Qian Hu > Jones Day > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Jones Day Offices
2 RUE SAINT-FLORENTIN
75001 PARIS
France
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Qian Hu
Work Department
Financial Markets; ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)
Position
Partner
Career
Qian Hu advises financial institutions, investment funds and corporations on the regulatory and transactional aspects of OTC derivatives, structured repos, securities lending transactions and investment products. She has strong experience in equity derivatives, including strategic acquisition, disinvestment, hedging, share buyback, portage, shareholding financing and leveraged ESOP, and has been the lead lawyer on some recent high-profile cross-border strategic equity transactions in France and in Europe. She is also active in ESG derivatives, commodities derivatives, as well as VPPA (virtual power purchase agreement) negotiations and carbon credit trading. Qian has broad experience in large debt restructuring involving structured finance.
Languages
French, English, Chinese
Education
- University of Panthéon-Assas (Master’s in Banking and Financial Law 2004);
- Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) (Diploma 2003);
- Foreign Affairs College of Beijing (Diploma 2001)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Industry focus: Energy
Jones Day‘s energy offering is underpinned by its regulatory expertise and in-depth knowledge of the global financial markets. Key contacts at the firm include M&A specialists Alexandre de Verdun and Audrey Bontemps, project and asset finance expert Nicolas Brice, and public law authority Philippe Delelis. Rémy Fekete, Qian Hu, Florent Bouyer and Armelle Sandrin-Deforge are further practitioners capable of leading big-ticket matters in the energy sector. Significant areas of activity for the firm include the creation of joint ventures, corporate and tax restructurings, and equity financings.
France > Derivatives and structured finance
(Leading individuals)Jones Day fields a comprehensive derivatives and structured finance practice that serves leading French banks as well as international credit institutions and some companies. In the derivatives field, Alban Caillemer du Ferrage and Qian Hu are sought out to provide strategic regulatory guidance and assistance with complex debt and corporate restructuring and transactions. In the securitisation and structured finance area, Christine Van Gallebaert often advises arrangers and some issuers on mid to large size securisation transactions, spanning a whole range of products including auto lease, project, consumer, mortgage and SME loans. The Paris team also benefits from a strong pan-European platform.
Lawyer Rankings
- Derivatives and structured finance France
- Leading individuals France > Derivatives and structured finance
- Industry focus: Energy France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Environment
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Industry focus: Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Employment
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Insolvency
- Real estate
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance
- Tax