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Mr Olivier Bernard

Work Department
Structured Finance, Debt Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
Olivier Bernard, partner in Orrick’s Paris office, is a member of the Structured Finance group.
Olivier advises French and international financial institutions, insurers, funds and other alternative capital providers, as well as borrowers, on structured finance, debt capital markets and securitization transactions, in relation to a variety of assets, including real estate, transportation fleets and infrastructure.
He has been involved on a number of groundbreaking multi-jurisdictional transactions, privately or publicly placed.
Languages
French, English
Education
- HEC School of Management, Diploma, 2003
- Université Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master, Business Law, 2002
Lawyer Rankings
France > Derivatives and structured finance
(Leading partners)Orrick is a reference in the securitisation space where the team advises leading financing institutions as well as some originators on large transactions, entailing the setting up of FCT, and synthetic securitisation as well as asset back lending and NPL portfolios transactions. The practice is regularly involved in some of the market’s largest deals and in ground-breaking and innovative transactions such as advising on the insurance securitisation transaction of insurance risks recently. Its range of work spans SME loans, as well as commercial, trade and auto leasing receivables. The practice also handles various other structured finance and factoring work. The team is headed by Hervé Touraine , with Olivier Bernard the other key member. They are ably supported by of counsels Judith Rousvoal and Laure Seror .
Paris > Titrisation, dérivés et financements structurés
(Les grands avocats du marché)Orrick est une grande référence sur le segment de la titrisation, où l’équipe conseille de grandes institutions financières ainsi que des émetteurs dans la réalisation d’importantes opérations (création de FCT, titrisations synthétiques, opérations de back lending d’actifs ou encore cessions de portefeuilles NPL). Le cabinet est régulièrement impliqué dans des opérations de place et des transactions innovantes – il est récemment intervenu sur la titrisation de risques d’assurance. Sa gamme d’intervention englobe les prêts aux PME, les créances commerciales ou encore les créances de leasing automobile. Parallèlement, le cabinet traite aussi des dossiers de financements structurés et d’affacturage. La pratique est dirigée par Hervé Touraine , et comprend Olivier Bernard . Ils sont appuyés par les counsels Judith Rousvoal et Laure Seror .
Lawyer Rankings
- Derivatives and structured finance France
- Leading partners France > Derivatives and structured finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Project finance
- EU, competition and distribution
- Insolvency
- Private equity: LBO
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate
- Tax
- Capital markets: debt capital markets