Professional background He works for all types of financial institutions and debt funds, as well as for sponsors and companies at both national and international level. He focused his practice on French and international acquisitions and leveraged finance and he acts for financial institutions, direct lending funds and mezzanine debt providers. He has a strong expertise in: LBO financing, corporate financing, fund financing and project finance. He began his career at Société Générale in 2007 before joining the legal profession and joining Ayache in 2011. He then joined Reed Smith's finance team until 2017, before being promoted to Counsel in Simmons & Simmons' financial markets department. He then joined McDermott, where he developed his structured finance practice for banks and debt funds. He holds a master's degree II in Private Law from the Jean Monnet University (Paris XI - Sceaux), a Specialized master's degree in International Business law and Management from ESSEC Business School and an LLB from the University of London International Programmes. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2011. He speaks French and English.