The 'responsive, compact and efficient' team at BSP has good coverage for lenders and borrowers across a wide range of transactional finance matters, from relatively simple bilateral loan facilities through to highly structured mandates. Under the guidance of the vastly experienced Laurent Lazard, the firm has developed a strong reputation for handling complex securitisation deals for originators, arrangers and investors, particularly in the automotive sector. Nuala Doyle often works alongside Lazard on securitisation mandates, as well as regularly handling fund finance and DCM matters. The 'very knowledgeable' Nicolas Widung co-heads the team alongside Lazard and Widung, and is particularly skilled at handling corporate and real estate-related banking transactions, including syndicated loans governed under Luxembourg law. The team was also strengthened on the fund finance and capital markets front by the arrival in January 2025 of experienced senior counsel Françoise Pfeiffer from Bonn & Schmitt.
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Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
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- 'The team is responsive, compact and efficient.'
- 'Nicolas Widung is a very knowledgeable professional and will provide assistance and advice from start to finish and even post closing.'
- 'Nicolas Widung provides outstanding value to his clients thanks to his ability to combine sharp legal insight with a pragmatic understanding of the banking sector's operational realities.'
- 'Nuala Doyle is commercial, efficient and always easy to deal with.'
- 'Laurent Lazard delivers concise, pragmatic advice with remarkable efficiency.'
Key clients
- Alpha Bank
- SNBC
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Blackstone
- KKR (KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO LP)
- Banque Internationale à Luxembourg
- Goldman Sachs
- Deutsche Bank, London Branch
- Nomura International PLC
- Apollo
Work highlights
Advised Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) and Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat, Luxembourg (BCEE) on a Luxembourg law governed financing provided to partially finance the acquisition of Lemanik Asset Management by affiliates of BlackFin Capital Partners.
Local Luxembourg counsel to an ad hoc group of Consolis Group creditors (represented by Glas Trust Corporation Limited as agent) on the Luxembourg law aspects of a comprehensive recapitalisation, including the implementation of new Luxembourg law security.
Advised Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co as lender to Highbrook on the refinancing of Highbrook’s portfolio, consisting of a total of 18 logistics properties located in Denmark.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Laurent Lazard; Nuala Doyle; Nicolas Widung
Other key lawyers
Françoise Pfeiffer; Eda Herguner Dripps; Elzbieta Tumco; Deniz Gunes Turktas; Maria Natsiou