Mr Jean-François Trapp > Baker McKenzie > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie provides ‘pragmatic and cost-effective advice’ to creditors and debtors seeking or providing finance to facilitate a range of aims, invariably in a cross-border setting. As well as regularly handling leverage finance matters, the ‘highly technical’ Jean-François Trapp is also very skilled at advising on real estate-related new money and refinancing mandates, often working alongside key firmwide European offices including Paris. Laurent Fessmann co-heads the team alongside Trapp and is noted, in particular, for for his bridge and fund finance work for asset managers.

Working on its own as well as being able to leverage vast resources throughout its global network, Baker McKenzie is well-positioned to advise on domestic and cross-border real estate work for developers, investors and end-users. Team head Jean-François Trapp has excellent standing in the industry both through his fee-earning work, which includes corporate real estate work for fund clients, as well as through his continued role as President of the Advisory Board of the LuxReal association.