Florent Rigaud > Stephenson Harwood > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Stephenson Harwood
48 rue Cambon
75001 Paris
France

Work Department

Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Florent Rigaud has a particular focus on asset finance and is involved in all types of asset finance transactions for aircraft, shipping, railway, satellites and other large mobile assets. His experience includes secured and unsecured debt financings, operating, finance and tax-based lease structures, export credit agency-supported financings, aircraft/vessel sales, purchases and lease novations. He acts on behalf of domestic and international commercial banks as well as owners and lessors. Florent also has extensive experience advising international aircraft lessors on finance, corporate, administrative and other general legal aspects in connection therewith in France.

His project finance work involves energy and infrastructure financings for major domestic and cross-border transactions covering a wide range of sectors: motorways, hospitals, stadiums, power plants, etc. His experience includes large complex multi-sourced financings for both private structured projects and PPPs. Florent represents multilateral financing institutions and commercial banks as well as domestic and international sponsors, borrowers and investors.

Lawyer Rankings

France > Aviation finance

Stephenson Harwood‘s aviation practice has recently undergone major changes, with Laurence Hanley leaving for Bird & Bird in December 2022 and Edward Campbell retiring in the same year, while Florent Rigaud joined the firm from Reed Smith  in June 2023 and now acts as practice head; his portfolio includes secured debt financings, tax-based lease structures, and portfolio sales, amongst others.

France > Banking and finance: transactional work

Stephenson Harwood has solid credentials in the field of asset finance, particularly shipping where the highly experienced Alain Gautron advises lenders and borrowers on the market’s largest transactions. Through Yann Beckers, the firm also offers solid general banking and finance expertise that covers acquisition finance and complex fund financing deals on behalf of leading private equity funds. Other names to note are structured finance expert Jeremy Grant, who advises on emerging market financing, and new hire Florent Rigaud, who joined in June 2023 from Reed Smith and is a project finance specialist.