Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP‘s finance group is ’ technically excellent, highly knowledgeable and detail-oriented’, and its London team is part of a global, multi-disciplinary group that advises financial institutions, corporates, investment funds, and public bodies on both cross-border and domestic transactions. Lead partner Dimitrios Logizidis typifies the firm’s ‘extremely deep securitisation knowledge’. He handles asset-backed finance securitisation and covered bonds. Emerging talent Samir Bensaker is ’always willing to come up with creative solutions’. He recently assisted Link Financial as servicer on the acquisition of a €1.9bn French consumer and residential mortgage loan portfolio.
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‘Samir Bensaker and his team are technically excellent, highly knowledgeable and detail-oriented. They are all extremely responsive and accessible.’
‘Samir Bensaker is a highly knowledgeable and personally involved and fully engaged in the transactions. He combines very technical legal expertise with strong commercial awareness.’
‘Great client-centred practice of Samir Bensaker. Always willing to come up with creative solutions taking into account client's interest. Very good responsiveness, timeliness and willingness to offer tailored-advice.’
‘Samir Bensaker is a very engaged individual, always willing to listen to our needs as clients and tailor the advice to our needs. Always available and coming up with solutions to difficult issues.’
'Very responsive team and very on top of issues. Strong network of partners with excellent expertise and experience in the French market. Good knowledge of our market.'
‘Samir Bensaker and his team are a must to have on one's side when it comes to putting together a securitisation.’
Key clients
- CIC Private Debt
- European Investment Fund
- LCM Partners
- European Investment Bank
- EDFI Management Company
Work highlights
Advised CIC Private Debt as collateral manager in connection with the warehousing, ramp up and public issuance of their debut CLO transaction.
Advised Link Financial, a subsidiary of LCM Partners, in its role as servicer during the acquisition of a EUR 1.9 billion consumer and residential mortgage loan portfolio by KKR, LCM Partners, and Rothesay.
Advised EIF and EIB as class A 2024-01 notes investors in the inaugural ABS issuance by Ophelia Master SME FCT, a master trust structure established by BPCE to securitise SME loans on a revolving basis.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Dimitrios Logizidis
Other key lawyers
Samir Bensaker