CMS Francis Lefebvre

Banking & Finance

Alexandre Bordenave joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2009 and became a partner in 2021.

He practices in banking and finance law. He advises banks and their customers on structuring and negotiating assignment of receivables (including securitisation of commercial receivables and the disposal of non-performing loan portfolios, etc.) and structured finance transactions (distressed/new money, and debt forbearance).

He has acquired in-depth experience in finance, with a focus on trusts, securities, and management across all asset types (securitisation, cash, property, etc.). Alexandre Bordenave is also an experienced litigator in technical financial cases.

French, English

Member of the Hauts-de-Seine Bar Council (2016-2021; 2025-2028) Secrétaire de la conférence (elected appointment to provide on-call criminal defence as a result of a debating competition held by the Hauts-de-Seine Bar) (2011) Member of the trust observatory, the Observatoire de la Fiducie (O2FI) Member of the French association of corporate lawyers (ACE) Member of the French financial markets association, the Association Française des Marchés Financiers (AMAFI)

Licence in canon law, Institut Catholique de Paris (2021) CAPA (certificate of aptitude for the legal profession) (2008) Agrégé in economics and management (one of the highest teaching certifications in the French education system), Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay (2006) DEA (Diplôme d’études approfondies, Level 7 equivalent) in business law, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (2005)