Avocats en Banking & Finance

Fiona Davies Nalwanga

Fiona is a Partner in the Corporate Advisory Team with over 20 years of experience in multi-jurisdictional commercial transactions cutting across corporate M&A, Private Equity, Energy, Mining and Natural Resources, Projects & Infrastructure, and general corporate commercial, regulatory and investment advisory. Her representative matters include advising on major acquisitions in the renewable energy sector—notably the acquisition of a 49.75% stake in Bujagali Energy Limited. She has supported multinational clients such as Prudential PLC, Dentsu Aegis Network, TPG Growth, and leading European gaming and telecom companies on proposed acquisitions in Uganda, covering transaction structuring, regulatory approvals, and negotiation of transaction documents. Fiona's experience extends to regulatory advisory for public‑private partnerships, and entities in the finance space (including fintechs such as Flutterwave).

MMAKS Advocates

Fiona Gillett

Partner in the Commercial Litigation and Securities Litigation departments. Fiona advises on a broad spectrum of high value commercial disputes (contract, tort and statutory claims), with a particular expertise in financial services claims against banks. She is recognised in The Legal 500 as “a very able lawyer, who has a great touch with clients." Fiona has acted for states, state entities (including central banks), corporates, institutional investors and private individuals, whether as claimants or defendants. Her matters often have an international dimension, whether representing international clients, acting in claims involving aspects of foreign law or in coordinating proceedings in both England and other jurisdictions. She has worked on some significant and high profile cases including the RBS Rights Issue Litigation and one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2020 (National Bank of Kazakhstan and Republic of Kazakhstan v The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV London Branch, Anatolie Stati, Gabriel Stati, Ascom Group SA & Terra Raf Trans Traiding Limited) which also became the first ever Commercial Court trial to be conducted on a fully remote basis (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) in late March 2020. Acting for an Australian mining company in defending a claim for in excess of US$200m in relation to an alleged breach of a mezzanine lending commitment letter Acting for a company, whose business includes the export of oil products, in successfully challenging the jurisdiction of the English Court to determine a US$300m Russian law governed claim against it. [2021] EWHC 1758 (Comm) Acting for a State and its National Bank in claims relating to a Global Custody Agreement with an international bank. [2020] EWHC 916 (Comm) Co-managing the FSMA s90 claim issued in 2013 by over 300 financial institutions and other institutional investors in the group litigation against RBS in relation to its April 2008 £12bn rights issue. A confidential settlement was reached in December 2016, three months before the start of a six-month liability only trial.

Stewarts Law LLP

Fiona Henderson

Partner

CMS

Fiona Huang

Senior Counsel

Liang & Partners

Fiona Sequerah

Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong, Malaysia Aviation & Aircraft Financing Banking & Finance Debt Capital Markets Islamic Finance Project Finance

Christopher & Lee Ong

Fiona Shipsey

Fiona is a partner in the Property team at Hayes solicitors. She advises on a wide range of residential and commercial transactions, and has particular expertise in commercial leasing. Fiona acts for a number of high profile commercial clients in their landlord and tenant transactions. She regularly advises lenders in relation to the property aspects of financing transactions. She also works closely with her corporate colleagues advising clients on the property aspects of commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions. She has extensive experience in rectifying title issues, including missing title documentation, planning issues, boundary issues and management company issues.

Hayes Solicitors LLP

Fionna Folino

Junior Associate

Cuesta Campos y Asociados S.C.

Firas Malhas

Partner

International Business Legal Associates (IBLAW)

Fitri Muharam Utama

Partner

Karna Partnership in Association with Withers

Flavia Magliozzi

Partner

Mattos Filho

Flavia Pagnanelli

Flavia provides legal advice to supervised entities operating in the banking, financial, and insurance sectors, both domestically and internationally, on regulatory matters, day-to-day operations, extraordinary transactions, organizational and corporate governance matters, sector-specific compliance, interactions with regulatory Authorities and sanctioning proceedings, investment transactions, product regulation, and prudential aspects. She regularly advises Italian and foreign collective asset managers and investors on structuring, marketing, and operations related to private equity, real estate, infrastructure, credit, and venture capital investment funds and other investment vehicles.

