
Baptiste has more than 20 years’ experience advising arrangers, dealers, originators, sponsors, investors, and issuers in connection with a wide range of debt instruments, including securitisations (domestic and cross-border), disintermediated financings, funds, debt issuances (Euro private placements, Islamic bonds/sukuks, and impact finance), liability management, distressed and portfolio debt acquisitions, and derivatives. Baptiste’s practice also covers fund-related work, including fund structuring and establishment, and counselling on fund-related regulatory and compliance issues. He also regularly advises on structured debt restructurings.
Credentials
Awards & Recognition
- Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ in France for Banking and Finance Law, 2020-2024; Structured Finance Law, 2020-2022; and Capital Markets Law, 2019-2024
- Named Lawyer of the Year in The Best Lawyers™ in France for Capital Markets Law, 2024
- Recognised as Highly Regarded in IFLR1000 Global for France: Capital Markets – Debt, Derivatives, Structured Finance, and Securitisation, 2021-2024; and for France: Capital Markets – Derivatives, 2023-2024
- Awarded Commended status at the Financial Times Europe Innovative Lawyers awards, 2018
- Ranked in The Legal 500 for Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives, and for Structured Finance, 2019
- Ranked Excellent for Derivatives and Securitisation, Capital Markets, and African work by Décideurs Juridiques et Financiers
- Ranked among the Top 50 lawyers active in Africa by Jeune Afrique,2017