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Raphaële CourtierPartner
Bredin Prat 130 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008
Paris, France
Telephone: +33-1-44 35 35 35 Telefax: +33-1-42 89 10 73; +33-1-43 59 70 01 http://www.bredinprat.com
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Visibility Rankings  | | #578 out of 2,457 lawyers in Paris, France | | #141,885 out of 890,243 total lawyers Overall |
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| Practice Areas | Finance | | | Education | University of Paris II (D.E.S.S. de Droit des Affaires et Fiscalité, 1988) | | | Admitted | France | |
| Memberships | Paris Bar Association. | | | Languages | French, English and Spanish | | | Biography | Author, "Quand les américains investissent à Paris", Expertise Pierre, April 1996. Author and Presenter: "Film financing," European Cross-Border Leasing & Structured Finance Conference, Paris, October 2001; "Case study: An examination of the "London Approach" in the restructuring of Vivendi Universal", Distressed Investing Europe, London, May 2004; "Negotiations and renegotiations of syndicated facilities", Association Française des Trésoriers d'Entreprise (AFTE), Paris, June 2003. Associate, 1993 and Partner, 1997, Watson, Farley & Williams. | | | ISLN | 919146981 | | | Transactions | Regular counsel to French issuers in connection with stand-alone Eurobond issues. Regular counsel to French borrowers and bank syndicates in connection with all types of syndicated credit facilities. Counsel to a French real estate fund in connection with a - 150 million secured financing. Counsel to a French corporate in connection with the sale of a 15% stake in a French listed company for a total amount of - 1.5 billion. Counsel to a UK/French real estate investment group in connection with the implementation of a global refinancing through a pan-European securitization transaction in an amount of approximately - 400 million. Counsel to a French investor in connection with a - 600 million acquisition facility for the acquisition of a significant stake in a Moroccan telecom company and related hedging transaction. Counsel to a French corporate in connection with the restructuring and sale of two tower blocks located in La Défense to two German investment funds for an aggregate amount of approximately - 500 million. Counsel to a French corporate in connection with a - 600 million bond exchangeable for shares of a Spanish listed company. Counsel to a French corporate in connection with a - 1.3 billion syndicated facility for the acquisition of a stake in a major French telecom company. Counsel to a French media and telecommunications company in connection with the global restructuring of its indebtedness following a major liquidity crisis including: a - 1 billion and a - 2.5 billion secured syndicated credit facilities involving most of the major money centre banks; a - 1 billion bond mandatorily redeemable in shares of the issuer; two high-yield bond issues for more than - 2.5 billion; a - 2.7 billion unsecured syndicated credit facility; and the renegotiation of the terms of various syndicated bank facilities and bond issues. Counsel to a French corporate in connection with the monetisation of its stake in a major UK media company for more than - 2.5 billion. Regular counsel to real estate investment funds in connection with the acquisition and financing of their assets in France. Counsel to a French company in connection with the restructuring and sale of its interest in 43 hotels to an international consortium in excess of - 450 million. Counsel to a UK investment fund in connection with the setting up and implementation of its operating structure in France and of a joint venture with a German bank for the acquisition, construction and financing of storage and office buildings in France. | |
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