Rhéa Christophilopoulos > Linklaters > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
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25 RUE DE MARIGNAN
75008 PARIS
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Rhéa Christophilopoulos
Work Department
Banking/R&I
Position
Rhéa is specialised in acquisition and investment grade financings, including LBOs and debt restructurings. She acts for lenders, financial sponsors and borrowers.
Rhéa is recommended by several leading international directories such as Legal 500 describing her as “technically excellent” and Chambers Global 2023 which highlights the following clients’ quote: “She is extremely efficient, dedicated and gives excellent advice on all commercial and technical matters.” Rhéa has also been ranked in the Top 10 Rising Stars category of the CAC 40 TOP 40 Lawyers’ ranking published by Forbes France and la Lettre des Juristes d’Affaires (LJA) in 2021 and in 2022.
Career
2015-present: Linklaters
2003-2014: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Memberships
Rhéa is a regular speaker at clients’ and LMA seminars and trainings on banking topics.
Education
Rhéa holds a graduate degree in law, a post-graduate degree in Business law (DEA) and a post-graduate degree in European business law (DESS) from Panthéon-Assas University.
Lawyer Rankings
France > Banking and finance: transactional work
(Leading individuals)Linklaters houses top banking and finance capabilities in Paris with complementary expertise available in its London and other European offices. The team has a strong involvement working alongside leading French and international investment banks while also regularly acting for borrowers on large complex loan financing and refinancing. It also thrives in the acquisition finance arena, regularly working on large equity bridge loans and financing of public offer facilities. The team is also retained by lenders and borrowers undertaking large pan-European property portfolio acquisition, especially in the logistics sector. Key names in the team include Cyril Abtan, Kathryn Merryfield and recently promoted partner Rhéa Christophilopoulos. Counsel Lauren Hanley provides further support.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance: transactional work France
- Leading individuals France > Banking and finance: transactional work
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: LBO
- Real estate
- Tax
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Employment
- Private equity: Fund formation