Overview
Olivier Vermeulen is Office Chair of the Paris office of Paul Hastings and head of the Global Finance department. With a focus in banking and finance, he has extensive experience in leveraged financing (senior, second lien, mezzanine, unirate/unitranche, and SSRCF/high-yield financings), fund financing (EBF and capital call facilities), structured finance (securitization), debt negotiations, and Islamic finance.
Mr. Vermeulen advises both sponsors and borrowers (private equity and infrastructure funds as well as large corporate funds) as well as financial institutions (senior/mezzanine lenders and debt funds).
His strengths in innovation are very clearly demonstrated through the creation of a new product for the French bank finance market in the form of the equity bridge finance facility for European funds.
Mr. Vermeulen joined the firm from another law firm where he was head of the Finance practice. Prior to that, he worked for two other international law firms as counsel and part of the finance team.
Recognitions
- Olivier Vermeulen is ranked as a Leading Individual in Banking & Finance by The Legal 500 EMEA 2023
- ‘Olivier Vermeulen is a technical expert with excellent negotiation skills.’ - The Legal 500 EMEA
- Shorlisted as Private Equity Law Firm of the Year by Private Equity Magazine, 2023
- Ranked as Leading Firm in Private Equity - Acquisition Financing by Décideurs 2023
- Ranked as Highly Recommended in Banking & Finance by Décideurs 2022
- Shortlisted for European Banking & Finance Deal of the Year, The Lawyer European Awards 2015
- Ranked in the top ten “Most Innovative Firms in Finance” in Europe and received “Highly Commended” status, FT Innovative Lawyers Report 2014
Education
- Cornell Law School, LL.M.
- University of Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne, DEA (pre-doctoral degree) in French and European Business and Financial Law
- University of Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne, Master's in Business Law
Representations
Leveraged Finance Transactions
- Advising the Euro PP bondholders of Pierre & Vacances S.A. in connection with the implementation of a new financing for the Pierre et Vacances – Center Parcs Group
- Advising Tikehau Investment Management on the acquisition of a majority stake in the transportation group Groupe Sterne
- Advising Tikehau in the unitranche financing of the LBO on the Carso Group, structured by ArchiMed
- Advising Tikehau and Ares Management Ltd on the unitranche financing of the acquisition of the Marlink Group
- Advising Tikehau on the unitranche refinancing of Delpharm’s debt
- Advising Eurazeo on the unitranche refinancing of Dessange International’s debt
- Advising Idi and Pechel on the financing of the acquisition of Dubbing Brothers (management buy-out)
- Advising Tikehau on the unitranche financing of the acquisition of Pennel & Flipo by IDI and Cabestan Capital
- Advising Colisée Patrimoine on the full senior refinancing of its debt
- Advising CM-CIC on the mezzanine refinancing of ECF’s debt
- Advising Idinvest on the acquisition of Homeperf by Parquest Capital
- Advising Tikehau on the unitranche financing of the acquisition of Maesa by its managers and Winch Capital and of P2 by Maesa
- Advising IK Investment Partners on the senior refinancing of the Trigo Group’s debt and the financing of the acquisition of the PIC Group
- Advising 21 Centrale Partners on the unitranche and SSRCF refinancing of Oberthur’s debt
- Advising Tikehau on the unitranche financing of the acquisition of Ba&Sh
- Advising Equistone Partners on the refinancing of existing senior and mezzanine debt of Breteche Industries
- Advising Lion Capital on the senior/mezzanine financing of the acquisition and the further high yield/SSRCF refinancing of the Afflelou Group
- Advising Lion Capital on the financing of the acquisition and the further high yield/SSRCF refinancing of the Picard Group
- Advising Finachef on the unitranche financing of the acquisition of the Group Salins du Midi
- Advising Léon de Bruxelles on its senior and mezzanine debt refinancing
- Tikehau in the unitranche financing of the LBO on the Carso Group, structured by ArchiMed.
Fund Financing
- Advising Astorg Partners on the equity bridge financing made available to Astorg VI managed by Astorg Assets Management
- Advising PAI Partners on the equity bridge financing granted by Lloyds Bank plc to the funds PAI Europe VI-1 FPCI and PAI Europe VI-2 FPCI
- Advising Caceis on the equity bridge financing for Logistics (managed by AEW)
Project Finance
- Advising a private company on the financing of a railway line in Africa
- Advising a private company on the financing of a port development in Africa
news
- Paul Hastings Advised Lenders in the Acquisition of Harvest France SAS - September 3rd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Ardian Expansion on the Financing of the Acquisition of Orion - July 1st, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Travelsoft in the Acquisition of ATCORE and TravelgateX - May 24th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Apollo Capital Management, HIG Capital and Partners Group in Refinancing of Astek - April 29th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Keensight Capital in the LBO of Sogelink Structured with CVC Capital Partners - April 8th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised BEX Capital and Shareholders in Capital Reorganization - March 1st, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Ardian Expansion and Finaxy in the Refinancing of its Existing Debt and the Financing of the Acquisition of Assurinco Voyage, Presence Assistance Tourisme, and Libbela - October 10th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Crédit Mutuel Equity on Investment in the Claire Group - September 20th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Senior Lender on Hg Investment in Nomadia - July 28th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Alixio in the Acquisition of X-PM - June 22nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Tikehau Capital in the Sale of Cruiseline to Perwyn - June 19th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized in the 2023 Edition of The Legal 500 EMEA - April 13th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized by Chambers Europe 2023 - March 20th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Carlyle in Acquisition Financing of Atalian and OCS - March 10th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Arcmont Asset Management in Unitranche Financing of the Acquisition of A2MAC1 - March 2nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Alcentra in Financing of the Acquisition of Equativ by Bridgepoint - March 1st, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Isabel Marant on its High Yield Refinancing - February 22nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings advises Keensight Capital on the LBO of Unither Pharmaceuticals - October 28th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Advises Andera Partners on Investment in Senstronic - October 14th, 2022
- PAI Partners Structures an Equity Bridge Financing for its New Fund, PAI VIII - September 6th, 2022
Recognitions
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized in the 2024 Edition of The Legal 500 EMEA - April 2nd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized by Chambers Europe 2024 - March 18th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized in the 2023 Edition of The Legal 500 EMEA - April 13th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized by Chambers Europe 2023 - March 20th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Recognized by Chambers Global 2022 - February 21st, 2022
- Recognized by Chambers Global 2019 - February 14th, 2019