Florent Rigaud
Partner
Florent is a partner in Stephenson Harwood's finance practice working on international financial transactions in asset (aircraft, railway, satellites, etc.), project (infrastructure, hospitals, stadiums, power plants, etc.), structured finance and venture debt financings. He has worked for leading international law firms for over 15 years.
Florent has a particular focus on asset finance and is involved in all types of asset finance transactions for aircraft, shipping, railway, satellites and other large mobile assets. His experience includes secured and unsecured debt financings, operating, finance and tax-based lease structures, export credit agency-supported financings, aircraft/vessel sales, purchases and lease novations. He acts on behalf of domestic and international commercial banks as well as owners and lessors. Florent also has extensive experience advising international aircraft lessors on finance, corporate, administrative and other general legal aspects in connection therewith in France.
His project finance work involves energy and infrastructure financings for major domestic and cross-border transactions covering a wide range of sectors: motorways, hospitals, stadiums, power plants, etc. His experience includes large complex multi-sourced financings for both private structured projects and PPPs. Florent represents multilateral financing institutions and commercial banks as well as domestic and international sponsors, borrowers and investors.
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