels Bars.

What the market says about Jean-Marc:

Jean-Marc is annually ranked “Excellent” in Banking & Finance, Project Finance and M&A Financing, and “Leading” (Incontournable) in Maritime Asset Finance in the  “Stratégie Financières et Fiscales” guide of Décideurs Leaders League:

Since 2018, he has been annually recognised by Best Lawyers in Finance Law and Banking & Finance Law.

He is listed as a leading individual in Who’s Who Legal for his finance law expertise, and is “Highly Regarded” by IFLR 1000 in Asset Finance, Banking, Capital Markets: Debt and Capital Markets: Structured Finance & Securisation.