Marc-Etienne Sébire
Partner, Head of Capital Markets @Cms Francis Lefebvre Avocats
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WORK HISTORY
Partner, Head of Capital Markets @Cms Francis Lefebvre Avocats
Paris, FR
Fondateur et responsable de la pratique Marchés de capitaux en France (équipe de 10 avocats)- Conseil sur plus de 150 milliards d\'euros d’émissions obligataires (Eurobonds, programmes EMTN, covered bonds, titres hybrides, Euro PP, opérations de liability management), en France et à l’international- Conseil sur des opérations sur titres de capital et donnant accès au capital (introductions en bourse, obligations convertibles, obligations échangeables)- Expertise reconnue en dérivés, pensions livrées et prêt de titres, couvrant leur documentation (ISDA, FBF, GMRA, GMSLA) et les aspects réglementaires (EMIR)- Accompagnement de transactions innovantes (notamment dans le domaine de la technologie des registres distribués) et dans le domaine de la finance durable (notamment les obligations vertes, sociales et liées au développement durable)
EDUCATION
Solicitor, England & Wales
Law Society of England & Wales
Université de Caen
Postgraduate Degree, Law and Economics of Banking and Financial Markets
Avocat
Certificate of Aptitude for the Profession of Lawyer (CAPA) – EFB Paris
Université de Caen
Master’s degree, Business Law
SKILLS
ABOUT MARC-ETIENNE SÉBIRE
I advise issuers, financial institutions and investors on complex capital markets and financing transactions, in France and globally, with a particular focus on Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets and Derivatives.Partner and Global Co-Head Banking & Finance at CMS, I lead a team of more than 600 lawyers across 50 countries. I am qualified as an avocat in France and a solicitor in England and Wales, and I chair the ICMA France Committee.Since joining CMS in 2011, I have advised on €150bn+ of Debt Capital Markets transactions, including Eurobonds, EMTN programmes, covered bonds, hybrid securities, Euro PPs and liability management exercises. My work spans investment-grade and high-yield issuers, banks, investors, local authorities and sponsors, including on green, social and sustainability-linked bonds.I also advise on derivatives, repo and securities lending documentation (ISDA, FBF, GMRA, GMSLA) and related regulation (EMIR).Alongside transactional work, I am closely involved in market structuring and regulation. As a member of the Paris Europlace Bond Committee, I contributed to key reforms of French bond law and led the 2022 report on the attractiveness of French law for the issuance of debt securities. I co-drafted the Euro PP Charter sponsored by the Banque de France and the French Treasury, and I chair the Comité Euro PP.I am consistently ranked as a leading capital markets lawyer by Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR100, and I regularly publish on capital markets law, including authoring reference works on bonds and debt securities.Executives, lawyers, bankers and decision-makers, if you are navigating a complex and strategic financing or capital markets issue, I am always open to an informed discussion.
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