Chiomenti

Flavien Carbone

Counsel at CM Law, Flavien Carbone mainly assists and advises international and local clients on their mergers and acquisitions, corporate, banking and finance, funds raising and real estate transactions. He particularly develops expertise on bank loan financing transactions, including the drafting and review of facility and collateral agreements coupled with the issue of related legal opinions. Before joining CM Law as a Senior Associate in 2014, Flavien worked as an Associate at Baker & McKenzie Luxembourg for three years. He studied in France and in Luxembourg and he is a member of the Luxembourg Bar since 2012.

CM Law

Flavio Lardelli

Attorney-at-law, LL.M. | Partner

Kaiser Odermatt & Partner

Flavio Mifano

Partner

Mattos Filho

Flavio Veitzman

Partner.

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Flemming Pristed

Partner, Attorney

Poul Schmith

Flor De María Cortez

Aguilar Castillo Love

Florencia Castagnola

Florencia Castagnola, lawyer and notary. Her practice includes advising financial institutions in all types of banking transactions, financings (local or cross-border) and foreign trade, public and private offer of securities, sovereign debt transactions, corporate M&A, compliance matters and the fintech arena. Partner at Guyer & Regules.

Guyer & Regules

Florencio Gramajo

Senior Counsel

Arias

Florent Patoret

Corporate M&A and Mining Partner

Galicia Abogados S.C.

Florentin Tuca

Dr Florentin Tuca is Managing Partner at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii. He has gained a wide reputation in handling complex domestic and international arbitration, particularly in relation to privatisation and cross-border disputes, having been involved in four international arbitration files brought against Romania to the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes – ICSID. In addition, he has a wealth of experience in corporate law, banking law, as well as project finance, concessions and other forms of PPP projects, notably in the fields of infrastructure and energy. He has conducted, as co-ordinator, numerous privatisations, joint-ventures, mergers and acquisitions in various industries. He is also highly skilled in drafting laws and regulations, being involved in the development and implementation of the legal framework relating to privatization, concessions, banking and other areas. Florentin Tuca is a regular speaker and writer on topics related to corporate law, PPPs, concession and other legal matters. He is also a founding member and General Secretary of the French-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and holds a PhD degree in PPPs and Concessions. In 2012, he was named European Managing Partner of the Year by The Lawyer magazine.

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

Florian Bosser

Partner in BDGS Associés’ Competition and Regulatory practice. Florian Bosser advises French and foreign companies across all areas of French and EU competition law, in particular in the fields of State aid and merger control. He also handles complex regulatory matters, notably in the following sectors: transport, banking, energy, and media and assists his clients with foreign direct investment (FDI) control procedures, in France and in other jurisdictions. He has recently advised L’Oréal on the acquisition of Kering Beauté; the ADIT Group on the reorganization of its shareholding structure allowing the entry of new financial investors; and several investment funds and international clients on FDI matters in connection with the acquisition of sensitive targets in France. He has recently been involved in several banking prudential regulation matters, including litigation.

BDGS Associés

Florian Gibitz

Partner

bpv Hügel

Florian Haugeneder

Florian Haugeneder is a Partner at KNOETZL. He has more than 15 years’ extensive experience as counsel and arbitrator under the rules of the major arbitral institutions, including the ICC, ICSID, SCC, LCIA and VIAC, as well as in international and domestic ad-hoc arbitration such as UNCITRAL. Florian has represented clients in some of the largest and most complex disputes in the CEE and SEE regions. A special focus of his practice involves international law on the protection of foreign investments under bilateral and multilateral investment protection treaties. Florian specializes in engineering and construction, energy, joint ventures, as well as commercial and corporate disputes. His experience includes numerous M&A projects, hotel management contracts, the construction and operation of a major fiber-optic cable infrastructure, a large IT outsourcing project, various thermal and hydro power plants, international gas transportation and storage, banking and finance, highway and rail construction and replacement, and a water and sewer system. Florian has advised on a large number of FIDIC contracts.

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