Financial Services, France 

 
 

Our international Financial Services Group handles a full range of traditional banking and financial services work.

In addition to this, we can offer a unique service to clients by combining established financial sector expertise with the firm's well-recognised cutting-edge know-how in areas such as communications, e-commerce, IT, biosciences, sports and media.

Whether we are advising lenders, borrowers or the suppliers or users of financial services, our experienced team provides an innovative and commercially focused approach to each individual matter.

The areas we cover include:

  • General lending work, secured/unsecured, single bank/syndicated, acting for lenders and borrowers
  • Project finance generally but with a particular emphasis on the telecom and technology fields
  • PFI/PPP financings, notably in the IT and communications fields
  • Asset-based financing including lease financing and structured finance products
  • Advice on French insolvency law (such as administrations, receiverships and liquidations)
  • Receivables financing

Through working with some of the most technologically advanced companies, we have gained particular expertise in advising on e-banking, on-line payment systems and compliance with financial services legislation.

Our services in this area include:

  • E-cash and other payment systems
  • E-banking and e-financial services
  • Electronic forex products

Contact: Gildas Louvel

News & Updates

Press Releases

Bird & Bird strengthens tax team in Paris

06-03-2012

Bird & Bird announces the arrival of a team of four associates, - Vaea Pery, Rébecca Feliman, Edouard Bouscasse and Anton Chyrkov, who have joined the Tax department, led by
Marc Schuler joins Bird & Bird's IT Sector Group

22-02-2012

We are delighted to welcome partner Mark Schuler and a new team to our Paris office and International IT Sector Group. - Marc joins us from Nixon Peabody, where he

Our Lawyers in Print

Articles

First Amended Finance Act For 2012

April, 2012

- Principal tax measures applying to companies and adopted by the amended Finance Act for 2012 (published on March 15th) - Changes to registration duty rates when purchasing shares
Flash Info - Actualité patrimoniale

March, 2012

Increase in social contributions on capital income (first amended Finance Act 2012) - Social contributions will increase by 2 percent, from 3,4% to 5,4% as of 1st January 2012 for
 
 
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