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Raphaël Richard

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Partner
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Lawyer Rankings
France > Banking and finance: transactional work
(Hall of Fame)White & Case LLP is particularly notable for handling large-cap transactions involving acquisition and leveraged finance. On the corporate financing side, the group stands out for its ability to work in close collaboration with the firm’s capital markets team, frequently acting for lenders and borrowers on financing and refinancing transactions involving capital markets products. In a recent mandate, the team advised Aramis Group on its refinancing alongside its IPO. Department head Raphaël Richard has broad expertise spanning corporate financing, syndicated lending, acquisition and leveraged financing. Denise Diallo, who is a qualified lawyer in both New York and Paris, is a key contact for transatlantic transactions involving acquisitions and unitranche financing. Counsel Sindhura Swaminathan left the firm in May 2021. In March 2022 Neeloferr Roy, formerly counsel at Linklaters , joined the firm.
Paris > Banque et finance: Transactions
(Hall of Fame)White & Case LLP est recommandé pour la structuration du financement de grandes opérations LBO ou d’acquisition. L’équipe intervient aussi en étroite collaboration avec le pôle spécialisé en marchés de capitaux du cabinet concernant des dossiers de financement d’entreprises. Elle assiste ainsi des prêteurs et des emprunteurs dans des opérations de financement ou de refinancement impliquant des produits de marchés de capitaux. L’équipe a aussi conseillé le groupe Aramis dans le cadre de son refinancement, réalisé parallèlement à son introduction en bourse. Le responsable de la pratique Raphaël Richard traite une large gamme de dossiers : financement d’entreprises, prêts syndiqués, financement LBO et financement d’acquisition. Avocate aux barreaux de Paris et New York, Denise Diallo est recommandée pour les opérations transatlantiques de financement unitranche et d’acquisition. A noter, le départ de Sindhura Swaminathan (counsel) en mai 2021, et l’arrivée en mars 2022 de Neeloferr Roy (ex counsel chez Linklaters ).
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance: transactional work - France
- Hall of Fame - France > Banking and finance: transactional work
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Insolvency
Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Construction
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: LBO
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Project finance
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Employment
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Real estate
- Tax
- Private equity: venture/growth capital