Eliane Dejardin Botelho > Linklaters > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
Linklaters Offices
AVENUE JOHN F. KENNEDY 35
L-1855 LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
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Eliane Dejardin Botelho
Work Department
Capital Markets and Banking
Position
Eliane joined Linklaters Luxembourg’s capital markets and banking group in 2004 and was elected partner by the firm in May 2022.
She has special expertise in regulatory matters and has been involved in a number of bank and insurance set-ups and reorganisations in Luxembourg and abroad. She regularly advises international groups active in the banking (including retail and private banking fields) and insurance businesses and is a key contributor to the development of the Linklaters Luxembourg insurance practice.
Eliane has also specialist expertise in derivatives and securities financing structures for major Luxembourg banks, central securities depositories and central clearing houses. She regularly advises these entities on their product offering to clients. Among which, a number of Clearstream Banking products, such as the Clearstream Terms and Conditions for Repurchase Transactions (“CRC”), the Clearstream Terms and Conditions for Pledge Agreements (“CPC”) and the custody and margin security documents prepared in association with a major international derivatives trade association in the context of the uncleared derivatives margin implementation.
She also has extensive expertise in banking matters, including credit and security taking, real estate finance as well as restructuring and enforcement of Luxembourg security interests.
Eliane is also at the origin of the Linklaters Learning Hub – a training and networking hub associating young lawyers at the firm with young professionals at clients.
Languages
French, English, and Portuguese
Memberships
Member of Luxembourg Bar
Education
>1999 – 2004 Licence degree in law, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Next Generation Partners)Leveraging ‘excellent industry knowledge’ across the banking and capital markets landscape, as well as being abreast of relevant market trends, Linklaters ‘delivers top quality work’ to a myriad stakeholders engaged in new money and refinancing work. Much of this is cross-border, with the firm collaborating ‘extremely well with other offices’ throughout the network to provide a compelling service on many high-profile transactions. The tone is set by ‘exceptional’ team head Melinda Perera, who ‘has all the technical skills necessary to execute complex financings’ throughout the capital structure, with recent work encompassing cross-border restructurings, real estate finance and supranational debt capital markets transactions. The ‘excellent’ Patrick Geortay is also a key member of the team and is particularly active advising on leveraged and asset finance transactions. On the regulatory front, Eliane Dejardin Botelho excels at providing ‘tailor made and out of the box solutions’ to clients both on standalone matters, as well as in the context of financial services M&A. Nicki Kayser also maintains a vibrant transactional practice, including on fund financings, DCM and structured financings, work which he combines with his duties as managing partner.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Luxembourg
- Next Generation Partners Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction