Rhéa Christophilopoulos > Linklaters > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
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25 RUE DE MARIGNAN
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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 partners)Linklaters ‘s large team, which combined top French and UK law expertise, heavily assists leading French and international banks on the granting of complex and large financings including syndicated and bilateral loans, RCF and super RCF facilities, as well as bridge and ESG loans. The practice regularly advises on complex debt refinancing and large acquisition finance deals, including public tender offers. Finally, the team also assists corporations and investment funds, especially in the real estate finance sector where it has strong knowhow – it recently completed a high volume of refinancing and amend and extend work in that area. Cyril Abtan, Kathryn Merryfield and Rhéa Christophilopoulos are all excellent partners. They are supported by counsel Lauren Hanley and managing associate Fanny Allouche .
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance: transactional work France
- Leading partners 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
- Administrative and public law
- Data privacy and data protection
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Employment
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Private equity: LBO
- Real estate
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation