Mr Olivier Bernard > Orrick > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Orrick
61 rue des Belles Feuilles
75016
France
Olivier Bernard photo

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)

Olivier BernardOrrick

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)

Olivier BernardOrrick

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  .